Love Island's Olivia and Alex Bowen share heartbreak at losing one of their twins
Love Island's Olivia Bowen has described how she "felt numb" after losing one of her twins.
The reality TV star, who tied the knot with Alex in 2018 in what was the first Love Island marriage, endured vanishing twin syndrome (VTS), a miscarriage which causes a pregnancy involving twins to become a pregnancy involving one embryo. She went on to give birth to Sienna last month, albeit having lost the other baby.
Speaking for the first time about the tragedy, Olivia, 31, said: "I felt numb at the start then I needed to talk. But I try not to take anything negative from it any more – we’re lucky to still have Siena here.
"We went for the eight-week scan and as soon as she showed us my belly, you could see there was no heartbeat and no movement from one of them. I couldn’t look at Alex because I knew he’d be heartbroken. It was such a shock because there’d been no signs."
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VTS affects up to 15-35% of twin pregnancies, research suggests. Olivia, from Chelmsford, Essex, experienced an otherwise healthy pregnancy until the crushing news earlier this year.
Recalling the ordeal, Alex, 34, said this week: "It (grief) always hits me really hard straight away. I took myself off to the bathroom to cry (upon being told the news) because I could see how much pain she was in." When Alex learned he was going to be a dad to twins, he described the moment as the "most amazing feeling".
Olivia, who met Alex on the second series of Love Island in 2015, was admitted for an emergency caesarean section. The reality TV star lost lost 2.8 litres of blood as she gave birth to Sienna, their second child after son Abel was born in June 2022.
Speaking in the new interview with the Daily Mail, Olivia continued: "I lost 2.8 litres of blood. We didn’t know what was going to happen but we got here safely in the end. You realise what you’ve got and what matters. You realise how fragile everything is."
The couple say the grief has brought them stronger, nearly ten years after meeting on the ITV programme. Alex arrived on day 18 as "a bombshell" and Olivia coupled up with him two days later, with them going on to finish as runners-up on the show.
Praising the value of determination and grit, Alex said this week: "We’re not quitters. When times are tough, we just work through them."
Bravo Blogger Claims Katie Ginella “Block[ed]” Her on Reunion Day Just “Days” After Katie Was “Literally in My Inbox,” Plus See RHOC Reunion Seating Chart
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A Bravo influencer claimed Katie Ginella “block[ed]” her just “days” after Katie was “literally in my inbox,” as fans reacted. Meanwhile, Katie wrote a cryptic post seemingly shading her last seat at the
Early this season, castmates accused Katie of leaking information to ‘bloggers.’ Katie seemingly denied it, but she later shared that she viewed them as ‘friends.’ After she later failed a lie detector test, Katie’s co-stars turned on her (except
In an October 9 Instagram post, Bravo influencer @bravosnarkside claimed Katie was communicating with her.
“Katie why did you just block me today?” wrote the fan account. “You were literally in my inbox a couple days ago.”
In the same post, the account shared Katie‘s recent photo of a storm drain, as Katie cryptically called it “today’s home.” According to reports, she wrote the post on the day of the reunion taping.
Katie’s post seemed to be shading her position in the seating chart, which was just released by @bravotv. In the chart, Katie was placed in the farthest seat from Andy (which is considered by some to be the least important position).
In the same chart, Tamra and Jennifer Pedranti were placed closest to Andy, while Gina Kirschenheiter, Emily Simpson, Heather Dubrow, and Shannon Beador were in the middle. Gretchen was in the last seat on the other couch.
In the comments of @bravosnarkside’s post about getting blocked, fans shared their reactions.
“Tamra & Katie deserve each other,” wrote one user.
Another speculated that “Tamra told” Katie to block the account.
“If you’re blocked, [that means] Katie’s back trying to explain how she doesn’t talk to you,” wrote a third.
“She would slide into your DMS and then turn around and block you,” wrote a fourth. “Classic Katie.”
“Why do the housewives on this Franchise just have you rooting for them then they turn around and do some dumb [thing] and just piss us off,” said a fifth. “Why the hell is she aligning herself with Chucky’s bride Tamrat?”
