Pete Wicks takes break from Strictly Come Dancing training for special reason

Pete Wicks' champion friend, Sam Thompson, appeared connected Monday's Lorraine wherever helium revealed the Strictly Come Dancing prima was 'just about' allowed a little interruption from grooming for a precise peculiar reason

Pete Wicks' champion friend, Sam Thompson, has revealed the Strictly Come Dancing prima has been allowed a little interruption from grooming for a precise peculiar reason.

Sam, 32, appeared connected Monday's occurrence of Lorraine, wherever chat got onto his BFF Pete, 36, who helium has been supporting each week successful the unrecorded Strictly audience, and his clip connected the BBC One dancing contention truthful far.

The erstwhile Made In Chelsea prima revealed that helium would beryllium returning to the Pride of Britain awards arsenic a red-carpet unrecorded host, alongside Pete. This prompted impermanent host, Christine Lampard, to ask: "You and Pete, truthful helium is allowed clip disconnected from Strictly then?" to which Sam quipped: "Just about!" This prompted Christine to joke: "He is conscionable astir allowed to spell and bash thing else!"

Talking astir supporting Pete, Sam said: "I deliberation I person [been supportive]! You cognize what, helium came to Australia [when Sam was connected I'm A Celebrity] for a bully period to beryllium with me. That was the best, I couldn't judge helium would bash that for me, truthful I person to spell to arsenic galore shows arsenic I can.

"He really gave maine a play off, this past weekend, helium said: 'You cognize what, mate, instrumentality it off!' and I was like: 'Thank you!' They are agelong shows!"

Speaking astir however Pete's uncovering the contention truthful far, Sam revealed: "He's loving it, he's adoring it! I don't deliberation helium expected to, to beryllium fair!"

It comes arsenic Pete and his pro creation spouse Jowita Przystal made Strictly Come Dancing past implicit the play by performing to an Oasis opus connected the BBC One show. The duo performed a rumba regular to Don’t Look Back In Anger, which included tons of lifts.

However, justice Craig Revel Horwood called the lifts "totally illegal", and said successful a contention determination could beryllium a "disqualification" for the moves, but praised Pete for the enactment that had gone into the dance.

Meanwhile implicit the weekend, erstwhile footballer Paul Merson became the 4th personage to permission Strictly Come Dancing.

Lorraine continues connected weekdays astatine 8am connected some ITV and ITV X.