LOVE Island alum Olivia Bowen has revealed her whopping £15k regret from her “too expensive” wedding as she recalled her frivolous spending.
During a new interview, opened up on what it was like raking in the cash at such a young age.
Olivia Bowen has revealed her £15,000 regret over her expensive wedding to Alex Credit: TLC
The 32-year-old made an appearance on the We Need To Talk podcast earlier this week Credit: YouTube
She admitted that her and her husband Alex, were “new money” after leaving the famous ITV2 dating show and were “stupid” with their cash.
just two years after they appeared on Love Island.
Sitting down for a chat on the We Need To Talk podcast, the host Paul Brunsen said: “There was a rumour about you spending £20k on flowers… Did you really spend £20k?”
“Yeah I was really stupid. I think it was £15k in the end,” said a horrified Olivia.
Paul Brunson quizzed Olivia on a rumour that she spent £20,000 on flowers for her wedding Credit: Tiktok
Olivia and Alex Bowen won series two of ITV’s Love Island back in 2018 Credit: Instagram
While, Olivia still couldn’t help but regret some of the crazy things they spent money on.
confessed: “At that point we were what you’d probably consider new money. We never experienced money before. To have Love Island change your life and then you earn this… you don’t know what to do with it and you’re a bit stupid.”
“We’re young. The flowers the wedding, it was all very dramatic. For two people that were 23… I had just gotten this bit of money and thought ‘Woooo let’s go spend it on a wedding.'”
She added: “Now I look back and I’m like I’ll never do that now. You’re lucky if I buy flowers from Tesco. We [her and Alex] very quickly learnt that’s not how to do things.”
TV stars Olivia and Alex, 34, have been open with fans about their careers after the show.
Over the past few years, the loved-up couple have created
Olivia said on the podcast: “As we grew up a little bit, we had our little mad moment with money, we started investing in property.
“I don’t even recognise that girl like I would never be so frivolous.”
They own The Bowen Homes Ltd and since 2021 have continued to grow their property portfolio.
Olivia, 32, and Alex most recently after considering whether or not to ditch the UK for abroad.
The couple share two kids – Sienna, 11 months and
She recently confessed they would be within the next few years as it will be their 10-year anniversary,
met on series two of Love Island and came in second place behind Cara De La Hoyde and Nathan Massey – who are also still going strong.
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