{"id":4203,"date":"2025-08-11T09:34:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T09:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/?p=4203"},"modified":"2025-08-11T10:14:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T10:14:01","slug":"pete-wicks-reveals-hes-in-love-six-months-after-split-from-maura-higgins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/11\/pete-wicks-reveals-hes-in-love-six-months-after-split-from-maura-higgins\/","title":{"rendered":"Pete Wicks reveals he\u2019s \u2018in love\u2019 six months after split from Maura Higgins"},"content":{"rendered":"
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href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/podcasts\/\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\">podcast<\/a>, the ex-Towie star, 36, and his co-host, <a data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/sam-thompson\/\">Sam Thompson<\/a>, 33, took a lie detector test and asked eachother personal questions.<\/p>\n<p>After a warm up and beating around the bush, the former Made in Chelsea star asked Pete an absolute belter.<\/p>\n<p>‘Are you in love with somebody right now?’ asked Sam, insisting that he was being vague enough for their public platform.<\/p>\n<p>After taking a while to respond, Pete smiled and said: ‘No.’<\/p>\n<p>The polygrapher confirmed Pete was lying by shaking his head and giving a thumbs down signal to the duo, leading to Sam erupting.<\/p>\n<p>‘Ahhh, I knew it! And that’s all we’re going to say, he said with his hands up, reassuring Pete that he wouldn’t say his love interest’s name.<\/p>\n<p>‘How could you do that to me?’ asked Pete.<\/p>\n<p>‘I don’t know, it just came to my head, it’s a f***ing lie! Pete’s in love with somebody! Find her, find her! All of our listeners find her! Pete’s in love, secretly, and I think I know who it is.’<\/p>\n<p>‘You know exactly who it is, I literally told you the f***ing story. And she’s not replied,’ he said with a laugh. ‘Why would you put that one in there? That was not on the f***ing list!’<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"363\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23882501 lazyload\" alt=\"uncleared grabs - pete wicks in love Credit: youtube\/staying relevant podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SEI_261789600-a95c.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Pete Wicks made the confession on his podast (Picture: Youtube\/Staying Relevant Podcast)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"363\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23882494 lazyload\" alt=\"uncleared grabs - pete wicks in love Credit: youtube\/staying relevant podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SEI_261789610-33ed.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Sam Thompson was in hysterics during the episode (Picture: Youtube\/Staying Relevant Podcast)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In March, Pete was seen hugging Love Island star Samantha Kenny after they were spotted hugging outside Mayfair\u2019s Amazonico club. Samatha is now dating someone new and the pair insisted that they are just friends.<\/p>\n<p>Pete and Maura were dating for several months, with Maura hinting at their relationship while in I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here.<\/p>\n<p>When Oti Mabuse asked if she was single, she replied: \u2018I am but I was seeing someone before I came in, but I\u2019m not in a relationship.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>She added that she was \u2018missing\u2019 the mystery man, who she acknowledged was someone the public might know.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the We Need To Talk podcast, Pete said of Maura: ‘Maura and I have known each other for a long time now\u2026 about six years. We have the same sense of humour, she\u2019s super intelligent and I think that is sometimes something that people don\u2019t realise about Maura.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018She\u2019s incredibly witty. We have always been there for each other for the past six years at a distance.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s different now. We spend more time together now than we did before. My relationship with her is that I think she\u2019s a great person and I would hope that she thinks I\u2019m alright.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The duo broke up in February 2025. On Valentine\u2019s Day, <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/02\/14\/im-a-celebritys-maura-higgins-strictly-star-pete-wicks-split-22560263\/\">Maura confirmed things had cooled down<\/a> by sharing a bunch of red roses with a card that read \u2018To me, Love me.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018There have been a few clashes, and it was eventually agreed they were better off as friends,\u2019 a source told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-14394993\/maura-higgins-pete-wicks-split-appearances-im-celeb-strictly.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MailOnline<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23498034 lazyload\" alt=\"Sam Thompson and Pete Wicks with the Best Podcast award at the Television and Radio Industries Club (TRIC) awards 2025 at Grosvenor House Hotel, London. Picture date: Tuesday June 24, 2025. PA Photo. Photo credit should read: Ian West\/PA Wire\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/SEI_256706610-d9fe.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>The duo have a successful podcast (Picture: Ian West\/PA Wire)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During the polygraph episode of the podcast, Pete turned the tables on Sam by asking him if he was currently in love.<\/p>\n<p>Sam answered no, and was proved to be telling the truth – with Pete delighted that he was not in love with anyone.<\/p>\n<p>This was likely linked to his break-up with <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/zara-mcdermott\/\">Zara McDermott,<\/a> which took place at the end of last year. <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/08\/04\/zara-mcdermott-louis-tomlinson-hard-launch-relationship-snogging-snap-23832666\/\">Zara and Louis Tomlinson \u2018hard launched’ their relationship<\/a> with a snogging snap at the start of the month. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Got a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">If you\u2019ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\">Metro.co.uk<\/a> entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/submit-stuff\/\">Submit Stuff<\/a> page – we\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<section id=\"share-buttons-bottom-start\" class=\"share-buttons share-buttons-bottom\"><a class=\"comment-now metro-button metro-comments-cta\" data-vars-position=\"bottom\" href=\"#metro-comments-container\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span><title>Comment now<\/title><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"comment-now__label\">Comments<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{“@context”:”https:\/\/schema.org”,”@type”:”VideoObject”,”name”:”Pete Wicks reveals he’s ‘in love’ six months after split from Maura Higgins”,”duration”:”T53S”,”thumbnailUrl”:”https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/08\/11\/10\/101100469-0-image-a-38_1754903596420.jpg”,”uploadDate”:”2025-08-11T10:12:14+0100″,”description”:”Big question to ask someone hooked up to a lie detector.”,”contentUrl”:”https:\/\/videos.metro.co.uk\/video\/met\/2025\/08\/11\/4085794419130591\/480x270_MP4_4085794419130591.mp4″,”height”:270,”width”:480} To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next Page window.addEventListener(‘metroVideo:relatedVideosCarouselLoaded’, function(data) {...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4203"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4203"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4208,"href":"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4203\/revisions\/4208"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.satecsite.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}