Pete Wicks shall be speaking about his Strictly Come Dancing stint “till he is 80”.
The 36-year-old actuality star reached the semi-finals of the BBC’s Latin and Ballroom present final yr and has realised how “mad” the expertise was now he has stepped away from the dance flooring.
Pete instructed Warmth journal: “I will be speaking about it till I am 80.
“If you’re within the midst of it, you are consumed by routines and all kinds of f****** stuff, so it is solely after we get the prospect to mirror, you go, ‘F***, what a mad factor.'”
Pete’s good friend Vicky Pattison is participating on the upcoming sequence of Strictly and the previous The Solely Manner Is Essex star has urged her and the opposite celebrities participating to “hear” to their skilled accomplice.
He stated: “My recommendation to anybody who’s happening is to hearken to your accomplice. I used to be so blessed, and so to have Jowita (Przystal) – I would not have gotten wherever close to so far as I acquired with out her. She’s one among my finest mates and one of the crucial necessary folks in my life.
“Having the prospect to be taught one thing new from somebody who’s world-class is an honour. I am trying ahead to being within the viewers and never dancing this yr.”
Pete hosts the Staying Related podcast with good friend and fellow actuality star Sam Thompson and is astonished that the pair shall be internet hosting a stay present on the O2 Area in London subsequent month.
The For Canine’ Sake presenter stated: “What a f****** mad expertise for us to do a venue like that, which has hosted Taylor Swift and mad people who find themselves necessary. Sam and I are a few little wallies who’re d****** about. The truth that folks get to return on that journey with us is unbelievable.
“I am so happy with all the pieces Sam’s accomplished this yr. The important thing to our friendship is that we’re one another’s primary fan – and, in some instances, solely fan.”
Wicks admits that his busy schedule has seen his health routine fall by the wayside.
He stated: “With work, I believe I am on about at some point off between now and the tip of September. I was fairly a match man again within the day, after which I let myself go, which is why I seem like Gollum’s been dug up.”
