Olivia Attwood was left squirming during a conversation on Loose Women, as her fellow panellists grilled her about having children. The former Love Islander joined Coleen Nolan, Ruth Langsford and Jane Moore on the panel on Monday, 30 September.
The group discussed a number of different topics, including sleep struggles and whether working women are leaving 'too late' to have children. During the chat, host Ruth, 64, turned her attention to Olivia, 33, who has been open about her desire to start a family with husband Bradley Dack but has admitted she is "scared".
"Watch this space for Olivia and Bradley," Ruth joked, prompting Olivia to become flustered. The other women chimed in, saying: "No pressure!" Olivia began to laugh as she exclaimed: "Where's the fire exit?!"
Olivia married footballer Bradley, 30, last year in a lavish ceremony after several years together. The pair dated before she appeared on Love Island in 2019 and eventually rekindled their romance.
Olivia has revealed that her husband is eager to have a baby sooner rather than later, but she has a few concerns about becoming a parent. She said on her podcast, So Wrong It's Right: "I'm going to sacrifice my body, mental health, my house and I don't want to take any time off work because my ambitious personality is so… I don't want a day off to actually have the baby. I'm a monster!"
But Olivia went on to reveal the couple are not "getting any younger" and would like to start their own family. She added: "Brad wants to have a baby tomorrow and I'm thinking of all the what-ifs. But I feel like if it happened I'd be happy, people have this misconception that I hate children but that's not true at all - I wouldn't mind owning one myself one day! - but I'm just scared."
Last year on Loose Women, Olivia confirmed to her co-stars that she and Bradley had been clashing over their desires to have their own family. She told the panel: "I'm sitting here listening to you girls talking and I'm thinking I'm going to be a geriatric mother, as they call it."
When asked by Charlene White if she had plans to have children in the near future, Olivia responded: "No. I mean, never say never, you know, and all that stuff. I'm obviously married and very happy and Brad would love to have one, you know, tomorrow.
"But I'm, right now, other things excite me. I don't have that maternal instinct yet. The way it is going, I probably will be around that 35 age. Which is mad to hear that's when they call if geriatric."
