HATS off to Olivia Attwood, who has taken her dedication to documentary-making to a pole new level.
Seeking to immerse herself in the psychology of sex work for the second series of Getting Filthy Rich, the former Love Island star bravely took to the stage to perform a strip routine to a club filled with real-life punters.
Olivia Attwood strips almost nude in front of a real crowd in her new series of Getting Filthy Rich
The first series of the ITV2 doc bagged Olivia a prestigious Broadcast Award
In an exclusive chat, Olivia told me: “I had a very hard time with that one, going back and forth.
“Are people just gonna judge me, are they gonna think this or think that?
“But how can I say that I’m immersed in this world if I don’t put my money where my mouth is and I don’t actually strip?
“I basically dance in a club full of customers – I don’t get fully nude, obviously, but as good as.
“It was way scarier than I thought it was going to be.
“I underestimated how intimidating that would be and I have such a huge new found respect for these girls.”
Olivia’s ballsy approach to film-making saw the first of the ITV2 series bag a prestigious Broadcast Award after she joined Only Fans and even had a clothed, walk-on role in a porn film.
But stripping off really pushed the boundaries at home with new husband Bradley Dack.
Olivia added: “Brad would never say to me don’t do something, because that’s just not how this household runs, as I’m sure you lot can imagine.
“But he was like, as your fiance I hate that.
“I hate the fact that there’ll be men in there looking at you in your underwear.
“And I was like, but do you understand that I feel like I have to do this to get experience of this?
“It would be so easy for me to stand on the side and be like, oh yeah, this is what it’s like.”
Understanding Brad came round to her way of thinking.
She went on: “A couple of days before when I got really nervous, I was like I don’t know if I could actually do this.
“He actually then turned, and was like ‘you can do this.
“It’s gonna be great, it’s going to give you such insight, you’re gonna feel like you learnt so much from doing it.
“Remember the reason why you’re doing it’.
“He said ‘It’s not really about you, if you can’t dance and people don’t think you’re sexy it doesn’t matter because it’s not your day job, you’re doing it to find out what it feels like’.
“So yes, he was very supportive.
“I would hope that he would tell me if he was gonna go somewhere and dance around his underwear. So I get it.”
Getting Filthy Rich explores different facets of the booming sex economy, this time looking at topics like dominatrixes and sex toys.
The acclaim means the I’m A Celebrity star has pushed the boundaries even further this time.
She said: “Obviously we loved what we’d made, but when you touch you on these subjects, you never know how it’s going to be received, especially in our current climate.
“So the reaction gave us the confidence to know that we could push the boundaries a little bit more.”
*Olivia Attwood: Getting Filthy Rich is on ITVX this Thursday.
Getting Filthy Rich explores different facets of the booming sex economy, this time looking at topics like dominatrixes and sex toys
