From discovering his sexuality to getting married and becoming a parent, Ollie Locke has had the biggest milestones of his adult life played out on screen. The Made In Chelsea regular, who joined the show for its first series in 2011, has shared the good, the bad and the ugly on the E4 show – and he says he has no regrets.
“My entire twenties has been documented on high resolution camera. No one gets that,” says Ollie, laughing, when new sits down for a chat with him.
“Life is difficult for lots of people, including us,” he says. “So, if we can sit there and make someone smile on a Monday night, it’s a real privilege to be able to do so. If we can stop them thinking about their lives for 10 seconds and make them laugh, what a joy.”
Ollie’s dedication to TV has come with its ultimate highs, such as the 2020 episode, which aired his wedding to husband Gareth Locke at the Natural History Museum in London.
“We’ll always have that memory of getting married on TV, which not many people can say they have,” says Ollie, 37. “Our wedding was watched by 3.5 million people and it’s amazing – our kids can watch their parents get married. It’s lovely.”
But it has also featured extreme lows, including the couple finding out on camera in 2021 that their surrogate had suffered a miscarriage at six weeks.
“We put all the rawness of our relationship on camera,” says Ollie. “We found out on camera that we had lost our babies after I said to the producers, ‘If I’m going to do this, I will do it properly.’ I told them to keep the cameras rolling whatever happened so it was real. Then we found out. It was some really powerful and raw stuff.”
In July 2023, Ollie and Gareth became parents to fraternal twins, Apollo Magnus Obi and Cosima Emily Bex, after experiencing failed IVF attempts and miscarriages. Ollie is clearly a doting dad as his eyes light up when we ask about the twins.
This story is from the December 16, 2024 edition of New UK.
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