Pete Wicks makes heartbreaking confession amid Maura Higgins romance
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Before donning his pink PVC trousers on Strictly Come Dancing, Pete Wicks was better known for his bad boy image but, as he revealed during his impressive run on the dance show, he is actually quite the sensitive type. “I’m an emotional peach!” he says with a grin, as he sit down for an exclusive interview with OK!.
First finding fame on The Only Way Is Essex, Pete, 36 - whose romance with Maura Higgins has been hotting up since she left the I'm A Celebrity jungle, has been showing more of his vulnerable side recently, particularly in some of the bombshell revelations from last year’s memoir, Never Enough — and his new docuseries, Pete Wicks: For Dogs ’ Sake.
“I think people probably have a misconception of who they think I am, based on some of the things I’ve done previously,” Pete admits. “Over the years, I probably became a bit of a caricature of myself and had that ‘bad boy’ type image, which is not really who I was. It’s certainly not who I am now.” As we touch on his whole new fanbase since reaching the semi-final of the last series of Strictly alongside professional partner Jowita Przystal, Pete admits he feels incredibly lucky.
“I do have new fans since Strictly and the reaction has been amazing — I never expected it,” he says. “People have been lovely. I am getting older now so it does change. It’s been about 10 years that I’ve been doing TV and people change. The person I am now is not who I was 10 years ago or who I’m going to be in 10 years’ time. I’ve kind of grown up through TV in the past decade — it’s weird.”.
