Pregnant Olivia Bowen hits back at body-shamers as she shows off baby bump in sexy lingerie set
PREGNANT Olivia Bowen has hit back after being body-shamed for wearing sexy lingerie.
The Love Island star, 31, only announced she was expecting her second child last week and it didn't take long for trolls to target her.
In a bid to boost her self-esteem, Olivia slipped into a black lace set from Boux Avenue and took some stunning photos.
Last night she took to Instagram to address the critical comments and plugged the undies ahead of Valentine's Day.
She said: "I remember when I first got pregnant I posted a picture of me in some lingerie, someone was like 'you're pregnant, you're about to be a mum, you can't wear that'. And I was like how does that even work?
"Do you know how babies are made, first of all. Second of all, I probably need to feel my most confident while pregnant. There are so many emotions in my body telling me I'm not attractive and I'm not enough.
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"So lingerie is one of the things that make me feel so much confidence and give me that boost. So ladies, pregnant or not, make yourself feel good, you deserve to wear this lingerie, don't let anyone tell you any different."
Olivia and husband Alex Bowen, whose son Abel was born in June 2022, announced their baby news on social media.
They wrote: "A moment, a love - baby no2 - we’re waiting for you."
Their famous pals rushed to congratulate them, with Fran Parman commenting: “So happy for you both!! Congratulations.”
Vicky Pattison remarked: “OMG.... the best news ever, Congratulations guys x”
While fellow Love Island star Rosie Williams wrote: “Ahh congratulations beautiful family.”
“But I would love another one and Alex would as well, but two is the limit! It’s mad enough with one.”
Last March she told how she feared having a second child after losing nearly a litre of blood during her first labour.
She told Closer: “Alex and I sometimes talk about having another child, but I’m honestly scared to do it again. I feel quite conflicted about birthing and how it will go.
“It’s a hard one and I feel for any woman that goes through it and it doesn’t go the way that she had hoped. Abel’s birth really affected Alex too - he’s such a sensitive soul – and he’s nervous about me going through that again.”
The couple found love on the second season of Love Island when they came runners-up in 2016. They became the first couple from the hit reality TV show to get married when they tied the knot in 2018.