‘We’ve had this time apart to grow up, so we’ve hit the reset’

MIC stars Olivia Bentley and Tristan Phipps reveal their romance is back on for keeps and they’ve moved in together

- RHIANNA BENSON

The first thing you notice when you sit down for a chat with Made in Chelsea lovebirds Olivia Bentley and Tristan Phipps is that they just can’t keep their hands off each another. Whether it’s a shoulder rub from Tristan or a peck on the cheek from Olivia, it’s clear to see they are smitten.

Holding hands as they sit on the plush sofa in Olivia’s Chelsea apartment, the stars exclusively reveal to new that not only are they (finally!) back together but they’ve also become roommates!

Reminiscing on their decision to rekindle what was once considered a relatively rocky romance, 27-year-old Olivia jokes, “All it took was a drunken night in Raffles and a lap dance and we were back together!”

“That’s not what happened,” Tristan, also 27, then laughs. “I was actually on a date – or a liaison, let’s call it – at that club one night, and then Liv walked in with her friends. I hadn’t seen her in person for around five months and I just thought, ‘Oh f**k, I’m still in love with her.’”

Olivia made her debut appearance in SW3 in 2016, when she was introduced as a love interest for fan favourite Sam Thompson.

In the years that followed, the fine art photographer and businesswoman struck up romantic on-screen affairs with the likes of Alex Mytton, Francis Boulle, Fredrik Ferrier, Digby Edgley and Will Higginson. Tristan joined the hit E4 series two years later, forming a kind of “Three Musketeers” with James Taylor and Miles Nazaire.

He soon began dating co-star Verity Bowditch before she called things off via text when the Covid lockdown hit.