In short
Amy Jackson Westwick discusses her rise to Bollywood fame, adapting to Indian film industries and culture, and her personal life with Ed Westwick (Gossip Girl). She also reacts to Louis Theroux’s Manosphere, plus motherhood, confidence, and risk-taking.
Guest background
Amy Jackson Westwick is a British model/actress and horse rider from Liverpool. She was scouted at 15 and moved to India for film work; her early pageant experience helped her get a platform. She later returned to the UK, became a mother to Andreas (about 6) and Oscar (about 1), and is married to actor Ed Westwick.
Key claims
She says the manosphere content is “extreme and global,” driven by rage-bait and misogyny, and that men on it need therapy. She describes confidence as “fake it till you make it,” and says she sometimes holds her breath for hours. She says she was “out of my depth” in India but adapted quickly.
Notable examples
She was cast for a British-family role requiring RP English refinement and later worked on huge-budget Indian productions (including 2.0). She met Ed at an Aston Martin car rally at Silverstone. He proposed in Switzerland on a bridge during school pick-up messages. She says her honeymoon (Kenya) was postponed due to his filming and pregnancy.
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Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VONavigating Life as Ed Westwick's Partner
2:47 to 4:38
Amy discusses her relationship with Ed Westwick and its challenges.
“And you're like, I don't want broken bones.”
Amy's Journey: From Liverpool to Bollywood
4:38 to 7:21
Discover how Amy got her start in Bollywood after competing in beauty pageants.
“but have you seen the new Louis Theroux Manosphere?”
Cultural Shifts: Adapting to Life in India
7:21 to 9:18
Amy shares her experiences adapting to Indian culture while working in films.
“Because you'd never really shown an interest in acting or acted previously.”
The Fame Experience in India
9:18 to 11:15
Learn about Amy's rise to fame in India and its impact on her life.
“So there's so many, oh, this is, because I got in the bad books for this.”
Navigating Fame in India
14:00 to 16:45
Learn about Amy's journey to fame in India and her realization of its impact.
“And it was before kind of like Instagram really kicked off, which was good.”
Building Confidence and Overcoming Anxiety
16:45 to 20:08
Explore how Amy learned to build confidence and cope with anxiety in her career.
“Amy, I spoke to my therapist about this.”
Challenges of Being an English Actress in Bollywood
21:32 to 24:05
Amy discusses the challenges she faced as an English actress in the Indian film industry.
“you was well known, you were respected, but you did have a hard time.”
Adjusting to Life After Bollywood
24:05 to 25:58
Hear Amy's transition from Bollywood to her personal life and the adjustments she faced.
“So that was, it was like I was like a newborn baby.”
Motherhood: Shocks and Joys
25:58 to 28:00
Amy shares her experiences with motherhood and the surprises it brings.
“Did you have, was that relationship in that baby?”
Navigating Parenthood and Personal Growth
28:00 to 28:50
Learn how Amy balances her personal growth with motherhood.
“So that's having to think before you pull the trigger on anything and you have to account for this human that needs you to survive.”
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Meeting Ed Westwick: A Unique Encounter
28:50 to 29:54
Discover the story behind Amy's meeting with Ed Westwick.
“is your husband I mean if you don't know Ed Westwick He's been in many films, but he's known probably best for Gossip Girl and playing the famous Chuck Bass.”
Dating After a Breakup: Challenges and Realizations
29:54 to 31:16
Explore Amy's thoughts on dating with a child after a breakup.
“I mean, I had a few dates prior and I was like, this is...”
Understanding Relationship Dynamics
31:16 to 32:32
Amy shares insights into her past relationships and attraction patterns.
Finding Compatibility with Ed
32:32 to 34:35
Learn what makes Amy's relationship with Ed unique and compatible.
“In a classroom of sodas, most stay quiet Then there's Mr.”
The Proposal: A Surprise Moment
34:35 to 36:46
Hear the sweet story of Ed's proposal to Amy in Switzerland.
“And obviously at the front, like your messages pop up.”
Wedding Plans: The Civil Ceremony vs. Big Wedding
36:46 to 39:20
Amy compares her civil ceremony experience to her larger wedding.
“Now, if someone did Dubai on the beach, I would say no because it's just, if I see one more Burj Al Arab engagement, I'll vomit.”
Job Demands and Postponed Honeymoons
39:20 to 41:29
Amy discusses the impact of Ed's job on their honeymoon plans.
“like no remember what you're doing you're getting married tomorrow be on point so yeah i did really i enjoyed both they're both beautiful um but the civil like you said um we did it in italy gorgeous Yeah, it was lovely.”
Life as an Actor's Partner: Insights and Challenges
41:29 to 42:00
Explore the dynamics of being married to an actor through Amy's eyes.
“Yeah, but I'm going to remind, and when I get back now, thank you for that.”
Navigating Jealousy in Relationships
42:00 to 45:20
Discover the challenges and dynamics of being in a relationship with a public figure.
“And then when he's in actor mode, he goes into that mode.”
Amy's Journey in Podcasting
48:50 to 53:40
Explore Amy's experiences and reflections on starting her podcast journey.
Fashion Show Insights and Parenting
53:40 to 56:00
Hear about Amy's experience walking in a fashion show and her approach to parenting.
“Like when he's got such an amazing power.”
Shopping for the Perfect Handbag
56:00 to 56:49
Hear about the experience of choosing a luxury handbag and its significance.
“I was like, right, this is actually mortifying.”
The Challenges of Bag Choices
56:50 to 57:46
Discussion on the complexities of selecting bags and personal preferences.
“I should really know what I'm talking about I'm zip on it is it the cargo?”
Addressing Relationship Dilemmas
57:47 to 59:11
Exploration of modern relationship challenges and personal boundaries.
“Because I was like, I need the leather that stands up to more because I'm, I look after my bags but I have to use them.”
Navigating Long-Distance Relationships
59:12 to 1:01:29
Insights into managing long-distance relationships and emotional distance.
Attraction to Controversial Figures
1:01:30 to 1:04:12
Discussing the appeal of controversial figures and the psychology behind it.
“But I think if you are a little bit unsure, they know they target those kind of women.”
The Role of Women in Relationships
1:04:13 to 1:06:36
A thoughtful conversation on the emotional labor and resilience of women.
“So I would say Nikki Wolf Okay, that's a great one.”
Transcript
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1:52Olivia Attwood:Going blonde never felt so good oh my god the amount of times I have to just quickly scroll past TikTok because these bloody Gossip Girl things keep coming up so this big scouser rolls in and I'm like oh my god I can't even speak English properly never mind bloody Hamill have you seen the new Louis Theroux Manosphere audible gasp in studio Ed Westwick is your husband do you ever get jealous I'm a jealous cow were you actually a fan of Gossip Girl before you met Ed I watched it and I was like I don't think I can do this. He'd call me and I'd be instantly in a bad mood. And I was like, you know what?
2:28I just put myself in a bad mood watching Gossip Girl.
2:30Olivia Attwood:Literally. And then you got proposed to in Switzerland on a bridge, Gorge. Yeah, Gorge. Were you expecting it? I haven't told him this. No one!
2:45Olivia Attwood:Hi, dolls. Welcome back to Olivia's house. today's guest is model actress global star horse rider mum wife it is Amy Jackson Westwick I love that you put horse rider in yeah I just thought because we talked about it just as we started before we recorded I thought yeah you are and it takes one to know one there you go girl horsey girl I'm a fully retired horsey girl but we're just saying maybe I need to get back into it I need to get a country house visit us for the countryside little escape any particular riding like you like what's your style that you i gotta stay on the flat live stay on the flat not jump yeah i'm a bit of a coward i'm a little bit of a coward when it comes to that i love being in the saddle but on the flat we used to show we had show ponies okay yes the little pretty ones that prance about yeah they're like my spirit animal that's my sister show jumps still and like i'll watch her get thrown into a fence and then she's like the next weekend she's trying to jump higher I'm like, no, I'm a bit too nervous.
3:46Yeah, my risk assessment. And you're like, I don't want broken bones. Broken bones. And also, when you have kids as well, oh my God, you're second-guessed. Because you're like, I'm someone's mum. Yeah, exactly. I need to talk after myself. Like flying as well.
4:00Olivia Attwood:I was never a nervous flyer and all of a sudden, boom. So many of my friends that have kids have said that. They just suddenly, they start to re-evaluate. They look at so many different things that puts yourself in danger, basically. Risk assessment. and then you don't bloody do anything. So it's like, get back in there. I want to get into mum life and everything, but before we get started, we have a little segment on the show. Okay. We leave something at the door. I ask my guests, what are they over? What's annoying them? What are they sick of? And we just leave it there at the door, not on the list, banned.
4:30Olivia Attwood:What is the thing you'd like to leave at the door, Amy? I've got a lot I'd like to leave at the door. Responsibilities just for this hour, mainly. but have you seen the new Louis Theroux Manosphere? Audible gasp in studio Red Pill Manosphere They're not even getting through the gate Not even They're not even getting out the car So I'll be honest I feel like I have seen it because I've seen all the clips and I want to get my teeth into it I'm just back from the States and I didn't have a minute but I am going to watch it What was your take? How did you feel watching it? I was blown away I didn't realise it was so extreme and so global like I didn't have a clue yeah your algorithm feeds you the things that are in your mind yeah you know it's your like kind of mindset so it feeds you what you want I did not know they existed and I'm sorry like these men they don't the platform that they're given they need therapy I know they need therapy and a hug from their dads that's what I worked out that is what I worked out it was a lot of contradictory kind of comments going on and just violent.
5:35I wanted to turn it off. Yeah. And I thought, you know what? No, I'm going to power through. Were you like, correct? See what's going on. Yeah, scary, isn't it? Very scary. Very scary.
5:42Olivia Attwood:And you've got boys. That's what I was about to say. Mum are two boys. So it's like, you kind of need to have your finger on the pulse of like what they could consume when they're at that age to have the internet. 100 % and it's not too far away. And you know, I was seeing like news articles on the show and it was about like boys in school not being taught by women and when women teachers would go past, they'd bark at them and refuse to talk at them. I was like, in what world has this, like, come about? It's terrifying. It feels like, I mean, it definitely hasn't happened overnight, but it feels like this pendulum swing of this misogyny that's, like, taken the internet.
6:21Olivia Attwood:It's almost like as women are becoming more empowered than ever and taking up more space, that's when men that obviously feel triggered are trying to push back against it. and I wonder sometimes do even the men creating this content do they believe all of what they're saying is it just like they know that it triggers the right reaction it's just a business but it's terrifying that's what I picked up on and I think they wanted it to be viral and sometimes like there was a guy on there I don't even want to say his name don't even want to give him the air time but his relationship with his mum was of course I love women yeah I've seen that like I love my mum and like he's there and he's mopping the floor and completely going against what he was saying like 10 minutes earlier so I don't know whether they're just spewing it into all these rage bait yeah lost boys and lost men and that is that is a problem yeah it is a massive problem but that is not the way to deal with it I think they're kind of they're maximizing on that you know 100 % now Amy you are known you're known for a number of reasons you're a model actress um your career and I was I was like researching this episode it's so fascinating like you must feel like you've lived many lives I do I want to kind of get into how you got your break I mean you did beauty pageants Yes And you got scouted at the age of 15 and pretty much off the back of that you found yourself on a flight to India Off Insane I know Insane No, you know what you know what my mum said as well when we were on the plane over there because I took my mum obviously I was 15 and she was like and I was wrapped up and I'm going to see India I'm going to travel I want to see the food and the sights and all of that She was like, I bloody hope you can act.
7:59And I was like... Because you'd never really shown an interest in acting or acted previously. Liv, I'm sorry. Like, it was the furthest thing from my mind. I was really quite shy in school as well. And, like, drama. I didn't... Not that I didn't see the point in it. I just thought it was so far from, you know, an achievable goal. Right. Do you know? Like, becoming an actress and living that kind of life. I just knew nothing about that world. And, you know, come from a massively working class family. Grew up in Liverpool. Yeah, grew up in Liverpool. Mum was a horse riding instructor. So we didn't know that world, you know.
8:38But needless to say, yeah, I did a beauty pageant. And I don't know about you, but I feel like, because you did the Monster Girls, right? And I feel like if you go in, knowing that's going to give you a bit of a platform, people have a misconception about it, right? Off the offset. But I went in and I thought, okay this is gonna hopefully maybe you know i can see the world takes me to america if i get to the final and that was always something i wanted to do so i went in with that in mind and lo and behold i ended up on the other side of the world other side of the world yeah because you got scouted
9:12Olivia Attwood:basically by bollywood that's essentially what happened so you go over to india and you basically start getting cast in films so when you're out there did you have to learn the languages So there's so many, oh, this is, because I got in the bad books for this. There's so many different film industries within Indian cinema. Okay. So you'll have Bollywood, you'll have Tollywood, you'll have Collywood. Oh, yeah. Shut up, you're joking. I swear. I've never heard any of them before. I know. So the first one that I auditioned for, they were looking for a British family. Fine. Mainly RP spoken. So this big scouser rolls in and I'm like, Like, oh my God, I can't even speak English properly.
9:53Never mind. Bloody Tamil. Do you know what I mean? Tamil. But the role itself, the role itself, it actually, it played into like my favourite because it was 1940s kind of set up, period drama. And it was about a governor's daughter who goes to India for the first time. Okay. So I was like, oh my God, I was just playing myself. Yeah. Just trying to be posh. That was like, that was how I was embodying it anyway. Did you just try and drop your Scouse accent? I tried. I tried do you know the thing is as well like my mates back at home will say oh my god who does she think she is she's so posh now and then I come down to London and everyone's like oh she's a proper Scouser and you're like you wouldn't even understand me if I was speaking properly Scouse big time but yeah I did have to refine it because obviously it's a different language and things as well and they really genuinely couldn't understand the words I was saying so I had to get toned down but for the role as well Yeah, yeah, yeah.
10:49Olivia Attwood:So you're on these movie sets. I mean, these like huge productions. I've read one of the productions you're in was like an£80 million budget or something. Mad. That was 2.0. That was later down the line. They knew they could trust me. And they knew that I wasn't going to, you know, mess it all up. I got cast in that film. And it was really, it was an international kind of production. Yeah. But Indian producer and director. And we got like the cast from all over the world. So yeah, I mean, they're huge. And so how long were you out there? initially yeah you know i went out there for 30 days and it ended up being 90 days didn't return home and i thought all right well that was great that was an experience you know can show the grandkids i was in this film once and and then it did well yeah it did well a year later i went back for the premiere and then they were like do you fancy doing some more and i was like do i want to leave school and come and make some money yes and do something that i was like like this new passion i'd never even thought about it before and it was yeah it changed changed my life it really did what was it like for you culturally like landing in india like that's a huge culture shift from like living in liverpool how did you navigate that well as you say the cultural differences.
12:07Olivia Attwood:You couldn't get further. Further, yeah, further apart. Like food, like the culture, the way they dress, everything. Everything. So, I mean, I'd barely traveled at that point. To what, deep end? Thrown into the deep end and let's see if she survives. But I barely traveled. I think I've been to like Lanzarote with me dad. Lanzarote with me dad. And then my summer holidays were literally on the stable yard with my mom because she had to go to work. So I'd be with her. So this was a shock to the system, but in the best way. And I don't know, I was much more, like we mentioned at the start, I was much more of a go-getter back then.
12:46You were excited, hungry. You know, like, let's do this. It's an opportunity. I was seeing things that I've never seen before. But it was a shock to the system. Even the food, like you say. It was so spicy. I mean, my palate, I mean, the English palate, right? Northern. Everything is beige. It's sausage rolls, beans on toast. I mean, I eat plain Nando. Like I'm a lemon herb girl, so I don't know how I'd cope. Me too. That is still me. Yeah. That is still me. But spice on everything, even on the pizza, some chili flakes. And I was like... So you're like, oh my God, you had to really just adapt.
13:16Olivia Attwood:Adapt. Yeah. It was all a facade for a while. And then it... Yeah. I wouldn't say it was natural. I felt like... You know when people say I had imposter syndrome? I was the imposter. Like there was no imposter syndrome. I was completely... That's brilliant. Like out of my depth. But we made it work. It was the people as well. I mean, have you been to India? I've never been, but I've always wanted to go. But it's one of those places that, you know, you have a limited time off. And you think you almost need to have the time to go and travel and see a few different places. But I've never been. I've heard it's incredible.
13:46Incredible. And the people, it's the people. Very warm, very family orientated. So that was helpful. Okay. Yeah, made it a lot easier. And so like, how long were you there over a run? So, yes. Oh, so, sorry. No, you're fine. I'm going all over the place. so it was supposed to be that 30 days ended up being 90 days and then I ended up doing close to close to 10 years wow yeah towards like the seventh or eighth year Akanda came home
14:14Olivia Attwood:and then went back and forth yeah and you became seriously famous in India it's just films and when did you realize like that fame when did you kind of like twig to it was like was it like your first premiere when did it kind of like you're like okay shit people know who i am well because that's it that was like oh my god they know who i am which is great because no one has a clue i am over here which is brilliant so it's like it's like a whole other universe it's definitely not true but like you say like you when you came back it must have a bit like hold on fucking hell i'm a star guys like do you know you heard the fucking memo you know who i am i'm famous It's famous in India, by the way.
14:56Everyone's like, yeah, okay, babe. Yeah, all right, babe. Yeah, if you say so. And it was before kind of like Instagram really kicked off, which was good. I'm quite glad about that because some of the hairstyles I was trying and all of that nonsense, I'm glad that wasn't out there on social media. And, you know, I actually enjoyed, like, it's like so proper, but the craft of the actual work itself, you know, I could get stuck into that. But I realized probably when it was like I got a call for another film. It was like my fourth or fifth film. And at that point, it was kind of back to back. I was like, bloody you.
15:31Left, right and center. All bloody parts of the world. Just churning them out. Churning them out. Oh my God, I couldn't do it now. I don't know where I got the energy from. But just churning it out. And then I got a call from a director. It was actually my first director, ALVJ, who cast me in Madras Patanum, the period drama. and he said Shankar, who was one of the biggest directors over there, he would like you to come down for a meeting and audition for this film. And I was like, oh, this is huge. Yeah, this is huge. Because at that point, I knew all their names. I knew who was like creme de la creme.
16:04And I was like, okay, this is a big deal. So that was kind of the turning point where I thought, oh, this is actually my career now. And people actually like it. So I'm getting stuck in. Yeah. And what was that experience like for you? Oh, I mean, I was riddled with anxiety. Yeah, riddled with anxiety. But at that point, I'd learned, actually, I still do it to this day. It's like kind of fake it till you make it kind of thing, right? And I feel like confidence, especially. I didn't have it. I learned to be confident. And as you say, you get thrown into the deep end. And if you survive, you think, okay, I can do that again.
16:40And I kind of just grew like that.
16:42Olivia Attwood:I think you embody that. You have that confidence. you have that that light that kind of like when you came in here today you kind of lit up this room and like you say it's like maybe back at you no but i i think it's interesting to talk about because you might be like me it it's some it's a learned skill because i've no matter what's going on at home i know how to turn it on and i always say this to like my followers because people write to me go my god if i had confidence like you i'm like girl 10 out of 10 i'm just faking it most days like i might hate my hair my makeup but like i will just be showing people a different yes side of what's actually happening you can turn it on and then and also the more you pretend you feel confident then you kind of trick your brain into like you do feel confident yeah do you have any tips for anyone listening that might feel like they are struggling with kind of entering a room and you know take a bit of space yeah you know i think you said it so perfectly you've just got to throw yourself into the deep end like even even the smallest things like you say if there's something going on at home or just generally you know you just don't feel 100 % yourself and I'm a big overthinker so I will think myself out of things but I know it's what I want to do so I kind of have to say right let's go throw yourself into it to performance and then it does come naturally it does gradually get to that point um I was on a photo shoot the other day and actually I got some really good tips and it sounds so simple but I don't think I breathe.
18:10Like I really...
18:11Olivia Attwood:Wait, no, this is actually mental. Amy. No, Amy. Amy, I spoke to my therapist about this. Sometimes I swear I've held my breath for like four hours. Me too. And I'm like... I'm like... Coming out the other end. And he was like, he was really spiritual. I've never heard anyone else say that. All right, so I was on a shoot the other day. It was in Paris, Parisian photographer and they have this natural like you know sass yeah yeah and they're quite you know mysterious at the same time so i was trying to navigate it and he could tell i was a bit nervous and we were on set and he was getting really spiritual and he was like breathe and i was like what i was like i'm breathing he was like no breathe really breathe like take the deep breaths and he said about 20 30 seconds later he said your whole demeanor has changed your face has changed you've relaxed like everything has dropped and i was like i genuinely think i was suffocating and i didn't know yeah i didn't know and it's just coming out yeah so breathe breathe yeah that's take your breaths and kind of center it back that comes back to india as well not that i practiced it much um over there but like their breathing techniques and yoga just kind of getting in your very like in touch with themselves yeah i'm very in my own head too like i i was on a therapist called the other the other week and he's like okay we've done 10 minutes talking about all the possible worst case scenarios what's the best case scenario and i was like oh i was like oh i was like well i don't think about that and he's like well have you ever considered maybe shit i was like i would never sit and think like which is so bad isn't it like it really i would never sit and think okay so i'm gonna go on this job and i could these are all the wonderful things that happen i think okay I could get there I could forget my lines could screw this up I could the plane could be late like I you know you have to actually stop and remind yourself to think okay what would happen if everything went right 100 % so we don't like you're mirroring me right now I feel exactly the same I feel very seen when you said about the um the the breathing I was like god that's me take a breath hi dolls as you can probably guess I'm a little particular about my intimate I can't wear anything but a thong, can't bear a full pant and I'm very fussy about my bras but thank goodness for skims.
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22:45Olivia Attwood:girls um i was suddenly where you were sometimes made to get into makeup earlier just sort of like made to wait around was that more in the beginning men and women that was a big difference yeah the men would turn up when they wanted i think it's a male actor thing because they don't need all the glam i think i think they turn up well not all of them some of them were very uh dedicated and and very professional but um it was kind of like a hierarchy system as well and you know the more films you did or the more established you were more respected you got you know did you have a house in Mumbai I did do you still have it I no I don't I needed that to get somewhere over here is it that mental yeah it was like my little bachelorette pad that's mad and it was it was like a time of my life and you know what when you're in it you don't fully appreciate like the life it was like I was pre-single back to back with films and I was like I could really do a break oh I want to go home and yeah you know but at the time it was just it was just another way of living and it was like very early on I got my financial independence and that was a big deal for me I always wanted that you know I never felt like I was at a lack with my parents they gave me everything but you know you get to a point and you go okay I need to kind of return the favor and I need to if I want these things and I want this bigger life then you better get to work girl yeah so that was my mentality and I was adamant I was going to do it that's amazing when you returned to the UK and you kind of made that decision to come back fully was that a bit of an adjustment in itself i think it came at the right time personally yeah it's so difficult and and you'll probably know as well you know trying to crack on with the relationship as well when you're traveling left right and center never mind long distance when you're away for like months and months on end i mean it's a real effort you've got to make it work and you put the effort in and it stacks against you it really is it's so difficult and especially if they're not in the same industry as you and they don't get it and they're like okay well you say you want these things how are you going to be able to do those things and also you know when you're separated for that amount of time it's tough it's tough it really is tough so I was like right I'm gonna have a little break and I'm gonna do personal life and I was ready to build a family at that point as well so I took a break and then went back and forth and tried to make that work but yeah it was more on a personal front I wanted to come back yeah a bit more of a life yeah a bit more of a life exactly but yeah the adjustment was definitely um a big one I mean you had like people organizing your schedules this is what you're wearing today got your food ready I mean I couldn't even put your pants on you know they come in the trailer and they're like getting you dressed and they're hooking you up with the sound and I'm like like where is everything like I've got to organize everything myself.
25:49So that was, it was like I was like a newborn baby. Yeah, but almost like starting back,
25:55Olivia Attwood:like on my own two feet here. Yeah. You have your son, Andreas. Yes. Who's five. Six now. Six? Yeah. He's from a previous relationship. Yes. So he's your first baby. Did you have, was that relationship in that baby? That was when you came back from India. Exactly. Yeah. Exactly. And then you've also got Oscar, who's maybe two? One. One? Close. But I was going to have rest. Someone who doesn't have kids, it's fine. How have you had a baby a year ago? Are you joking? Oh, I'm sucking it all in. I say that. My sister's like, and she's a school teacher as well. She's like, I think he's like seven or eight and he's like four.
26:33When she sees kids, I'm like, that's close enough. That's close enough.
26:37Olivia Attwood:Honestly, if someone showed me like a six-month-old baby, I would be like, is he ready for school? Does he not? Can we give him a biscuit? They're like six weeks old, you can't have a biscuit. It's so true. I didn't have a clue as well about babies, though, before I had my own. Before you had them. How did you, how was motherhood for you, that adjustment? Did you, was it an instant, like, do you know some people like ducks to the water? It's interesting now because so many of my friends are having babies all at very, like, all around the last, like, two, three years. Some of them, and they won't mind me saying, it's like they just never, it's just like a duck to water.
27:10Olivia Attwood:Other people, it's a little bit more of an adjustment. How did you find it? I mean even going back like years and years before I knew I always wanted a family I knew I always wanted that not good not because it was like from a sense of um lack or not having like a family unit because I did got a great mom great dad great sister but all very individual relationships you know parents were divorced my sister's a lot older than me but great individually so I always I really wanted that. I wanted that unit. And yeah, I was ready to have Andreas. But I would say one of the biggest shocks to the system, it's the freedom.
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27:52It's like, especially if you're jumping on a plane left, right and centre and you're like, I mean, you can't even go to the shops. You can't even get a shower. You can't even get a shower without them needing you.
28:02Olivia Attwood:So that's having to think before you pull the trigger on anything and you have to account for this human that needs you to survive. Yeah, and I'm like, sometimes I'm still like, oh, I've got two kids. I still feel like a child myself, you know? But it did come naturally in that sense. It's funny, it feels like the only thing I am not good at, but it does come naturally, you know? like I have to work like with the acting that didn't come like easily and learning that and still even to this day I'm still like trying to train and you know the modelling and all it was kind of like I was learning my way there and still feel like I am but like with the boys I feel like alright like I know what to do maybe not in my own life but I can handle yours very well that's really lovely yeah Ed Westwick is your husband I mean if you don't know Ed Westwick He's been in many films, but he's known probably best for Gossip Girl and playing the famous Chuck Bass.
29:00Olivia Attwood:How did you guys meet? We met on a car rally. Yes. And it was the lead. That's not my fault you were going to say. Exactly. And I come and it's at like Silverstone Racecourse. Okay. And I'm dressed ready to race because I'm quite competitive. So I was like, it was me and like, I think it was 12, 13 other guys. And I was like, I'm going to win this. Was it like a charity thing? Like, what were you doing? No, it was Aston Martin. Oh, so it was like with a brand. Yeah, with a brand. You were going to go and like basically drive some cars, do some content. Okay. Yeah, it wasn't me like, you know what, Saturday morning, let's get on the racetrack.
29:36Yeah, sorry, I didn't explain that very well. Sorry, imagine. Just my little hobby. I was like, just your side hustle. Yeah. So we were racing cars and he was actually with a friend, a mutual friend who I knew. So me and him were chatting. He comes over and we're talking. And at that point, I was a year out of the relationship with my son's father. Okay. And I was kind of just about ready. I was like... Am I going to put my toe back in? Yeah. I mean, I had a few dates prior and I was like, this is... No. I was like, you know what? This is... It's cemented. I'm never going to be with a man for the rest of my life.
30:15Olivia Attwood:And does dating change post-separation when you've got a child? because you're probably looking at men through very different eyes because it's not just you that it affects. Do you know what? And that was the main criteria. Obviously, there was, you know, when you, I wouldn't say it's failed relationships, but, you know, you go through your 20s and you have these relationships and you learn more so what you don't want as well. And, you know, I grew a lot. You know, I did the work on myself. It wasn't a one-way street when it comes to, you know, the relationships failing or separating. so I knew what I wanted I knew what I didn't want but having Andreas in the picture that was a whole different ball game and you know I did go on a few dates prior to meeting Ed and I thought I could never ever introduce you to my son I was like you are a man child I was like do you know I even dated older as well I did try and I thought it doesn't actually make that much difference I think if they're immature they're immature they're immature they are like lifelong immature and also I read somewhere it's terrifying but apparently a man's frontal lobe doesn't fully develop until he's 40 I don't know if I'm like am I I don't know if I'm I don't know if I'm Stephen Bartlett-ing this with a medical statement but yeah I read that somewhere and he's probably part of that as well but I read that and I was like oh my god I was like no wonder we've all our 20s were fucking miserable these men are running around with like the mental age of like a 15 year old we're trying to get them to settle down and they have no intentions they just they don't have the capacity for it yeah what was it about Ed that stood out to you that was different because you said previously that you felt that you was a bit of a narcissist magnet me oh god my 20s yeah what do you think it was about you that attracted them kind of guys well that's the thing I can't blame them because obviously it was me as well I probably fancied them and that's a real toxic trait so I think Again, it's the kind of industry It's the kind of places I was going It's the company I was keeping And I think they liked the idea of me But when they got to know me
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32:47And now on a serious level, I think, you know, I have, I'm opinionated and I have a wild side that I will not tame, but I will channel it for the right person. But if that person is going head to head with me and it doesn't happen instantly, right? You know, you warm up, you don't see those narcissistic traits. and once you're in it's like oh all right they're the red flags but let me tell you I was dodging those red flags they were like just waving on past me so it's I can't put blame on all of them it was me as well but I got to the point where I was like all right it's just the compatibility right yeah we were two very different people that goes for a lot of a lot of the relationships I was in before Ed yeah just different personalities it was a real clash and And he stood out to me because he's the opposite.
33:40It's so funny because when you mention like his, the role, he couldn't be further from that character. That's so, I mean, thank God. Yeah, thank God. Oh my God. I know a few of them, but he is the complete opposite. And I think number one, I was very open from the get-go, as you said, like with Andreas. He was my main priority. Of course, I wanted, you know, to be in love and have a great relationship, but that had to go hand in hand with having my son yeah and then also which was like a breath of fresh air not instantly but like the communication I'd never been with someone that you could actually talk to like I lost the ability of having like open frank conversations and like talking about like feelings and like he's a proper cancerian so he loves to so he kind of drew it back
34:26Olivia Attwood:out of you that's really special yeah he got it back out it took a while though do you think it's because he's an actor and he's like in the arts and he's like slightly more connected to himself like emotionally maybe it's a really good point it might be like a little bit more if you have a guy that i don't know maybe does something that's slightly more of a toxic environment they shut off that you maybe because he has to draw on his own i don't know emotions yeah i think definitely i think that why that's why he yeah i think he's gone into that profession i also think he's got a really nice relationship we'll had a really good relationship with his mom yeah she was fantastic and like they had a amazing bond but they also have an older brother and he is their stepbrother so that was very normal as well in his upbringing and he see you know so he wasn't phased by the fact you had a son completely unfazed it's all green flags and then you got proposed to in switzerland on a bridge gorge were you expecting it i haven't told him this
35:38we were in the car we did the school pick up and me and andreas were in the back he's like mommy get in the back with me mommy get in the back of me so yeah of course i do pick him up and we're in the back. Yeah. And obviously at the front, like your messages pop up. No. Right? And not necessarily the entire message, but Michael Diamond dealer popped up.
36:06And I was like, were you like, ah, ah, ah. And then I saw his face. He looked at me like in the back mirror and I was like, you know, do you want some? I was like, do you want some juice, babe? You know? I was like yeah what's that out the window oh that's funny so it was kind of there
36:21Olivia Attwood:if you hadn't been posed to in a kind of close proximity you'd be like who the fuck's getting a diamond 100 % where the fuck is this diamond it would have been what's the film Love Actually and you're like where is my diamond bracelet so you thought it might be on the cards I thought it might be on the cards and then you know a few months passed and I thought alright and then you're living like day to day and you're like when is it going to happen like constantly get me nails done in the nail salon just ready whenever the question when he gets down on that nail like okay they've got to be done um and then we did it actually like you say in Switzerland it was for my birthday and I didn't know exactly when or how so it was a lovely it was a lovely surprise it's like I mean it's getting engaged I think it's like a 10 out of 10 experience how did you get proposed to in can I just say before you judge me I would never I feel like we were one of the very first couples on my Instagram to do Dubai on the beach.
37:17Olivia Attwood:Now, if someone did Dubai on the beach, I would say no because it's just, if I see one more Burj Al Arab engagement, I'll vomit. No offense to anyone's engagement, but when we did it, I... You were a friend, Sata? Thank you. So I feel like it was early enough that like it wasn't, like it didn't, yeah, I loved it. And I didn't, and it was a bit like the same. I was like, I kind of thought it was coming, but I didn't think it was going to be that day. But it is, oh my God, getting engaged is great. I always say this, You get told how amazing you are. You get a diamond ring. It's what it's not to like.
37:45Olivia Attwood:Yeah. It's a win-win for everyone. Do you know what? Great. This is when as well, I thought you were absolutely brilliant. This is when I came across you as well. Liv. Oh, what are you going to say? It was the wedding. Oh! It was a series, right? I saw it on TikTok. And it was so funny. And at that point, I think I just got engaged and I saw the TikTok. And I was like, oh my God, who was this girl? She's hysterical. It was one with your mom. And you were like, and she had a little cough. and you're like, you better know. I sound psychotic. It was very like, yes, no, on decisions and when I was doing my wedding photos, my mum was like, you better calm down because you've literally just nearly thrown your nan off the stage because I was like, right, next, next.
38:27It is a lot though, isn't it? How did you find it? You know, we had the civil and then we had the big wedding. Yeah. And don't get me wrong, the big wedding was... I know what you're going to say. With the civil more special. Yeah. I know. And I don't like saying that because he's bent full tune. but it's just probably more peaceful and you're like probably a little bit more present massively and it was just i didn't not that it was a performance but when you've got so many people you want to make sure they're having a good time and you're the bride so everyone wants to speak
38:53Olivia Attwood:to you everyone everyone so then you're doing the whole room yeah it's it's quite did you that night when i got into bed i actually felt like i've done a marathon 100 i was my body was like in uproar and we did three days jesus three days of that so i made a point of the first day i was like don't drink because you're gonna ruin it yeah you're gonna ruin the wedding day and i was like okay well we'll ease into it and then everyone else is drunk around you having a good time you're like no remember what you're doing you're getting married tomorrow be on point so yeah i did really i enjoyed both they're both beautiful um but the civil like you said um we did it in italy gorgeous Yeah, it was lovely.
39:33Good food, good weather. Hot though. Gorgeous.
39:36Olivia Attwood:Hot, hot. Yeah, hot, hot. Like sweating your tits off in your dress. Yeah, and it was, I felt a little bit bad for the guests. Did you get married outside? Married outside. I was like, you know, you had the whole vision. Everyone's like just dripping in sweat. No, literally. And I think there were a few complaints and I was like, oh, but I left fans out there, boy. But the pictures were banging. So that's all that matters, right? And Ed was on location filming around the wedding. Is that correct? so he literally flew in flew out is that i didn't have a fiance for the half of it we had we had a really short engagement as well we did it in january and then we wanted to do it at that summer and it was it was really quick so we were like right let's make decisions let's get it going and then he booked a job literally the day we were viewing wedding um yeah wedding destinations and he was like well i'm gone now and i was like right right okay but maybe it was a good thing We didn't get sick of each other.
40:30We got through the wedding. You probably got to make all the decisions. Make all the decisions.
40:33Olivia Attwood:You were like, yeah, that'll do. We'll have 20 ,000 of them. Exactly. And he was like, what are you up to? No, so he wouldn't meet me in Italy because he was filming around the corner, basically. Yeah, I think it was like an hour flight. So he would meet me there. It was quite, you know, romantic. He'd get a little time, a little break away. And then he had to fly back. And he didn't go on a honeymoon. Didn't. Now that's a touchy subject. Sorry. When did you realise you wouldn't be able to do the honeymoon because of his job. So he got another job booked after that. Jesus. Yeah. You wanted to be busy, but also you were like, I've got to pay for this wedding.
41:07So you know what? There was acting jobs a few and far between. I was like, take it. Don't worry. But we booked Kenya and like that was our honeymoon. Yeah. It's not cancelled. It's just postponed. Okay. But now we've got two kids. And then I found out I was pregnant like a few weeks after that. So I was like, okay. So it all happened really fast. Yeah. This is postponed for the foreseeable. Okay. Yeah, but I'm going to remind, and when I get back now, thank you for that. So Kenya is still pending. Yeah.
41:36Olivia Attwood:How do you find being married to an actor? I mean, you are an actor, so that probably puts you at an advantage to understand. Like, what's it like? What's the reality of it really like? Do you know what I always said? You know, because you work with actors, and they were great, but I was glad to see the back of them after the film. Bye. Because it's a very consuming industry, right? And I've never acted with Ed, so maybe that's a good thing. Yeah. You know, it's not put me off. But he's very, he's just very chill. And then when he's in actor mode, he goes into that mode. So I've not kind of, it's not, it's not kind of, you know, infiltrated the relationship.
42:16But I like it. As you say, he's very emotional. He's in touch with his emotions, which I find like it's refreshing. Yeah. Yeah. So, and also, I think now that we are, you know, married and he goes away, I go away. Having that understanding, Liv, I think that's huge. I didn't know how difficult it was for, like, the other person in the relationship. But it was also so difficult for me because you're leaving. And then they don't get it. So then the games kind of start, right? Yeah. And you're like, well, you're away, you're gallivanting, you're having a good time. And you're at home working. working like 18 hours a day stuck in a trailer like yeah I'm not out partying exactly so I think having that understanding is really key to making our relationship work anyway this is an immature question
43:04Olivia Attwood:but I have to ask I've always wanted to ask an actor's wife do you ever get jealous? madly do you? oh my god I love it you're so honest I can't no I'm sorry I can't pretend I'm not I would be up the wall oh my god I am like I with age I've mellowed a little bit okay but no I'm just you know I'm a jealous cow don't kiss my husband even though it's a fucking job oh my god the amount of times I have to just quickly scroll past TikTok because these bloody gossip girl things keep coming up and you know what I do actually love their relationship I do like if I wasn't married to him I wouldn't find it's so um annoying oh my god amy i'm obsessed with you that is so funny i was like is she gonna give me the pr answer of like oh it's just you know of course not a job okay so were you actually a fan of gossip girl before you met ed so i was i was working at the time it kind of released right i was working a lot in india i didn't didn't come on your radar as much as all of us Didn't really have the time to sit there and binge watch.
44:12I wish I did. But I must admit, it was actually, and this is going to sound really soppy now, but it was when he was away, when I was pregnant, and I was like, I really miss him. I'm going to put something on the telly. And I watched it, and I was like, I don't think I can do this. I was like, I was like... Oh, your hormones are raging anyway. And I was like, he'd call me, and I'd be instantly in a bad mood. and I was like you know what literally literally so I was like you know it's not a good move I appreciate it for what it is though and yeah I mean he he still gets people coming up to him now it's uh it's beautiful it's yeah it's a it's a proper like world isn't it I mean and I that
44:58Olivia Attwood:show's just like survived every era of like I mean even like you like it don't you like 23 do you know what i mean like every generation is like reconsuming that series and they like fall in love with it it's true it's like moms and daughters yeah coming up and you know it's very nice dolls this part of the podcast is brought to you by garnier good who with their range of spicy blonde shades are bringing a new era to spicy and as you can see i am here for it in my shade hot honey blonde. So today we're doing a spicy showdown because spice isn't just about your hair color. It's a mindset. It's main character energy.
45:41Olivia Attwood:It's choosing the thing that makes you feel good. I'm on a mission to understand what the new definition of spicy means to me. So the team have put together some fun would you rathers. Here we go. I'm scared. Would you rather book a last minute girls trip and pack in 12 minutes flat or have a perfectly planned itinerary with dinner reservations six months in advance. The second one, I'm a type A. I need the reservations. I need to see the details. I need a booking conf. Booking confirmations on my love language. Would you rather take a huge career risk and go after the thing that you really want or stay in the same job because you know that you're good at it?
46:19Olivia Attwood:Huge career risk. I would take the career risk. I'm all about that memory making. You know, we're only here once, guys. If you've got something you're good at, you can always go back to it. And I think that you want to take the risk, take the challenge, have stuff to write in a book one day. Would you rather try a new restaurant or order your usual? I always order my usual. I'm a creature of habit when it comes to things like food, hotels, even clothes. I know what I like. And I just kind of think, I don't want to be disappointed. So if you go onto my Deliveroo or any other food ordering website, I have the same.
46:56Olivia Attwood:Favourites are in the basket. What is your usual? I love getting delivery no boo. Would you rather do a full 45-minute glam every day or just have a fresh face? Oh, I have to do glam almost every day because I'm old and ugly. But I do prefer the feeling of a fresh face and it's so long sitting for glam. And even doing your own makeup, like who can actually be bothered? If I had to choose one for life, it would be glam. Would you rather have a bouncy blow-dry or a slick bun? Bouncy blow dry. Like, I'm all about the big hair. I don't need to look like a Q-tip.
47:38Olivia Attwood:She's got a beautiful round head though. I've got a small ratty head. Would you rather have a spontaneous night out or PJs and a face mask? I'm an out girl. I feel that this year I'm going to be very outside of the house, like an outdoor cat, you know? One of the ones that just goes out around the neighbourhood, and comes back when it wants and just looks at its own and goes, feed me. And then leaves again for three days. That's me. I'm going to be one of those cats with a bad attitude. Final one. Would you rather hot honey blonde or cool icy tone? Hot honey blonde. I feel that the warm tones are taking over.
48:14Olivia Attwood:It's very 2026. It's very in fashion. It's very complementary to almost every skin tone. I think everyone looks better with a slightly warmer hair tone. That's the thing. spicy isn't about doing the most it's doing what makes you feel your best and that's exactly why I love my Garnier Good hot honey blonde no ammonia no drip so no stress I literally apply it on like a mask and leave it on while I'm doing bits around the house which is perfect because you guys know I can't sit still so dolls enter your spicy blonde era Garnier Good is now available at Boots and amerson you're a podcast host now should have added that's your intro fucking balls it up go back and drop my thing well i'm playing at it live i turned up at these studios today and i thought oh my word i've got these guests like trampling over mud to get to like my glorified shed set up i'm just showing off here at spotify just like how the other half live um how you finding podcasting you enjoying it what kind of what made you want to start scouser just chatting chatting chatting chatting over a good cup of tea proper northern as well love a cup of tea and uh you know what also i i love a good chat and then the people i've had on are people that you know i love or i know and and they're like it's just a conversation it's a conversation and it's fun and it's very different to being told you have to be this person today it's just you being amy yeah it's just you being you which i finally i've like you know settled into that you know just being me which is nice and also on a practical side if I'm being honest having the kids and like you know running the house and and working from home primarily that was a big must because you can't jet off at the minute for me like 30 40 days away it doesn't it just won't work for me and like you say you you want to probably have your own identity have you career that you're a hustler like you've always worked like you say that then means you can do something that fits around your life exactly you walked the Paris L 'Oreal fashion show it was what was that the first time you've walked it first time and what was it you've got the likes of like Eva Longoria Kendall Jenner like Molly May that was Molly Molly who nearly didn't make it on the catwalk but she did she did I'm so proud of her and you know what she owns it yeah she really didn't when she got down there she was like this is me to be fair people give her such a hard time but it's like if you got as much shit as she did you probably ever think it as well 100 % I think because she's so much in the public eye you know she's it's only natural even me like when I see like certain comments and things on social media it knocks you and then you it's in the back of your mind but I think what she does is amazing and she really like stands firm in who she is which I have full respect for so yeah she got down there the only thing with me I was told Did you enjoy it?
51:09I loved it, but I wish I could have gone again. You wanted to, once you got the nerves off. Yeah. Yeah, but that's like life, isn't it? Can I just retake? I can do it better. Now I've done it and I know I'm not going to fall. And I had this, I was wearing this suit and it was like leggings in with like really like killer heels like this, but they were all as one. And I think the shoes were plastic inside. So they were inside almost like a catsuit type thing. Exactly. So it was at the very end. so I'm freezing because it was really cold but because you don't get your anxiety so my palms are sweaty my feet are sweaty and I get on the stage and I go oh my god my feet are going to fall out my shoes and I can't put them back in so I was like I'm going to slip everywhere so I wasn't like giving it that full force but you're almost scared if you over commit you could lose your shoe
51:54Olivia Attwood:and go outside oh my god so I was half in half out and once I knew they were attached I was like alright I'll go again one more you know but it was great it was such a and the L 'Oreal girls are amazing is your son aware of you and like what you do how much does he sort of like understand at five what can they do at five you know what he's very world understand he's he understands a lot that's the problem okay yeah you're always trying to are you trying to shield him a little bit from just in general like his emotional intelligence i was never like that when i was growing up no and like if an adult said to me the sky is neon pink i would be like but he questions everything he you know wants to know the ins and outs things which i love yeah it's hard graft as a parent but you know for the outside world that's good yeah but he's inquisitive and he's smart yeah you're like almost like slow slow your horse so like people will come up to ed to take selfies and things and he's like mommy you're not that famous Ed gets way more selfies than you and I'm like thanks babe I'm like maybe that's a good thing that's so funny so he's aware of things and you know I will tell him going to do the show and he wants you know he really wants to come and be a part of it obviously he's in school now so it's tricky but we were showing him the video and things but he's been on set before and he wants to get involved he's yeah he's that's cool yeah my little sidekick I mean he probably is how cool going to school and being like my mum does this, does that.
53:30Olivia Attwood:Like, come on. It's pretty cool. Yeah, I don't know whether he fully understands it. But when he's older, he'll probably be like so impressed by you. I hope so. When he's fired by you. Or not like got the ick and he's like, he's not going to end up like ticky-tocky, is he? Like when he's got such an amazing power. How? When he's got a mum that's like an absolute boss bitch. Oh, that will not happen. The ticky-tocky. Ticky-tocky. No, the ticky-tocky. The ticky-tocky. That was his name? Yeah, no. I'm like, you're trying to be this anyway. don't even get me started on him something ticky-tocky i was like come on mates i was like even off the back from what was that ridiculous no so just before we started recording i'm going to try and really have this conversation we both love a handbag yes we do we both love the ms game we both got done coming off the euro star i thought it was just me i wasn't going to tell anybody that because everyone was like i actually felt better that i'm not the only one that was that's stupid we're in it together and you know what i felt sick to my stomach so i feel like you're getting a bit of a bargain yeah right and of course you know it's gonna follow the law but can i just say i'm gonna go i'll go on a limb and say this right and the guy at customers was like not having me at all he was raging and i understand it is your personal responsibility to educate yourself but when you're in paris and you've got your amex out they're throwing stuff you can get all the tax back and they've used that as part of their so you start going their sales?
54:53Olivia Attwood:yeah I'm going to get my tax back you don't and then when you obviously because we're not in you know EU anymore when you come back you're meant to declare and then so I don't understand what I saw what to put him in claiming it back because there's no point it's a bit of a like Ponzi scheme I think it actually costs you more when you claim the tax back it does I was like more out of pocket I was fuming I was late as well for the school and I was like oh she jumped off the Eurostar battery had died no And they're going through all your bits and pieces. Your pants and your makeup bags. Are we like the same person?
55:23Olivia Attwood:I've never met anyone else. Every thong was like unrolled. I was... Me too. Can I say this? I've never said this to anyone. I was... After a while, I went on for so long and I started to feel so like ashamed just like going for my toiletries. And I was like, what do you think I've got in this bag? Like seriously, I was like, I'm off the telly. I'm off. you gotta use it when you need to use it I was like I literally am on loose swimming what do you think I'm doing smuggling like a gram of heroin through like what do you there'd be a revolver in there like what do you actually think I was like yes I've got a handbag I didn't like you know declare it but like can I just go home now I think they get off on it I know I'm off the telly you know what I was trying to be like as if I was at least I'm gonna do anything illegal like what where would that get me But yeah, he just looked at me and was like, okay.
56:16Olivia Attwood:Kept rummaging through the thongs. Kept going through my thongs. I was like, right, this is actually mortifying. What's the last handbag you bought? Oh, it was that time in Paris. I treated. It's put you off ever since. And I was like, I'm going to treat myself. And I was like, right, Ed, make the appointment. Yeah. I was like, right. Yeah. It's like, don't worry. I'll treat myself this time. Yeah. And he was like, all right, do you need me to come? I was like, well, just come for the ride, you know. and yeah let's see let's see what happens bought a beautiful 30 inch Birkin and it's called a colour I should really know what I'm talking about I'm zip on it is it the cargo?
56:55no I wanted the cargo and I was like you know I wanted something special I used like you know it's our first year of marriage card and this that and the other I was like anything special is it like a zip on like an angle? no it's straight and the zip is just across about this big but he said i haven't got the cargo but this is something a little bit different and i was like sold done let's go pop it in the boot let's go yeah put the techs on it that's what i
57:22Olivia Attwood:asked for when i was in paris cargo we got one day babe i know one day we'll manifest this one day i have to say i've got a friend that works for hermes and he's like when you get on your tiktoks he's like you say the color wrong you say the leather wrong i'm like for someone that loves the bag actually i'm quite uneducated me too i'm like this got a little zip in the corner i think people always think people talk to me about bags i'm out and they'll go i've got a and i'll go oh that sounds i think i have no idea what were you talking about well i always panic when i go in there as well and they ask you and i ask my girls who are like like fully fledged oh they know it and i'm like what do i say and what leather do i want and they're like giving it and i'm like and i just don't remember any of it and they know and they're quite you know okay let me show you instead.
58:05I'm like, that'll be best. Yeah, I'll be like sold.
58:07Olivia Attwood:Because I was like, I need the leather that stands up to more because I'm, I look after my bags but I have to use them. I don't want anything to have to be too precious over. Anything on the wish list right now? Cargo. Cargo, babe. No, cargo. And a mini Kelly. Guys, we'll have to put a picture of the cargo on the screen because otherwise people are going to be like, 100%, what is this cargo then? It sounds awful. It's really cute. It's really gorgeous and a little mini Kelly I would love. Yes. I've got one in like a really bright green colour and I absolutely love it. It was the first mini Kelly I've ever got offered and I adore it.
58:37Olivia Attwood:But the only thing with a really bright kind of bag, there's only so many times you can, because I've asked people like, oh, here she comes with that bastard green bag. With that bright green bag again. Yeah, the back ones you can kind of just have. Yeah, just use every day. So you're a dark colour if my SA is listening and I know he does. I love that. You obviously, you do Dilemma's advice on the pod. So I thought I'd get the Huns to write in, do a couple of questions for you and we can give them together some of their advice tackling some stuff so oh god this is like one of my biggest icks now that i'm single my boyfriend follows loads of girls but he says doesn't mean anything is there anything i could can or should do i saw a thing the other day says the biggest ick is a man's following looking like he runs a nail shop oh that's so true though that is an ick but it is isn't it it's got a whole list of them one after another and it's like in their pictures well i know it sounds so you know blase just a little like but there's something in that you've got to take the time out i don't care how immature it says if you're in a relationship it's disrespectful i massively agree with that i i mean i'm not gonna lie i unfollowed all of my ex's lists i was like let me go through and i'm unfollowing and i suppose that's my toxic trait because they're just gonna make a fake account aren't they but that's that's probably what they did do but i don't like it and my my kind of outlook on it if if they wouldn't like it done to them don't do it to me very true very very true how to distance yourself from a 30-year friendship that you feel like you've outgrown but they want to keep friendships are hard it's like a breakup it's as hard as that because especially on you know a friendship level but i think sometimes friendship breakdowns can hurt as much as yeah if not more if not more because they really know you and they've been through all the different versions of you but i suppose not everyone grows with you right and you do grow and i suppose in your 20s you're exploring and you have different like hobbies and you have different like takes on life and i suppose it just the distance is there but i don't think it needs a big you know message or or like any confrontation i just think the outreach kind of just kind of lessens maybe a little bit yeah and you always be there for one another and you know you've always got that person but life happens right so true i'm in a long distance situationship i'm in ireland he's in spain do i continue it or end it well i think if you're in a situationship you know what are you you're neither there or here i think especially and honestly i'm speaking from a place of experience when it comes to long distance relationships if there's any confusion if there's any doubt that is just amplified by distance you've got a really foundation haven't you to have distance like that yeah situationships i think are fine until they take up like negative headspace and then it's like what's it even for because i if i think of a situationship it's like you're neither here nor there but as long as you're both neither here nor there if one person wants more or thinks it's more that's when it gets that's the problem that's when it gets normally one person does always think it's more or want it to be more and the other person's keeping it in a box my best friend who's female thinks andrew tate is really cool oh what i don't want to this is real no i can i don't want to stop seeing him as well i just think this is really weird what should i do do you know what i was i'm not going to say her name okay but i had a hairdresser she was colour in my hair and we were you know there for three or four hours I was like so are you dating like what's going on she was like I don't know what the brother's called oh um Tristan Tristan she was like I've been speaking to him and I might and I was like what and I was like it's actually potentially even worse than the main one I know I was like I was like I would not be openly saying that but I just I do not I mean number one I don't understand the attraction whatsoever but in what world would you want to be some women are really drawn to misogynistic men and i always wonder if it's maybe what they saw growing up that they're kind of accustomed to it or maybe i don't know maybe they they look they look at the person and they look they're attracted to them they look at everything else through rose tinted glasses but i mean that's a fucking road to nowhere.
1:03:08Olivia Attwood:That is a proper rogue. That's rogue. To nowhere. Yeah. I think if you are, if you're a little bit unsure about yourself or a little bit lost as well or you don't really know what you want, when you have those men who claim that, and that was one of the comments on that manosphere, women don't really know what they want. I saw this clip down. And I was like, what? Like, what is that comment? But I think if you are a little bit unsure, they know they target those kind of women. Saying that, no, she fancies him, isn't it? it's the other way around. She's fancying Andrew Tate, the friend. The friend thinks he's cool.
1:03:43Olivia Attwood:Cool. Oh. I mean, what, I mean, where? But do you know what I thought was interesting about those men and like the comments that was made on that documentary about women don't know what they want and stuff. There isn't a successful man I know in my life who doesn't credit a lot of his success to the female and his, do you know what I mean? My dad, like, you know, he would have achieved a lot about my mum but he'd done it looking like shit and probably with two left shoes on and like do you know everyone like this he's always the one and all the men i've had in my life it's like you know god as soon as i'm away for a week it will just fall apart fall apart it's that emotional stability isn't it it's like and it's not like and i'm not talking about because i've never been one of these that's like you know slaving away over a dinner or anything i'm just i'm not as a domestic goddess but i'm like the structure of our lives comes from me i'm the foundation it's like so many women i know create the foundation they rely on us more than we rely on them I actually think generalizing massively we are more resilient as a species like then look what women have to overcome from like you know periods to childbirth to menopause we're just having things thrown at us since the day we're born and we kind of yeah I'm making it work I agree and this is pretty steady but the moment something happens go to bits go to bits they need us girl I don't want us to win I don't live before I let you go yes I always do this I always take a referral from my guest who do you think I should interview who should be in the hot seat next alright so I saw you had Chris on Chris Appleton love Chris now you've got a double whammy that you've got to have Nikki makeup you've got to have Nikki wool oh that's a good one that's a good one guys they are yes I got my glam done by the pair of them and I was like oh my god who is that?
1:05:34Was it unreal? I was unrecognizable. It was amazing. So I would say Nikki Wolf Okay, that's a great one. at Nikki Makeup on Instagram. The producers all
1:05:44Olivia Attwood:got their phones out. I believe an email. An email is being sent as we speak. Send it immediately. And she's got some stories as well. She's a magician. Okay, amazing. And who should we ban? Who's on the blacklist? Well, we know. Tiki Toki. Tiki Toki. Tiki Toki is on that blacklist. They're all on there. Although I do think it'd be quite funny to have a ticky-tocky here. By the way, if you're listening to this, I've got like 10 women in a gallery of women. It'd be quite interesting to see how he did with all these girls just staring at him. Oh, exactly. He might just crumble a little bit. But yeah, for now, definitely bad.
1:06:20Olivia Attwood:Amy, do you know what? I've been a fan of you for a long time. I like that, you love. And like I said, I mean what I said earlier. When you came in, you've got that energy that lights up a room, but it's not like forced, not like conceited. You're just very warm. You're funny. Thank you for being so candid. Thank you. Thank you for coming on. You've been amazing. Thank you for having me. That was amazing. I know they've loved it because they're all grinning me as it is. I loved it. Thank you very much. Amy, everybody. Bye!
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This week we're joined by actress model and global star Amy Jackson Westwick for a candid, funny and refreshingly honest conversation.
Amy opens up about her unconventional rise to fame - from growing up in Liverpool to being scouted at just 15 and thrown headfirst into the world of Indian cinema. She shares what it was really like building a career in Bollywood, navigating cultural differences, and dealing with imposter syndrome while learning everything on the job.
The conversation dives into the realities behind the glamour, including the pressures of the industry, finding confidence (even when you’re faking it), and the challenges of maintaining relationships while living a life constantly on the move.
Amy also gets real about motherhood - from losing independence to finding a new sense of purpose - and how becoming a mum reshaped her outlook on risk, work and identity. She spills on her relationship with Gossip Girl Royalty Ed Westwick - from red flags and jealousy to what it’s actually like being married to one of TV’s most iconic bad boys. Plus… she reveals the one thing she’s never told him..!
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