Olivia Attwood was forced to miss her Loose Women appearance yesterday due to feeling unwell, and after apologizing to fans, she revealed she needs 24 hours of rest to recover.
Olivia Attwood has revealed she feels “defeated” by a mysterious illness that forced her to pull out of Loose Women at the last minute this week.
The 34-year-old, a regular on the ITV daytime show for over two years, was absent from Friday’s episode. Host Kaye Adams updated viewers on the sudden change, saying: “Liv was meant to be with us, and she came into the morning meeting, and she was just dying. She’s had bug after bug after bug—probably under a duvet somewhere! It’s just going around, isn’t it?”
Olivia Attwood took to social media to update fans and apologise for missing Loose Women, sharing a photo of a doctor checking her on a mobile heart monitor. The Love Island star explained that her body had “finally said no,” forcing her to pull out of the show.
She revealed she’s battling a chest infection, strep throat, and “some fly-type thing” she’s struggling to shake. On TikTok, Olivia opened up further, saying: “I’m the firstborn daughter, first granddaughter, Taurus. I don’t listen to anyone. Apparently that includes my body. I just don’t like being defeated. This f—–g thing has defeated me.”
Following her doctor’s orders, she’s now on 24 hours of enforced rest, which she described humorously as being “f—–g bone idle,” admitting her half-English, half-German DNA isn’t handling being sedentary well.
Olivia asked her followers for tips on staying inactive while recovering, given her “crazy” schedule next week, and also requested movie recommendations, joking that she’d like to watch Frankenstein on Netflix.
But she said: “Can you just tell me, is it sad? I don’t want to feel sad. I feel like some of the clips I’ve seen look really sad. If it like breaks your heart, my heart’s already broken because I had to let down my Loose Women today. So I need to see something scary or funny.”
In the comment section, many fans shared their support for Olivia and several people recommended some movies or series she could consider watching. “I am ADHD and I loved it it’s the only thing I could watch and sit still for in a long time lol,” a fan commented.
Another wrote: “Watch all fairs with Kim Kardashian’s in… obsessed!” A third said: “Watch Yellowstone!! There’s a girl on there that is literally YOU!! I love her!!”
One recommended: “Secret lives of Mormon wives!!” Someone else said: “Devil wears Prada or The Intern!!” One more had a different recommendation: “I’m celebrity get me out of here !!!!!”