{"id":75926,"date":"2025-10-13T15:35:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T15:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/75926\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T15:35:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T15:35:09","slug":"bbc-strictly-come-dancings-pete-wicks-addresses-on-stage-kiss-with-co-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/75926\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Strictly Come Dancing&#8217;s Pete Wicks addresses on-stage kiss with co-star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pete Wicks has spoken out about his kiss with Jowita Przystal<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1_JS281526729.jpg\" alt=\"Pete Wicks\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Pete Wicks has addressed the kiss he shared with Jowita Przystal (Image: \tDaily Mirror)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">Former Strictly Come Dancing star, Pete Wicks, has addressed his kiss with co-star, Jowita Przystal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">The reality star, 36, took part in Series 22 of the hit <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/bbc\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BBC<\/a> show last year, with him and Jowita&#8217;s chemistry ending up as the talk of the town.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">In recent months, Jowita and Pete have continued to stir relationship rumours after the two were caught kissing on stage at the O2 Arena in London last month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">Now the TOWIE star has admitted it was in fact all in the name of showbiz &#8211; and they were both simply performing a routine they would have done if they had made it to the final.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/showbiz-tv\/peter-andres-eerie-paranormal-experience-32667750\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Peter Andre&#8217;s eerie &#8216;paranormal&#8217; experience leads to terrifying discovery<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">During a chat about Pete&#8217;s new show For Dogs&#8217; Sake he was asked about the elephant in the room by Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley, the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/tv\/tv-news\/strictly-come-dancings-pete-wicks-36059354\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mirror <\/a>reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">He said: &#8220;It&#8217;s all part of the choreography, it&#8217;s the magic of showbiz. Jowita is such a good friend of mine and that dance was something we didn&#8217;t get to do on Strictly because we didn&#8217;t make the final because I was useless!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">This year, Jowita had something of an early exit from the programme when she and showbiz guru Ross King, who is best known for appearing on ITV&#8217;s Lorraine, were eliminated in the second week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">Asked if he ever gets jealous of Jowita&#8217;s new partners, he isnsited that is never the case and he relishes in his decision to &#8216;never&#8217; head back to the dance floor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">He added: &#8220;It&#8217;s a choreographed thing, she&#8217;s a very good friend of mine, obviously she was paired up with Ross, sadly they went out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">&#8220;I love [watching her now.] I spent three months in dance prison and thankfully was released in the semi-final, and I will never go back again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">His comments come just days after he turned up to support Geordie Shore&#8217;s Vicky Pattison, who is currently competing on the show, and admitted the whole thing had left him feeling &#8216;so awkward&#8217; in the moment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">Chatting on his Staying Relevant podcast, he revealed to co-host Sam Thompson: &#8220;I got so awkward. Bear in mind I wasn&#8217;t drunk either. I was driving so I was sober. So I was even more awkward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">&#8220;I didn&#8217;t know what to do. So, I went over the top and I started shouting &#8216;Yay!&#8217; And then I thought, why am I doing that?<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">&#8220;I&#8217;ve seen the clip, and I look f****** mental&#8230; I look possessed.&#8221; Pete has backed his mate Vicky, who&#8217;s been partnered with Kai Widdrington, to go far in this year&#8217;s series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/whats-on\/shopping\/tesco-asda-sainsburys-customers-paid-32665860\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tesco, Asda or Sainsbury&#8217;s customers paid to take bottles back in new initiative<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">He revealed: &#8220;I have never seen anyone so f****** nervous. There were tears. There was all sorts before before she&#8217;d even f****** got there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">&#8220;She is scared of her own shadow the f****** woman. It is mental. But she absolutely smashed it out of the park.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">Pete is confident that Vicky will continue to impress on the dance floor, stating: &#8220;I would bet my house that she&#8217;s not going anywhere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">&#8220;That&#8217;s the first stage completed. You weren&#8217;t the first out.&#8221; According to Pete, Vicky has a natural talent for dancing. He revealed: &#8220;I know Vic well. And the biggest problem she&#8217;s going to have is nerves&#8230; I saw her dance before the live show. She&#8217;s actually a good dancer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">Before her performance, Pete encouraged Vicky by saying: &#8220;You&#8217;ve already f****** surpassed anything I f****** did.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">&#8220;Imagine how nervous I was. I can&#8217;t dance&#8230; But you can actually you&#8217;ve actually got something to back this up. So you just need to go out and do what you&#8217;ve done before.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">Vicky followed his advice and scored an impressive 24 points for her foxtrot to Sam Fender&#8217;sRein Me In.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"birminghammail\">However, a less successful salsa to Dizzee Rascal&#8217;s Bonkers resulted in former Apprentice contestant Thomas Skinner being the first celebrity to be eliminated this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pete Wicks has spoken out about his kiss with Jowita PrzystalPete Wicks has addressed the kiss he shared&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[2974,156,59334,111,139,69,6156,437],"class_list":{"0":"post-75926","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-bbc","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-jowita-przystal","11":"tag-new-zealand","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz","14":"tag-strictly-come-dancing","15":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}