How Pete Wicks has overhauled his TOWIE bad boy image to leave fans in hysterics with best pal Sam Thompson before winning a new army of fans on the Strictly dancefloor Have YOU got a story? Email [email protected] By Laura Fox For Mailonline Published: 07:37 EDT, 5 October 2024 | Updated: 07:37 EDT, 5 October 2024 e-mail View comments When he was announced as a star of this year's Strictly Come Dancing lineup, Pete Wicks was considered as an unlikely signing by some. A veteran of reality TV , the star has featured in all manner of series, from Celebs Go Dating to Masterchef, and more recently Celebrity SAS.
But after being paired with professional Jowita Przystal, Pete has already won over viewers just two weeks into the new series, and despite insisting he has little dance experience, has already been praised by the judges for his progress. This weekend, he and Jowita will take to the dancefloor with a Samba to the theme song of the 1997 film George Of The Jungle, hoping to earn higher than their score of 22 last week. Pete ditched his job in the City when he joined the lineup for The Only Way Is Essex back in 2015, but relationship woes and a messy split from Megan McKenna saw him painted as one of the show's biggest bad boys.
Pete Wicks has become an unlikely star of this year's Strictly Come Dancing, with many fans praising his 'likeable' persona after shaking off his bad boy image However, Pete has found a whole new audience by leaving fans in hysterics with his chart-.
