Alex Bowen was ‘offered’ THOUSANDS to do Celebs Go Dating while still with Olivia

THINGS could have panned out very differently for Alex Bowen had he accepted a huge offer to appear on Celebs Go Dating shortly after leaving the Love Island villa. While dating his now-wife Olivia, Alex was offered £40,000 to appear on the hit E4 show. Alex Bowen turned down a £40,000 offer to appear on Celebs Go Dating Credit: PA Celeb Go Datings agents got in touch following Alex’s appearance in the villa Credit: Lime Pictures But he turned down the huge payday because he was dating Olivia, and the couple went on to marry and are now parents to son Abel Jacob, 3, and daughter Siena Grace, who is almost one. Speaking to Joe Baggs on his Not My Bagg podcast, Olivia revealed the famous dating agency got in touch after Alex left the villa in 2016. Sign up for the Love Island newsletter Thank you! She explained: “Alex and I weren’t shipped. A lot of people thought we were going to break up, there was a lot that surrounded that when we first came out. “Even people in the industry thought that because he got offered Celebs Go Dating. He got offered £40 grand for that.” The couple went on to tie the knot two years after finding love Credit: Instagram/ @oliviadbowen Alex and Olivia met on Love Island in 2016 Credit: Rex Olivia hinted that was the moment she knew he was a keeper after he managed to turn down the money for her. She added: “He was a scaffolder. He earned a good wage, but can you imagine coming out and he’d never seen that level of money?” Read here how Love Island producers are shaking things up with a BRUTAL twist at the final “His agent was like, ‘You should do it, they’ve offered this.’” Most read in TV Alex, of course, rejected the offer and instead things became serious with Olivia, whom he married in 2018. The pair became parents in 2022, documenting their journey on their ITV show Olivia and Alex: Parenthood. Following a particularly difficult birth and the heartbreak of vanishing twin syndrome during Olivia’s second pregnancy, the couple decided to stop at two children, with Alex recently undergoing a vasectomy. Comment now