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Strictly's Pete Wicks on the heartbreaking loss that made him determined to 'make memories'


EXCLUSIVE: TV favourite Pete Wicks opens up about his Strictly experience, new autobiography, the friend who's like 'a brother' to him and why he's determined to make memories

Even by the former TOWIE star’s standards he’s a busy man, having just released his powerful memoir Never Enough, hosted a lively red carpet at the National Television Awards with BFF Sam Thompson and begun rehearsals for Strictly Come Dancing. Right now I look like I woke up in a wheelie bin.” But the self-deprecating put-downs belie the fact that cheeky chappy Pete is one of telly’s best-loved personalities, and his stint on the BBC show will be sure to give him a whole new legion of fans, particularly among the ladies. Pete admits the Polish pro – who won with Hamza Yassin in 2022 –was who he was hoping to be paired with, explaining that, given his “interesting” sense of humour and personality, he needed someone who can handle that.

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