AS NEWS of Olivia Attwood and Pete Wicks’ romance has been confirmed, there was actually numerous signs of a relationship brewing over recent months.
The Sun revealed on Saturday night how the pair’s friendship has turned to romance, with the KISS Radio co-hosts sharing a kiss in front of pals during a night out this week.
It comes after Olivia’s split from her footballer husband Bradley Dack earlier this year, following a “breach of trust” from his side.
Friends have now assured there was “no crossover” between the relationships.
While things may have been strictly friendship until recently, there were several nods that Pete and Olivia’s romance was on the cards; from the cosy Ibiza boat snaps which caused a stir last summer to their late-night pizza date earlier this month.
Here, we take a look at all of the signs the duo were a secret couple.
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BRIT’s Pizza Date
Enjoying a night out at the BRIT Awards earlier this month, Olivia and Pete spent the majority of the evening together.
Despite sitting at different tables inside the ceremony, a source told at the time how they had managed to remain together at several points in the night.
At 3AM, Pete was then snapped carrying two pizzas up to his hotel room following the boozy night.
The next morning, they were seen exiting the same hotel together and sharing a car back home.
3AM night out
The month after her split from Bradley was revealed, Olivia let her hair down on a night out which ended with Pete in the early hours.
Celebrating her Garnier brand deal at The Newman Hotel in Central London, she partied with colleagues and friends before heading out to Soho with Pete and some other pals.
Olivia and Pete were then pictured at 3AM as they left in a taxi together.
THOSE Ibiza boat snaps
It was long before Olivia’s split from Bradley that her relationship with Pete raised eyebrows.
Last summer, during a trip to Ibiza, Olivia was snapped in a cosy embrace with Pete as she laid back into his arms on a yacht.
Wrapping his arms around Olivia, Pete had his legs open as she lay in between them and they both laughed with friends.
Other pictures from the day showed the pals walking together with Pete’s arm around Olivia.
At the time, Pete and Olivia were solely friends, but it was reported that her husband Bradley was left “furious” over the “reckless” party-hard behaviour.
Following the snaps, Olivia admitted that the pair had a rocky summer and reminded fans she “isn’t perfect.”
“It’s no secret. We had a really bad summer. I know this is not how people do things in my world. They do not talk and marriage in this way,” said Olivia on her podcast, Olivia’s House.
“I think that there was stuff going on on both sides…. At the end of day marriage is really f***ing hard.”
Olivia said that Bradley hadn’t been perfect, but she wanted to give him the chance to share that side of the story when he eventually joins her on the podcast.
She accepted that she could be “self-destructive”, and when the going gets tough she tends to push him away rather than lean into the issues together.
But following the incident, the pair got back on track and appeared to move on with their marriage.
Pete admits to ‘missing’ Olivia
In a passing comment months after their trip to the White Isle, Pete admitted he missed his holiday “partner in crime” after taking a trip to Vegas without her.
Pete, who was still just friends with Olivia at the time, said of his holiday: “It did make me think of you. Because you were there before and we have said before we like a holiday.
“I just wish you’d been in Vegas with me. Because I feel like it’s very me and you Vegas. I needed another Vegas partner in crime.”
Bradley blocks Pete
While Olivia’s estranged husband Bradley continues to follow the TV star on social media, one person he doesn’t follow is Pete.
In fact, he has even blocked the former TOWIE star.
Hours after Olivia and Pete were seen leaving their Manchester hotel together following the BRITs, Bradley made his opinions on the relationship clear.
He blocked Pete the day following the BRITs, with neither stars now following one another.