He was quite the charmer during his time on TOWIE and although we don't yet know who his professional partner will be on Strictly Come Dancing, we do know about a thing or two about Pete Wicks partners, in the romantic sense that is.
We have no doubt that when Pete returns to our screens for Strictly 2024, he will soon be caught up in an 'Oh my God, is he dating.....?' situation, seeing as that headline seems to follow the reality TV star turned podcaster everywhere he goes.
Last we noticed he was getting up, close and personal with Love Island icon Maura Higgins but in the world of celebs, who knows what that means...
Ahead of his reality TV comeback we have taken a deep dive into Pete's dating life and we won't lie it took a WHILE.
Jess Wright
Way back in 2015, shortly after joining TOWIE, Pete and Jess Wright struck up a romantic connection, but their boat was rocked when she drunkenly snogged fellow cast mate Lewis Bloor.
‘I think after the whole Lewis Bloor thing, it kind of made me realise I don't want to fall out with her because I've always said I love her as a person. We nearly fell out over that,’ said Pete at the time. 'But we're not really compatible relationship-wise. We'll always have a bit of chemistry but we're better off as friends.’
Verity Chapman
Next of the TOWIE conquests was Verity Chapman, who joined the cast in 2015 and fell out with almost every female member of the cast. She lasted just a year on the show, but did, however, catch the eye of Pete during her brief stint, and the pair were romantically linked after sharing a kiss.
Harriette Harper
Pete and Harriette dated before he entered the spotlight but she quickly followed suit, appearing on Ex on the Beach in 2017alongside Charlotte Dawson, even hinting she would love to join TOWIE.
‘If the situation was right and the storyline was right, I would most definitely join TOWIE. I would shake it up,’ she said. ‘It needs shaking up. It feels like the same old stories – she cheated on him, he cheated on her, blah blah... I feel like they need someone in there to rock the boat and I could do it.’
Megan McKenna
Probably his most high-profile relationship, Pete dated Megan McKenna for a year and a half in 2016 but their relationship turned sour - and of course, it was all caught on TOWIE for everyone to witness. They eventually broke up after Megan couldn't get over infidelity claims with Pete reportedly sexting his ex and their relationship became 'toxic'.
Jacqui Ryland
The next ex in question was Jacqui Ryland, an ex-glamour model. In 2017 she went public with sexts from Pete and said, ‘It was the whole thing about girl code.’
'It wasn't about being fame-hungry...it was to tell Megan, "Don't be fooled by all this". I think from her point of view it was 100 per cent genuine, but from his, not so much.’
Shelby Tribble
His next serious relationship was with another TOWIE cast member; Shelby Tribble, who he dated in 2018. Pete was (once again) caught sexting other women...
Shelby said, 'To be honest, I always felt like I was living in Megan's shadow because when we first got together he used to mention her a lot. My relationships have taught me not to change who you are for a man.'
It's also claimed that Pete had messaged one woman asking her join the Mile High Club with him, and told another to 'stop putting up sexy pictures'.
'I don’t know any of the girls personally but I was aware of them from Instagram, Shelby added, 'There were a lot of messages – it wasn’t just with one or two girls, there were at least ten.'
Megan Barton Hanson
Pete was linked to Love Island star Megan after the two of them reportedly disappeared together during a wild night out at a strip club while she was still with Wes Nelson.
Pete was swift to slam the claims, though, saying, "Do you know what, it's so ridiculous. At the minute I seem to be getting links with a new person every week. Obviously Megan's in a relationship, seems really happy, it's like a friendly thing. It's turning into a bit of a pantomime. It's just ridiculous. There's no truth in any of it. I just seem to get typecast as being some sort of pantomime villain at the minute."
Georgina Mullins
Pete had some successful dates on Celebs Go Dating but shortly after starring on the show he announced he'd gone official with a girl not on the show, Georgina Mullins, after meeting on Instagram.
'I met someone recently who has been a bit of a game changer,' he said at the time, "I'm with someone now who is a lovely girl. She's not from Essex and I'm out of the game. We are dating exclusively and I am really, really happy. She's not like anyone I have dated before.'
The relationship soon fizzled out and Georgia has disappeared off social media.
Chloe Sims
Despite always insisting they were just friends and telling Closer with his OWN MOUTH they'd never go there in 2019 (how could you, Pete?) in October 2020 it was finally revealed they'd been friends with benefits for TWO years but Chloe was left hurt after he admitted that he 'couldn't give her what she wanted'.
Ella Rae Wise
Following his on/off romance with Chloe, the long-haired lothario enjoyed a 'flirty friendship' with co-star Ella Rae Wise after lockdown in 2020.
Despite the pair sharing a kiss, nothing came of their relationship Ella said at the time, 'When I said to the girls, 'We're quite flirty,' I think they took it as a little thing; they didn't realise how flirty we were. Even the show producers said, 'We can sit there and watch you look at each other.' He's got really good chat.'
Jessika Power
Pete was linked to Married At First Sight Australia star Jessika Power when she revealed to Closer that they'd been swapping flirty messages.
'I think Pete is cute. We met when I did his podcast recently,' she told us. 'We follow each other on Instagram and he and I have a bit of flirty banter.'
Danielle Harold
When Pete's bestie Sam Thompson took part in I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in 2023 one of his fellow jungle pals was Eastenders actress Danielle Harold.
When the soap star left the jungle she was snapped getting up, close and personal with Pete. It was seemingly a short-lived romance and Danielle later spoke about the relationship on Loose Women, claiming they were, 'just friends.'
Maura Higgins
The duo were spotted sharing a smooch just a month ago and rumour has is they are still very much an item.
Will they be hit by the Strictly curse when Pete stars on the show this month or will they power through and become reality TV's 'It couple'? Only time will tell.
