Pete Wicks cosies up to Maura Higgins on Strictly night out amid Jowita romance rumours

Strictly Come Dancing favourite Pete Wicks cosied up to erstwhile Love Island prima Maura Higgins and looked arsenic though they were 'more than friends' during a nighttime retired successful London amid Jowita Przystał romance rumours

Strictly Come Dancing prima Pete Wicks and Maura Higgins were spotted looking cosy astatine a London pub aft his latest show with nonrecreational creation spouse Jowita Przystał connected Saturday night.

The 2 world TV favourites enjoyed a nighttime retired unneurotic conscionable 1 period aft they were spotted sharing an intimate buss during a boozy luncheon successful London.

Despite the information Pete, 36, and Maura, 34, person ever insisted that they are conscionable precise adjacent friends, onlookers reportedly revealed that the brace looked similar the 'perfect couple' arsenic they cosied up unneurotic aft Pete's sizzling creation with Jowita, 30, which has led to romance rumours.

Former TOWIE prima Pete appeared to buss his Strictly Come Dancing spouse during their latest show connected the BBC One amusement arsenic things heated up connected the celebrated creation floor. However, helium past headed retired connected the municipality with Maura arsenic onlookers claimed they looked similar they were 'more than conscionable friends'.

"They were chatting to Pete's co-star Wynne Evans and it was precise wide they were much than conscionable friends. Things person intelligibly turned romanticist arsenic they were each implicit each other," a root told The Sun. "At 1 constituent she ran her hands done his hairsbreadth nether his hat, and they were cuddling loads too. They looked truly cosy and comfy with each other."

It comes amid rumours that Pete is getting adjacent to his nonrecreational creation partner, Jowita. Pete's champion person Sam Thompson precocious claimed that Pete is "in love" with his Strictly partner, earlier rapidly backtracking connected his comment.

Made successful Chelsea formed subordinate Sam has been supporting pal Pete, 36, arsenic helium embarks connected his Strictly journey, sitting successful the assemblage for the erstwhile TOWIE prima successful his archetypal unrecorded show past Saturday. But erstwhile helium was quizzed connected Pete's chemistry with the nonrecreational dancer, Sam fto gaffe that helium thinks there's a transportation betwixt the two.

Speaking to Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary connected This Morning, Sam opened up astir his champion mate's narration with the 30-year-old Polish dancer. When they quizzed him, helium said: "I deliberation they are successful love," but helium rapidly added that helium really thinks their narration is platonic. But digging a deeper hole, Sam said: "He cares astir her truthful much, the mode helium looks astatine her, I've ne'er seen it before. I conscionable privation to spot him happy, helium is 1 of the champion radical I know."

However, Sam isn't the archetypal to announcement that determination is simply a spark betwixt the pair, who person been partnered up connected the 20th day of the BBC creation competition. When the brace appeared connected Pete and Sam's podcast, Staying Relevant, fans speculated implicit the chemistry betwixt Pete and Jowita, aft the teaser shared connected societal media was captioned with a jokey comment: "Sam's jealousy is 100% nether control."

In the clip, which joked they were "third wheeling", Sam mentioned that Pete was looking into Jowita's eyes, with the brace having a backstage interactiong whcih prompted him to callback he'd called her a "ray of sunshine" successful her yellowish waistcoat.

When they look astatine each other, Sam notices Jowita twitch her nose, earlier helium questions her: "What the f*** was that?!" Jowita replied: "We person a code." Sam reacted: "Well we've got a codification - headbutt." Jowita added: "Sometimes we don't request to speak, we conscionable look astatine each different and we know."

The Mirror has approached some Pete and Maura's representatives for remark connected this story.

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