A LOVE Island legend has broken her silence on her rumoured All Stars return.
Olivia Hawkins became known as the ‘villain’ on the 2023 installment of the hit ITV show, but she hinted that she’s very different off-camera.
Olivia Hawkins made a name for herself on Love Island after she was branded the ‘show villain’[/caption]
Since leaving the villa, she has gone on to star on Celebs Go Dating, where she was brutally rejected by Too Hot To Handle’s Louis Russell, 23.
There have been new rumours around a potential return to Love Island on the All Stars spin-off – and she’s finally addressed them.
She joined the Not My Bagg podcast alongside Kerry Katona.
Opting for a sporty look in an Arsenal football shirt, she spoke about her thought process before joining the Celebs Go Dating cast: “I can’t lie, I was very anti.
“I said ‘I’m not jumping from one dating show to another’.
“But I was only on All Stars for two weeks, so it wasn’t too much. So I thought ‘this is going to be my last dating show and then I’m really hanging up my heels.
“For anyone who’s wanting to know if I’m going to do All Stars next year, it’s absolutely not happening.
“And I’m sure you’ll all be very happy about that,” she laughed.
Olivia ruffled feathers during her time in the ITV Love Island villa in 2023 and became known as the ‘villain’ in the house.
She rejoined the All Stars edition this year but was booted off the show after just two weeks.
She was asked by Joe Bagg: “Would you class yourself as a reality TV villain? Because it’s quite a bold thing to say.
“I mean, I’ll take it. I don’t think it’s a bad thing. I kind of just take it as it is now.
When asked if she would join the US TV programme House Of Villains, she revealed a softer side.
“I think I’d get anialated, I don’t think I’m that like…” she said, but was unable to finish her sentence.
Kerry jumped in and defended her new pal and said: “Oh she’s so sweet, honestly.
“I’d have to go in there and knock them all out.”
Olivia said: “I think I’m the villain that just throws it and then walks away.
“Yeah, just like a little sprinkle and then I’ll say ‘I don’t know what you’re talking about’.”
“I would not put you down as a villain in a million years,” Kerry added.
Over on Celebs Go Dating, Olivia, 30, was left in tears after she told the agents that Louis has made “no consistent effort” to message her since they’ve returned from their trip to Ibiza.
Trying to gauge where to stood, Olivia sent Louis a text asking him on a date – but was brutally blanked when he didn’t reply.
She told the agents: “I pushed myself out of my comfort zone and I asked him out on a date.
“I messaged him and said ‘Do you want to go to Usher?’ and he didn’t reply.”
Dr Tara asked if she thought his behaviour was giving red flags and he was just playing a game, to which Olivia agreed.
The sex expert asked: “So you want to still spend more time with Louis?”
A confused Olivia said: “I want to, but I know I shouldn’t, so that’s the dilemma I’m in.”
Paul C. Brunson then gave Olivia some advice using an analogy.
He said: “I’m looking at this pen and I believe what you’ve done you’re entire life, you’ve handed the pen over to all the men in your life.
“And you’ve said ‘write my story for me’, instead of taking the pen yourself and say ‘I’m going to write my own story’
“This is precisely what you’ve done with Louis.
“You have gone to what is familiar to you and you know what’s familiar to you… unhealthy, not strong communication, confusion.”
Paul explained: “It’s called repetition compulsion.
“The only person that can break that cycle is you and you break it by being firm with what it is that you need.”
He then reassured her and said she’s on the path to having a “beautiful loving relationship” but just needs to break old habits.
Paul’s message hit home to Olivia, who struggled to keep it together.
An emotional Olivia said: “The more I tell myself I’m worthy and I deserve true love and I don’t deserve to be treated like that.”
She then broke down in tears and sobbed: “It’s so triggering for me… I’m sorry, I promised myself I wasn’t going to cry again.”
“I think I have just lost confidence and it’s just be building it again.
Paul said: “But that’s what you’re here to do.”
The agents set Olivia up on another blind date, but it was her Celebs Go Dating co-star Sam Prince that got her distracted.
While he also reciprocated the feelings and told the camera that he was feeling more “chemistry” with Olivia than his own date.
It comes after Olivia broke her silence to The Sun and told us what really happened between her and Louis.
Olivia exclusively told us: “Me and Louis definitely take the viewers on a journey for sure and it’s a lot of ups and downs.”
Olivia admitted filming the first week in Ibiza helped speed up her connection with Louis.
She said: “Because we all spent that week together, it was very much similar to Love Island, we’re you’re spending so much time together that everything is fast forwarded a lot.”
In the past, hook-ups between co-stars have been frowned upon, but usually happen anyway.
When asked if she got a telling off from the agents, Olivia teased: “I’m known to be quite cheeky – I did tell the agents I would be hard work.”
She joined the Celebs Go Dating cast despite saying she didn’t want to do another dating show[/caption]
She also appeared on Love Island: All Stars this year for a few weeks[/caption]
Olivia said she didn’t mind being called a show villain, but insisted it wasn’t accurate[/caption]