• Olivia Jane “Simply Liv” Richardson was born on 26 April 2004 in Ohio, USA.
• She became famous for her gymnastics tutorials on YouTube.
• In 2016 she deleted all her social media accounts due to a controversy.
• She is currently focusing on her gymnastics career and has a new Instagram account with over 77,000 followers.
• She has an estimated net worth of $1 million.
Known for movies
An Audience with Tom Jones (1999)
as Himself
The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon (1997)
as Himself
Grand Theft Auto V (2013)
as Soundtrack
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)
as Soundtrack
Short Info
| Date Of Birth | June 8, 1960 |
| Spouse | Gabriella Wesberry |
| Mark | Extensive vocal range and memorable phrasing |
| Fact | He wanted to buy Manchester United football club in 1998. |
Known as Simply Liv, Olivia Richardson used to be an Internet personality until the fame made a bad joke of her. After a hot scandal, Olivia made the decision to delete all her profiles on social media and to clean all the news feeds of her accounts. Let’s find out more about what happened with Olivia in 2016, how she lives now and try to make it clear whether she is going to come back to her YouTube or Instagram account or not.
Early life, family
Olivia Jane “Simply Liv” Richardson was born on 26 April 2004, in Ohio USA. Her father’s name is Tim Richardson, and her mother is Jen Richardson. Olivia has two siblings, both of them brothers whose names are Brody and Wyatt, and who appeared several times in her YouTube videos. Olivia started her gymnastics classes when she was only two years old -her mother shared in one of Olivia’s videos that her daughter became very passionate about sports very young, and after a couple of lessons didn’t want to leave the gym, asking her mother to give her more time to train. When Olivia was six years old, she started participating in various gymnastics contests for young sportsmen and women.
Education
As per her age, Olivia is now studying the program of a middle school, though it is known that she is taught at home by her parents and several teachers who reach her via online lessons. Olivia’s current sports schedule doesn’t give her a chance to study in an normal school situation, since Olivia takes her budding gymnastics career very seriously.
Career
Olivia joined the Coral Girls, a home-schooled competitive gymnastics group located in Annapolis, Maryland, and coached by Mary Thompson. Several months later Olivia opened accounts on multiple social media platforms, and started posting. She became famous for her gymnastics tutorials she uploaded onto her YouTube channel. She also announced and participated in various challenges, at the same time being busy vlogging, filming talking videos, and more. Olivia also created an account on the Musical.ly application (currently called TikTok), attracting more and more viewers and followers on her YouTube and Instagram accounts too, being also associated with the famous Bratayley family. Along with that, Olivia was quite successful in her gymnastics competitions. In 2016 Disney Maker Studios signed a contract with Olivia, though no details were ever revealed about the subject of that contract.
After leaving the Coral Girls, Olivia proceeded with her gymnastics career at Hills Gymnastics.
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Controversies
Olivia would still be active on all those social media platforms on which she created her channels and profiles, but her childish attitude to some serious things played a bad joke with her. In one of her videos she shared her emotions, feelings and thoughts about the death of Caleb LeBlanc, who was the brother of Annie LeBlanc, Olivia’s team mate in the Coral Girls. The guy died when he was only 13 years old in 2015 – when the family found out that Caleb was ill, went to sleep and didn’t wake up later, they called for emergency. Even though Caleb was taken to the hospital as soon as it was possible, the doctors couldn’t help him, and it was announced he died from natural causes.
As a family friend, Olivia was invited to the funeral, and after the ceremony she uploaded a video in which she confessed Annie made her look into the open coffin, and when she did she became very scared and ran away. She mentioned that she normally doesn’t cry at funerals because she’s cried beforehand. The Bratayley family reaction to her words was furious, Annie’s father, Billy LeBlanc, wrote that he would be grateful if Olivia’s parents took full responsibility and control on everything she did and said online. Olivia started getting messages full of hatred and threats, so she had to close her accounts and profiles on all social media platforms in July 2016.
Olivia posted several photos on her new Instagram account in 2017 and 2018, but hasn’t been very consistent with uploading new content, with huge time gaps between posts. Lots of people keep commenting negative opinions on her former sins, but Olivia never answers any of those notes.
Posted by Oliva Liv on Thursday, January 5, 2017
Personal life
Nothing is known about Olivia current relationship status, since she’s never announced any updates on a boyfriend, nor posted any photos with a guy. Probably she is more focused on her sports career at the moment, leaving her personal life in the background of her priorities.
Hobbies and interests
Olivia is well-known for her sincere love for all kinds of animals, but her special feelings go to elephants, horses, kittens and dogs. Olivia likes dancing and spends her spare time attending dancing classes. Olivia’s favorite color is purple. As most of kids of her age, Olivia is a big fan of cartoons – it is known that her favorite is “Lilo and Stitch”, and her favorite character is Stitch. As for her eating habits, Olivia sticks to a strict diet, though she sometimes treats herself with her favorite chocolate Twizzlers – she once mentioned that she hated all kinds of jelly beans. Olivia’s favorite hobby is hitch-hiking, and she often goes to wood camps when she has an opportunity.
Social media presence
Ever since Olivia deleted all her social media accounts, she didn’t make a comeback, though many of her fans ask her to start posting again. However, she has a new Instagram account with more than 77,000 followers and a VSCO profile with some fresh photos of Olivia herself and her friends and teammates. She used to have a Twitter account which is now deleted. She also had a YouTube channel with a lot of videos and more than 280,000 subscribers, while her old Instagram account was followed by almost 500,000 people. Nevertheless, Olivia was merciless to all her efforts and dedicated activity on social media platforms, and at the critical moment of her social media career she didn’t hesitate to delete everything she had ever uploaded to save herself from numerous attacks of her haters.
Appearance
Olivia has long naturally very curly dark-brown hair and brown eyes. She is 4ft 7ins (1.39m) tall and weighs around 103lbs (47kgs). Her vital statistics are unavailable at the moment. As for her clothing style, Olivia prefers casual teenagers style.
Net worth
According to some authoritative sources, Olivia’s net worth is still very impressive since she managed to accumulate a big amount of money and still didn’t waste it, earning more and more from her wins on commercial gymnastics contest. Olivia is said to have more than $1 million, and her net worth is going to only grow since she is very young and have all the opportunities of the world to earn both from her sports career and from her social media activity if she ever decides to come back to posting.
General Info
| Full Name | Mick Hucknall |
| Date Of Birth | June 8, 1960 |
| Height | 1.8 m |
| Profession | Singer-songwriter |
| Education | Manchester Metropolitan University |
| Nationality | British |
Family
| Spouse | Gabriella Wesberry |
| Children | Romy Hucknall |
| Parents | Maureen Taylor, Reg Hucknall, Holding Back the Years, If You Don’t Know Me by Now, You Make Me Feel Brand New |
Accomplishments
| Awards | Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist |
| Music Groups | Simply Red, Faces, Holding Back the Years, If You Don’t Know Me by Now, You Make Me Feel Brand New |
| Movies | De-Lovely, Quincy Jones: The 75th Birthday Celebration: Live at Montreux 2008, Quincy Jones: 50 Years in Music: Live at Montreux, Simply Red: Stars |
Social profile links
Marks
| # | Marks / Signs |
|---|---|
| 1 | Extensive vocal range and memorable phrasing |
Quotes
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | [on homosexuality] It’s a beautiful thing. |
| 2 | [on “Far East Man” by George Harrison and Ronnie Wood] It has beautiful vocal harmonies and fantastic guitar work. |
| 3 | [on “Sally Sue Brown” by Arthur Alexander] I love the groove on this track and the acoustic guitar. |
| 4 | Marvin Gaye is my favourite vocalist of all time. |
| 5 | Al Green is a huge influence on me as a singer. He has such delicate phrasing and sensuality. I’m also very aware of how much women love his singing style. |
| 6 | [on Barry White] He always had a fabulous rhythm section and, together with his extraordinary voice, it makes something really special. |
| 7 | Gene Vincent had such a beautiful voice. |
| 8 | The truth is there was a golden era in music from 1962 to 1978 – after that it all went a bit tits up. I blame the fucking drum machine and the fucking shoulder pads of the 1980s. I feel a bit like the Antichrist as I had the bulk of my success in the 80s and I hate 80s music. I don’t care if it’s in fashion now, I hate it. I hate everything about it. The only thing I succumbed to was the ridiculous hairstyles. |
| 9 | It’s still the same drive that gets me out of bed in the morning. Lust for life. Or, failing that, Iggy Pop’s Lust For Life. Whatever it takes, y’know? |
| 10 | I think most amateur psychologists would say that, given my upbringing, I would probably be seeking some kind of approval from the opposite sex. So I think that became a way of seeking endless re-approval for myself. Plus, of course, a little bit of ego, a little bit of power plus a vast amount of alcohol … before you know it, you are in bed with a different woman every night. I don’t think fame is the key. I never had any problems getting off with women. Admittedly, it became a lot easier once I was famous. But I think my success in that department owes a lot to the way I was brought up. I didn’t have a mother, but I had lots of different female characters around me. So, compared to a lot of people, I learned a broader idea of the female psyche and maybe I really learned what women are truly like. But, whenever it’s mentioned, it’s always, “Mick Hucknall, the ugly ginger twat who pulls beautiful girls.” No envy there, I don’t suppose! |
| 11 | The thing is that I’m red-headed for good reason. I researched my DNA and I’m Irish/Basque with a big dollop of Spanish sea captain in there. |
| 12 | What people say I am worth is bollocks. But I grew up with the idea that socialism meant the Labour Party, and that’s what it still means to me. It comes down to social justice, social welfare, everybody getting an equal shot at what life has to offer. I don’t see that having a few bob is a contradiction of those beliefs. I still believe in the Labour Party, though I do question some of their policies like any intelligent person should. |
| 13 | I have to admit that The Clash were the best punk band of all. They really delivered the goods and took that original punk attitude to a whole other space. |
| 14 | I was genuinely convinced that The Buzzcocks with Howard Devoto would be bigger than The Beatles. |
| 15 | The band I had at the time were in love with punk’s individualism, but not always with the punk sound. Also, I thought the idea of a punk uniform was an oxymoron. By the time of “Holidays In The Sun”, the whole thing had turned into a bad joke, a cliché, a parody of itself. So I moved from punk to soul because that’s where I felt most comfortable. |
| 16 | I am one of the best singer-songwriters this country has produced. Ever. If people don’t like me saying that, tough shit. You can’t sell 50 million albums without something. |
| 17 | We would never have gained the attention without a major label throughout the world initially. I just got tired of them taking all the money. |
| 18 | Maybe these girls want to sleep with me because I sing quite well. |
| 19 | The influence of black American music has been inherent in British pop culture since the sixties. |
| 20 | What’s wrong with coffee tables? Millions of people have got coffee tables. What’s wrong with having a book on there and a Simply Red and a Sade CD? I don’t have a problem with it. |
| 21 | I was a soul boy before I was a punk. James Brown and Motown – we related to it because we were kind of blue collar. |
| 22 | I believe that music should communicate to as many people as you can get to. In that kind of DJ, music journalist world the snobbery comes from ‘it’s too successful, therefore I can’t like it. It’s too big a hit’. |
| 23 | Aretha Franklin was a huge influence on the way I sing. I’d always try and get the notes that she could get. |
| 24 | I’m interested in what legacy you leave behind musically, not about what I am now, what I look like, whether I’m skinny, whether I’m fat, whether I’m good looking, whether I’m ugly. I don’t think it matters. It’s about the music. |
| 25 | I am in this business for the music. The whole fame and celebrity stuff is the bit that I’ve always been uncomfortable with. |
| 26 | We’ve bred this generation of young people who just want to be famous. |
| 27 | Celebrity is a fascination with a fake plastic image. |
| 28 | I’ve read some amazingly derogatory things about me over the years and I’ve sat there and thought: if you replaced “ginger” with “black” or even “Asian”, you’d be up in front of a judge. |
| 29 | I was listening to the Beatles as well, which you weren’t allowed to if you were a punk. So I never quite fitted in. |
| 30 | Like many artists, my deal meant I paid for the cost of recording the music. I paid for the marketing. I don’t know any other business where you pay for something and then someone else owns it. |
Facts
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | (1985 to present) Lead Singer and only Original Band Member of Simply Red |
| 2 | Daughter Romy True, born 18 June 2007. |
| 3 | He and girlfriend Gabriella are expecting a baby girl in June 2007. |
| 4 | He was also the voice of Aida degli alberi (2001), an animation movie scored by Ennio Morricone. In the movie, Mick sang a duet with Filippa Giordano. |
| 5 | Simply Red were joint winners (with KLF) of the 1992 Brit Award for British Group. |
| 6 | Winner of the 1993 Brit Awards for British Male Solo Artist and British Group for Simply Red. |
| 7 | Winner of the 2002 Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding song collection. |
| 8 | He was a guest at the talk show TV-Huset (Oktober 2005) |
| 9 | Agreed to chair proceedings at Alastair Campbell’s one-man show at The Bridgewater Hall in Manchester in March 2004. Alastair is Tony Blair’s former director of communications. |
| 10 | Performed (as Simply Red) for the BBC’s annual Children in Need charity event. [November 2003] |
| 11 | Before Simply Red, Hucknall sang in a punk band. |
| 12 | He has admitted that his band’s name, Simply Red, is a tribute to his love of Manchester United, which he has supported since childhood. |
| 13 | He wanted to buy Manchester United football club in 1998. |
| 14 | Labour Party supporter. |
| 15 | Is said to be worth £30,000,000 |
Pictures
Movies
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sisters | 2015/III | writer: “Holding Back the Years” – as Michael Hucknall | |
| Ochéntame… otra vez | 2014 | TV Series documentary writer – 1 episode | |
| Alba | 2014 | TV Series documentary writer – 1 episode | |
| World Championship Snooker | 2014 | TV Series writer – 1 episode | |
| The Voice UK | 2014 | TV Series writer – 1 episode | |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 2013 | Video Game writer: “Something Got Me Started Hurley’s House Mix” – as Michael James Hucknall | |
| Sunday Brunch | 2013 | TV Series performer – 1 episode | |
| Idool 2011 | 2011 | TV Series writer – 1 episode | |
| Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | 2009 | writer: “Holding Back the Years” | |
| They Came from Manchester: Five Decades of Mancunian Pop | 2008 | TV Movie writer: “Holding Back The Years” | |
| Later… With Jools Holland | 2008 | TV Series performer – 1 episode | |
| The Nanny Diaries | 2007 | writer: “Stay” | |
| Polly World: Her First Full-Length Movie | 2006 | Video “Smile” | |
| Idols | 2005 | TV Series writer – 1 episode | |
| Six Feet Under | 2005 | TV Series writer – 1 episode | |
| De-Lovely | 2004 | performer: “I Love You” 1943 | |
| EastEnders | 2003-2004 | TV Series writer – 2 episodes | |
| Idol | 2003 | TV Series writer – 1 episode | |
| Door to Door | 2002 | TV Movie writer: “Holding Back The Years” | |
| Zwei Männer am Herd | 2001 | TV Series writer – 1 episode | |
| Whatever It Takes | 2000 | writer: “Holding Back the Years” | |
| Love & Basketball | 2000 | writer: “Holding Back The Years” – as Michael James Hucknall | |
| An Audience with Tom Jones | 1999 | TV Special performer: “Ain’t That a Lot of Love” | |
| Me Myself I | 1999 | writer: “So Beautiful” 1995 – as M. Hucknall | |
| Top of the Pops | 1995-1998 | TV Series writer – 8 episodes | |
| Brit Awards 1996 | 1996 | TV Special writer: “Fairground” | |
| Jack & Sarah | 1995 | writer: “Stars” | |
| Stars in Their Eyes | 1991-1994 | TV Series writer – 2 episodes | |
| Après l’amour | 1992 | writer: “The Right Thing” | |
| Sjans | 1992 | TV Series writer – 1 episode | |
| Only Fools and Horses…. | 1989 | TV Series writer – 1 episode | |
| Frantic | 1988 | writer: “I’m Gonna’ Lose You” | |
| 3 Men and a Baby | 1987 | writer: “The Right Thing” | |
| Cross My Heart | 1987 | writer: “Holding Back the Years” | |
| A Year in the Life | 1987 | TV Series writer – 1 episode | |
| Miami Vice | 1986-1987 | TV Series writer – 2 episodes |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simply Red: Farewell – Live at the Sydney Opera House | 2011 | ||
| De-Lovely | 2004 | Musical Performer – “I Love You” |
Composer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aufregung auf der Weide | 2009 | TV Short |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Question Time | 2004-2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Beatles’ Please Please Me: Remaking a Classic | 2014 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Night of the Proms | 2013 | TV Series | Himself – Singer |
| Loose Women | 2006-2013 | TV Series | Himself – Performer / Himself |
| Sunday Brunch | 2013 | TV Series | Himself – Guest |
| The 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | 2012 | TV Movie | Himself |
| B.B. King: The Life of Riley | 2012 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Nation’s Favourite Bee Gees Song | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Breakfast | 2008-2011 | TV Series | Himself – Musician / Himself |
| Music Nuggets | 2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| Legends | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Alan Titchmarsh Show | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| Mastermind | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| The One Show | 2008 | TV Series | Himself – Guest |
| Wetten, dass..? | 2003-2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| Songbook | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| Later… With Jools Holland | 1998-2008 | TV Series | Himself / Himself – Interviewee |
| Quelli che… il calcio | 2008 | TV Series | Himself – Performer |
| Simply Red: Stay – Live at the Royal Albert Hall | 2007 | Himself / Vocals | |
| Family Guy | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| This Morning | 2004-2007 | TV Series | Himself / Himself – Performer |
| Comic Relief: The Apprentice | 2007 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Soul Britannia | 2007 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| The Sharon Osbourne Show | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? | 2006 | TV Series | Himself – Performer |
| All-Time Greatest Party Songs | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Performer / Himself (as Simply Red) |
| GMTV | 2003-2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| Strictly Come Dancing | 2005 | TV Series | Himself – Musical Guest |
| Saturday Swings | 2005 | TV Movie | Himself |
| 42. Sopot Festival | 2005 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Classic Albums | 2004 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| All-Time Greatest Love Songs | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself – Performer (as Simply Red) |
| Parkinson | 2003-2004 | TV Series | Himself / Themselves |
| Kelly | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| One Life to Live | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| Children in Need | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| TV total | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| The National Music Awards 2003 | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Himself – Performer |
| Celebridade | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| 95.8 Capital FM’s Party in the Park for the Prince’s Trust 2003 | 2003 | TV Special | Himself – Performer (as Simply Red) |
| Verstehen Sie Spaß? | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| Top of the Pops | 1985-2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| V Graham Norton | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| It’s the Number One Party | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Himself – Performer (as Simply Red) |
| ABC 2000: The Millennium | 1999 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Die Lotto-Show | 1998-1999 | TV Series | Himself |
| TFI Friday | 1996-1999 | TV Series | Himself |
| An Audience with Tom Jones | 1999 | TV Special | Himself |
| Martine McCutcheon: This Is My Moment | 1999 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Lenny Goes to Town | 1998 | TV Series | Himself |
| An Audience with Rod Stewart | 1998 | TV Movie | Performer / Himself |
| Dennis Pennis R.I.P. | 1997 | Video | Himself |
| The Tony Ferrino Phenomenon | 1997 | TV Movie | Himself |
| MTV Europe Music Awards 1996 | 1996 | TV Special | Himself (as Simply Red) |
| Lauren Hutton and… | 1996 | TV Series | Himself |
| Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge | 1995 | TV Series | Himself – Special Guest |
| MTV Europe Music Awards 1995 | 1995 | TV Special | Himself – Performer (as Simply Red) |
| Masterchef | 1995 | TV Series | Himself |
| Brit Awards 1992 | 1992 | TV Special | Himself – Award Winner |
| Aspel & Company | 1992 | TV Series | Himself |
| Late Night with David Letterman | 1991 | TV Series | Himself |
| Cilla’s Goodbye to the ’80s | 1989 | TV Movie as Simply Red | |
| The 29th Annual Grammy Awards | 1987 | TV Special | Himself (as Simply Red) |
| The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross | 1987 | TV Series | Himself |
| Tocata | 1987 | TV Series | Himself |
| Brit Awards 1987 | 1987 | TV Special | Himself – Performer (as Simply Red) |
| MTV Video Music Awards 1986 | 1986 | TV Special | Himself – Performer (as Simply Red) |
Awards
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Gold Badge Award | BASCA Gold Badge Awards |
Source: IMDb, Wikipedia
