Olivia Attwood on the Pressure to Be 'Perfect' – The Real Cost of Beauty

Botox, fillers, and surgeries – you’re judged if you do and you’re judged if you don’t. Love Islander & documentary maker Olivia Atwood is clear that the critical narrative about women’s looks is just a tactic used to control us regardless of what we choose to do to our bodies.

In this chat, live from the Happy Place Festival, Fearne and Olivia ask if our mental health is suffering in our pursuit of physical perfection. Plus, they’re both candid about what work they have and haven’t had done.

Olivia also opens up about how fearful and shy she used to be. Maybe you often feel blocked by a lack of self-confidence; Olivia explains how making a point of putting herself in situations that scared her helped build her self-worth.

Olivia Attwood’s ITV2 show ‘Bad Boyfriends’ is out now on ITV and ITVX, and episodes of her podcast So Wrong It’s Right drop every Thursday.

Stick two fingers up to beauty standards – listen to our body image episode!

Chapters⏰

00:00 - Intro
00:40 - Are people having cosmetic treatments too young?
08:30 - The contrast between seeing the social world in real life
12:40 - The pressure to stay young
16:10 - Trolling
24:24 - The impact of Love Island
29:03 - Self worth/ Love
38:30 - Balance
39:48 - Pushing through the fear!

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