We all know that TOWIE’s Pete Wicks has got a, er, colourful relationship history, but did you know he has a secret son (maybe)?
Yep, you heard us right. Pete recently commented, "my son ❤️", on a picture of Ex TOWIE star Jayden Beales. Jayden replied, "dad ❤️".
There you have it, all the proof we need...
A few days earlier Jayden posted a picture of Pete Wicks with the caption, "LONDON 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧", suggesting the pair had been hanging out in the big city (maybe doing some wholesome father and son activities)...
Okay. Sorry to burst your bubble, but Pete isn't ACTUALLY Jayden's dad (in a biological sense at least). But why get hung up on the details? The fatherly bond is clearly there and that's enough for us tbh. But Pete definitely doesn't have a son (at least one that we know of).
This isn't the first time Pete's shared pictures of a "son". Last year the Essex pirate reposted a video of himself standing next to TikTok star Flynn Castles (known as Flynn.qua) which said, “Me n dad @p_wicks”.
In the clip Pete and his mini-me are both pulling his trademark smoulder and holding hairbands in their mouths as they pull their long hair up into top knots.
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While Pete is not Flynn’s biological father, there’s no denying that they bare more than a passing resemblance and tbf, they both look HOT.
The next story shows Flynn and Pete posing on a staircase with the rest of Flynn’s TikTok collective - known as Icon House - with a teaser ahead of last night’s episode of Pete and Sam [Thompson]’s Reality News, which the TikTokers featured on.
Flynn and his housemates are part of a growing group of UK social media users living in “creator mansions” – huge homes rented out by savvy entrepreneurs and populated with already-very-successful influencers - who created top notch content in exchange for living RENT FREE.
It’s basically Big Brother for privileged teens who get to control what the public see via their Instagram and TikTok accounts.
CHECK OUT: remember these forbidden Celebs Go Dating couples
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Stephanie Pratt and Joey Essex in series 1
When the show was just a little bitty baby in 2016, Stephanie and Joey were its first ever forbidden celeb couple. Then dating expert Nadia Essex certainly made her feelings known as later Steph told us, "I try to block out bad memories, but she didn't accept that Joey and I were dating. She was evil to me when I was dating Joey, on and off camera."She was flirting with Joey."
Eden Blackman and Chanel Sadie Paul in series 2
So this was QUITE the scandal at the time. Then dating coach Eden ended up hooking up with one of the civilian daters, Chanel, a Kim Kardashian lookalike who was brought in to date IRL Kim's best mate Jonathan Cheban (awks). It all crumbled though when Chanel found out he'd been two timing her and shared the messages online.
Charlotte Dawson and Frankie Cocozza in series 3
She might be settled down with a baby on the way now, but back in 2017 Charlotte looked to the dating agents to find her love with a civilian. Instead, she found a "genuine connection" with disgraced X Factor star Frankie, before accusing him of using her for air time. The pair no longer speak.
Tallia Storm and Seb Morris on series 4
Ok, ok, so not STRICTLY a forbidden romance, but Tallia and Seb were the OG exes on the show (to be extremely outshone by Pete Wicks and Megan McKenna two series later) and it was SO CLEAR when the agents had them in a room together that there was still LOADS of chemistry between them.
Olivia Attwood and Sam Craske in series 5
Love Island's Olivia certainly had options on the show, reportedly hooking up with Ibiza Weekender's Callum Izzard,too. But it was Diversity Dancer and Jesy Nelson's ex Sam who she attended the final with, and fans were overjoyed at the union.
Sam Thompson and Pete Wicks in series 6
Easily the most enduring love affair to have come from the show, Pete and Sam each met their soulmates in each other in series six and are still the best of friends today (even if their relationship does revolve around Pete ripping into Sam).
Jack Fincham and Lauren Goodger in series 7
These two Essex natives seem like the perfect match on paper, which is why we were gutted not to see more of their relationship play out. TOWIE's Lauren dropped some major hints she'd been getting intimate with the Love Island winner, but later left the agency early to focus on herself.
Megan Barton Hanson and Demi Sims in series 7
After breaking up with her Love Island boyfriend Wes Nelson, Megan admitted she was bi-sexualand on CGD dated both guys and girls. She hit it off with TOWIE's Demi and the two ended the series trying to make a go of it, but it wasn't to last.
Josh Ritchie and Olivia Bentley on series 8
Made in Chelsea's poshest export Liv joined the agency looking for a bit of rough and found it in newly single Josh Ritchie, who'd just split from Charlotte Crosby. The pair were photographed snogging at a party and they both admitted to fancying each other.
James Lock and Alison Hammond on series 8
Liv was also briefly linked to TOWIE's James but we much preferred the rumours about a romance with daytime telly hun Alison."I fell in love with James Lock on the show. This Greek God," she said at the time. "He did say one thing to me, he actually said, 'Alison you're my perfect girlfriend, personality-wise'."I was absolutely devastated. So I went to the gym and worked out. So personality-wise I'm his perfect girl!"
Pete Wicks and Shaughna Phillips in series 9
The celebs might have to maintain a safe distance for 2020's virtual series, but that didn't stop Pete and Love Island's Shaughna hitting it off. She denied any romance but admitted, "Anna and Paul have actually said to me that they think me and Pete are alike in the sense that we kind of go along with things to be nice."That could be a perfect chemistry… He's probably not my type on paper, but he's lovely."
Tom Zanetti and Sophie Hermann
Despite Celebs Go Dating the Mansion being rife with rumours of celeb pairings, it was superstar DJ Tom Zanetti and Made in Chelsea heiress Sophie Hermann who made a go of things. Viewers watched the pair flirt their way through the series before finally being set up on a date by Pau and Anna, with Anna telling Closer exclusively that "if a celeb starts to gravitate toward another celebrity, it is something we explore but we also try and keep them on the path of dating regular folk as well."
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The Icon House is following in the footsteps of Wave House and The Bytesquad here in blighty, which in turn took their cue from OG TikTok house The Hype House in – where else? – LA.
One episode of Pete and Sam's Reality News saw them visit Icon House to see exactly what the influencers got up to in a day as Pete made his return to the show after two weeks off.
During his time away from filming (he was also forced to miss Chloe Sims’ “biggest ever party” for her 40th birthday on TOWIE) Sam was joined on the news desk by his girlfriend, former Love Islander and fellow Made in Chelsea star Zara McDermott.