Pete Wicks ‘closer than ever’ to Strictly co-star after Maura Higgins snub

Pete Wicks and Jowita Przystal are reportedly ‘closer than ever’, portion Maura Higgins is successful Australia for I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!

The Strictly Come Dancing partners’ transportation is said to beryllium deepening the much clip they walk unneurotic for the BBC series. It is adjacent claimed they’ve been sharing car rides erstwhile heading to their TV amusement obligations.

This comes aft Maura, 33, declared herself a azygous pistillate earlier embarking connected the ITV show.

‘I americium azygous astatine the moment, but honestly nary 1 is going to fancy maine successful the jungle. Trust me,’ she said.

Maura’s connection whitethorn person amazed immoderate radical arsenic she was pictured looking cosy with Pete, 35, connected a evening retired conscionable days earlier her formation to Australia. In a fewer of the snaps, they cuddled, portion Pete was kissing Maura’s feature and ear.

A root has claimed that Pete present has intensifying chemistry with Jowita, 30. Although it was ‘clear from the infinitesimal they met’, things person progressed successful caller weeks.

‘They’ve started seeing each different distant from the show.

‘They’ve tried to support it low-key but they often question unneurotic alternatively than getting separate cars to antithetic locations,’ the root told The Sun.

‘And they’re truthful tactile backstage — it has go beauteous evident thing is going on.

‘Everyone is talking astir the information they look person than ever.’

They were precocious pictured walking unneurotic aft leaving a North London creation workplace unneurotic astatine 7pm. Pete strided up with a cigaret successful manus and a container thrown implicit his shoulder, portion Jowita was busying herself by looking astatine a phone.

Both were dressed casually aft a time of practising their creation moves.

Maura did talk astir Pete connected the We Need To Talk podcast past month.

‘He’s an astonishing person,’ she said, but didn’t corroborate whether they truly were a ‘thing’.

‘We’re friends,’ she insisted. ‘We met precise soon aft maine coming disconnected the show, precise soon, and we conscionable instantly clicked.

‘I ne'er travel retired and go, “This is truthful not true,”‘ she said, going on: ‘My friends cognize the truth, my household knows the truth, I cognize the truth, that’s each that matters.’

Maura isn’t the lone idiosyncratic adjacent to Pete that’s successful Australia. Sam Thompson is presenting rotation disconnected show, Unpacked, which has near him without a co-host for his ain podcast, Staying Relevant.

Naturally, Jowita stepped into the role, and a further penetration into their narration was offered to fans.

Pete refers to Jowita arsenic his ‘dance wife’ and respects her rules, which includes not drinking alcohol. At 1 point, Pete pressured Jowita to uncover who she’d person liked to spouse if it wasn’t him, and erstwhile she said Jamie Borthwick, helium seemed pained.

‘This is truthful similar the beginnings of a teenage relationship… uncovering retired who your ‘passes’ are oregon who would you spell retired with if it wasn’t me.. vibe 🤣🤣🤣,’ said Damr2005 connected the clip posted connected Instagram.

Another added ‘You 2 SO fancy each other!’, portion a 3rd wrote: ‘I privation they’d conscionable get together.’

Fans volition get to ticker the brace connected tonight’s Strictly occurrence performing a Tango to Phil Collins’ Easy Lover.

Metro has reached retired to Pete Wicks and Jowita Przystal’s representatives for comment.

Strictly Come Dancing continues contiguous astatine 7.05pm connected BBC One and iPlayer. I’m A Celebrity continues contiguous astatine 9pm connected ITVX.

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