Strictly Come Dancing star receiving ‘death threats’ after shock elimination

Strictly Come Dancing prima Pete Wicks has revealed he’s been receiving decease threats.

The erstwhile Towie star, 35, is competing connected the existent play of the long-running BBC bid alongside Jowita Przystał.

Despite making it done to the apical six, he’s frequently recovered himself towards the bottommost extremity of the leaderboard, with immoderate questioning however he’d made it this far.

Now Pete has spoken astir immoderate viewers being truthful unimpressed by the information he’s inactive successful the moving for the Glitterball Trophy they’ve made shocking comments astir his safety.

‘I’ve besides had immoderate decease threats, which person been fun. It’s a creation amusement boys and girls. It’s a creation show,’ helium said during the astir caller occurrence of his Staying Relevant podcast.

His comments travel aft helium besides spoke astir circumstantial threats he’d received precocious too.

‘Someone really wished decease upon maine connected the creation level the different day,’ helium shared.

‘Let’s each support our fingers crossed that helium gets booted retired and breaks some legs slipping connected the floor,’ helium added during a erstwhile occurrence of his podcast.

Despite the shocking trolling, others person vowed to proceed supporting Pete connected the show.

‘He said connected his podcast that he’s been receiving loads of hatred messages, and adjacent decease threats, due to the fact that he’s inactive successful the competition,’ idiosyncratic OK-Lychee-1276 posted connected Reddit.

‘Are radical really okay?! Like it’s conscionable an amusement show, it’s not that deep. And adjacent if it was, decease threats are ne'er okay.

‘Just makes maine much determined to ballot for him, truthful radical tin proceed to suffer their minds implicit a personage dancing show.’

‘Pete can’t assistance that he’s got a ample and dedicated elector base, and immoderate technically amended dancers don’t,’ lostinplatitudes commented.

‘It’s pathetic. There’s truthful overmuch joyousness connected a amusement similar this! People request to get a grip and get a life, and conscionable halt being truthful ridiculous,’ martinursus added.

On the astir caller occurrence of Strictly, EastEnders prima Jamie Borthwick conscionable missed retired connected a spot successful the quarter-final with creation spouse Michelle Tsiakkas.

After immoderate viewers said Pete shouldn’t person made it through, helium went connected to hold with their sentiments helium wasn’t arsenic beardown a dancer arsenic the different remaining contestants.

‘Firstly, THANK YOU, I ne'er expected to beryllium anyplace adjacent a quarter-final of this amusement and the information that I americium is purely down to you astatine home! I’m not definite wherefore you’re voting but I’m truthful thankful that you are. I person enactment everything I tin successful to this for the past 3 months, I’ve thrown myself astatine it and I consciousness precise blessed to beryllium continuing this rollercoaster with Jowita. I’m not a dancer, I’m not a performer, I’m conscionable a bloke trying to get a small spot amended each week. I privation I could convey each azygous 1 of you individually,’ helium said.

‘Secondly, spot maine I cognize I’m not arsenic bully arsenic the remainder and I’m atrocious for that but I’m trying my best, we each are. I’m conscionable trying to amended and larn arsenic I go. No 1 is much amazed that I’m inactive present than me.’

He went connected to constitute that immoderate happens, everyone who signed up for the bid ‘took a measurement extracurricular of our comfortableness portion to effort and larn thing caller and to enactment connected a show’.

During this season, Pete’s highest people has been 36 during week 8, nevertheless helium remains the lowest scoring contestant aft being awarded 22 points twice.

Strictly Come Dancing continues Saturday astatine 7.05pm connected BBC One.

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