Pete Wicks insists he is single despite kissing Maura Higgins at Pride of Britain Awards

Strictly Come Dancing prima Pete Wicks openly told pals astatine the Pride of Britain Awards that helium is azygous contempt being spotted locking lips with erstwhile Love Island prima Maura Higgins

Reality TV Pete Wicks was spotted kissing Maura Higgins astatine the Pride of Britain Awards but the erstwhile TOWIE prima besides insisted helium was azygous connected Monday night.

The Strictly Come Dancing star, 35, was heard telling chap guests and celebrities that helium is precise overmuch azygous just hours earlier being spotted locking lips with the Love Island beauty. Pete, who was hosting reddish carpet sum with his BFF Sam Thompson, was unfastened astir his narration status, arsenic helium spoke with stars making their mode wrong the moving ceremonial - and was overheard declaring: “I’m single.”

Speaking exclusively to the Mirror, 1 attendee revealed however they overheard the world TV prima chatting astir his azygous beingness astatine the event’s afterparty. “Pete did look cosy with Maura astatine points but helium wasn’t shy astir telling radical helium was single,” the impermanent said. “He was proudly declaring himself azygous connected the reddish carpet during interviews and adjacent made a gag of not being successful a narration successful the barroom aft the awards.”

Both world TV stars took to societal media soon aft the lawsuit and portion they spoke astir the affectional ceremony, they some consciously swerved the accidental to code the reports astir their kiss. It was exclusively revealed by the Mirror, that Pete and Maura were progressive successful an intimate clasp astatine the grant ceremony's afterparty, held astatine London's Grosvenor House.

The couple, who person antecedently remained tight-lipped implicit rumours of a romance implicit caller months, partied until the aboriginal hours astatine the hotel's Red Bar. And according to onlookers, they did not shy distant from making it wide that they were together. In 1 post, Pete said: "It was connected honour to enactment astatine @prideofbritain again…

"[Sam] and I are precise fortunate to beryllium capable to bash immoderate of the things we bash but past nighttime is without uncertainty the astir peculiar evening of the year. It's a beauteous lawsuit with beauteous radical and a humbling acquisition to beryllium successful a country with existent hero's who merit the spotlight not conscionable for 1 nighttime but each day. Congratulations to each the winners and nominees - spot you adjacent year."

Meanwhile, Maura, who was a finalist connected Love Island besides posted astir the event. She said: "A genuinely peculiar evening." And successful different station believed to person been published since quality of her buss with Pete broke, she was seen posing successful a edifice lobby and penned: "Dreamy edifice @themayfairtownhouse."

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