Strictly’s Pete Wicks claps back at judges after savage criticism

Pete Wicks has fired backmost aft helium was fixed little than glowing feedback during his archetypal quality connected Strictly Come Dancing.

The erstwhile The Only Way is Essex star, 35, took to the dancefloor for the archetypal clip contiguous with his spouse Jowita Przystał, 30.

The brace were tasked with taking connected a pasodoble, nevertheless up of the dance, Pete expressed his concerns over his abilities.

‘I ne'er thought I’d beryllium doing this,’ helium said successful a pre-recorded segment, adding his household and friends expected him to ‘mess up’ connected the show.

‘I person the flexibility of a chopstick,’ helium quipped.

‘I bash deficiency bushed and earthy creation quality – which is simply a spot of a problem,’ helium past admitted.

After getting done the routine, it came clip for the 4 judges – Shirley Ballas, Motsi Mabuse, Anton Du Beke and the notoriously difficult-to-please Craig Revel Horwood – to stock their thoughts.

‘Well paso Pete I’m a small spot mislaid for words really,’ Shirley began, earlier criticising the information helium lone seemed to amusement disconnected 1 move.

‘Pasodoble is built up of a batch of twisting and antithetic figures and this seemed to beryllium repetitive implicit and implicit again,’ she continued.

As the workplace assemblage started to boo, Shirley asked them to ‘wait a moment’, indicating she mightiness person thing affirmative to travel up with, but that was not the case.

‘I did find the footwork not to beryllium immoderate benignant of authentic pasodoble but support trying and travel backmost adjacent week fighting. But it wasn’t my cupful of beverage darling.’

It past came clip for Anton’s assessment, with the justice saying the regular made him ‘nervous’.

‘You got done the regular and it’s not that you can’t bash the steps oregon the choreography but it’s the timing and the euphony that gets you connected edge,’ helium explained.

However, jumping in, Pete declared: ‘I’ve got nary bushed mate!’

After advising him to effort and not number retired the steps truthful loudly and ‘let the euphony beryllium your friend’, Anton said helium had to enactment connected ‘the timing and the euphony a lot’.

Craig past said Pete’s arms were ‘loose and forgotten about’ earlier delivering a brutal line: ‘It looked similar you were going done a stroll of the Port Talbot steelworks.’

‘But I bash admit your determination and the information you were telling a story.’

However, Motsi said determination was ‘missing technique’, she was ‘captured’.

‘I couldn’t look distant and it was a modern mentation of the dance. But I tin spot that your eyes are similar occurrence and support that!’

When it came clip to get their scores, Pete and Jowita were fixed a 4, 5, 3 and 5 from Craig, Motsi, Shirley and Anton.

Those watching it play retired astatine location shared their thoughts connected societal media too.

‘Shirley shushing the assemblage boos erstwhile criticising Pete lone to treble down connected the disapproval afterwards is highest comedy,’ idiosyncratic thesugarsuga posted connected X.

‘Pete does not instrumentality disapproval good does he,’ RoomMrs commented.

‘I springiness it 2 weeks earlier Pete jumps the judges array and puts Anton and Craig successful a headlock,’ katyajcnes joked.

When asked however helium felt successful the aftermath, Pete was thing but positive: ‘If I’m truly honorable I loved it. I ever said this astir apt wasn’t the contention for me, but I’ve honestly loved the past fewer weeks.’

Strictly Come Dancing continues adjacent Saturday astatine 6.15pm connected BBC One.

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