After, quite honestly, years of dating rumours, former TOWIE star Pete Wicks and Love Island bombshell Maura Higgins FINALLY appeared to be in some sort of relationship late last year.

The duo were spotted sharing a cheeky kiss (or two) during Pete's stint on Strictly Come Dancing, just a few weeks after they appeared to soft launch the romance, the love affair was over.
Neither of them revealed why it all eventually went south but during a night out, when a pap asked where Pete was Maura savagely replied, 'probably cheating.'
So, there's THAT.
Fast forward to now (spring of 2025 for all of you from the future who have found themselves in a Maura Higgins x Pete Wicks rabbit hole) not only has Maura been caught up in a snogging scandal with married McFly man, Danny Jones, but Pete is apparently dating ANOTHER Love Island star.
According to reports, the tatted-up dog lover has been sharing some quality time with Love Island 2024 contestant, Samantha Kenny.

Pete and Samantha were originally spotted together in March and by the sounds of things, the dalliance has gone from strength to strength.
'Pete and Samantha have gone on a few dates and have really hit it off,' a source told The Sun and there is no denying she has a penchant for Essex chaps.
The Liverpudlian was an OG Islander on series eleven of the romance reality TV show where she was originally in a couple with Sam Taylor. However, TOWIE icon Joey Essex then rocked up as the first bombshell of the season and stole her away, leaving Sam single and dumped from the villa.
'She’s got a wicked sense of humour and is absolutely gorgeous,' the source added, 'Samantha is a fresh start for Pete.'

Samantha's time on Love Island was short-lived as not long after she was picked by Joey, his ex Grace Jackson strolled in and Joey's head was well and truly turned.
Joey and Grace never did officially rekindle their romance, in fact, Grace returned to the show for All Stars earlier on this year where she ended up coming in second place alongside Luca Bish.
As for Joey, he's living his best life stateside which we can't imagine is Samantha's vibe anyway; we have a feeling she is much more suited to Pete – they're basically the height.
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Emily Vierke is a digital writer for heat and Closer Online who enjoys stalking The Love Island girlies for fashion inspo especially Indiyah Polack and Grace Jackson. Emily has a soft spot for TOWIE OGs Amy and Harry, mainly because she was also not aware that the capital of India was New Delhi she DID, however, know that know it wasn't France.