PETE Wicks has deed retired astatine a rival Strictly Come Dancing mates by saying they 'really f*** him off'.
The Towie star, 36, launched his foul-mouthed rant portion talking to chap celeb dancer Chris McCausland.
Pete, who is paired with Jowita Przystal connected Strictly, told the unsighted comedian that helium assumed helium would beryllium capable to bushed him and his spouse Dianne Buswell.
But arsenic the weeks person gone on, the world prima and Jowita person fallen down the pair.
Speaking to his rival connected his and Sam Thompson's podcast Staying Relevant, Pete told Chris: "We are by acold the weakest dancers.
"Annoyingly though, you're f***ing overmuch amended than maine and it f***'s maine off. It truly f***'s maine off.
"If there's 1 idiosyncratic astatine the commencement of this I thought I could astir apt beat, it was going to beryllium you. And arsenic it turns out, I can't. And it truly f**'s maine off."
Laughing, Chris told Pete: "That makes maine truthful happy. That makes happier than getting a 10 disconnected Craig."
Pete asked Chris if helium thinks helium volition ever get a 10 from justice Craig Revel Horwood.
Fellow semi-finalist Chris replied: "No. Well helium goes, 'Well the arms are low, the shoulders are high, the knees weren't straight, blah, blah, blah'.
"So connected Saturday I thought, I'll chopped this disconnected earlier helium gets into it.
"I said, 'Oh, Craig, earlier you start, I conscionable privation to accidental I've been listening to your caller album. I deliberation it's brilliant. We were saying it's astir apt a 10 retired of 10, weren't we Dianne?'"
Strictly's Pete Wicks breaks down successful tears arsenic helium escapes creation disconnected and reaches the semi-finals time
Pete asked: "Have you really listened to the album?"
Chris said: "Have I f***. Imagine what that would bash to societal media."
Pete and Jowita person recovered themselves successful this weekend's Strictly Come Dancing semi-final contempt a "disastrous" creation connected Saturday.
The brace landed astatine the bottommost of the leaderboard, yet the nationalist ballot meant they avoided the dreaded creation off.
Gladiator prima Montell Douglas and pro dancer Johannes Radebe near the amusement aft going up against Love Islander Tasha Ghouri and Aljaz Škorjanec.
Pete broke down successful tears aft learning helium and Jowita were not going location contempt their waltz, which had gone wrong.
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2005 Darren Gough & Lilia Kopylova
2006 Colin Jackson & Erin Boag
2007 Darren Gough & Lilia Kopylova
2008 Jill Halfpenny & Darren Bennett
2009 Ali Bastian & Brian Fortuna
2010 John Barrowman & Kristina Rihanoff
2011 Charlie Brooks & Vincent Simone
2012 J.B. Gill & Ola Jordan
2013 Rufus Hound & Flavia Cacace
2014 Louis Smith & Aliona Vilani
2015 Harry Judd & Joanne Clifton
2016 Melvin Odoom & Janette Manrara
2017 Katie Derham & Brendan Cole
2018 Aston Merrygold & Janette Manrara
2019 Debbie McGee & Kevin Clifton
2020 —
2021 Anne-Marie & Graziano Di Prima
2022 Alexandra Mardell & Kai Widdrington
2023 Jamie Borthwick & Nancy Xu
Pete has present been described arsenic a 'People's Champion' and insiders deliberation it could adjacent extremity up walking distant with the Glitterball Trophy.
A TV insider said: “It seems that erstwhile it comes to Pete, there’s been a surge successful backing among the viewers astatine location who spot him arsenic a imaginable ‘People’s Champion’.
“After years of complaining astir radical with creation acquisition excelling connected Strictly, helium is idiosyncratic who’s evidently a implicit amateur who’s thrown himself into the contention and embodies the tone of the show.
“They don’t look to privation perfection, they privation contestants with existent bosom and perseverance.”
- Strictly Come Dancing, 6.30pm, BBC1, Saturday December 7