Pete and Maura recently appeared on TikTok together(Image: GC Images)

Strictly's Pete Wicks issued 'lovely' Maura Higgins update days before confirming romance

by · DevonLive

Reality stars Pete Wicks and Maura Higgins have finally put an end to speculation surrounding dating rumours after they were spotted sharing a kiss at the Pride of Britain awards earlier this week.

Rumours had been swirling in the celebrity world that they had become closer in recent months and until now there hadn't been any confirmation. But, it seems that former Love Islander Olivia Attwood was certain there was something hotting up between the pair, when she was chatting to Pete on her So Wrong It's Right podcast last week.

As Olivia grilled him on the rumours, he remained eager to not give anything away as he responded cryptically: "She is lovely, me and Maura have known each other for a very long time."

Before adding: "I think Maura is great and we get on really well and we have done for a very long time."

But, Olivia wasn't willing to take him at face value as she jokingly threatened to throw one of her awards at him for not giving her the answer she was looking for.

The pair could be seen sharing a kiss at the after party of the Pride of Britain Awards(Image: Ashleigh Rainbird/Daily Mirror)

But, Pete cheekily replied 'you really thought you were going to get it out of me then didn't you?', before she boldly claimed that she'd got 'enough': "I actually don't need you to say anymore because I've got enough, I think your face and your body language (say enough). I think we know what we need to know."

As rumours grew about the reality stars being loved up, they were even spotted sharing a kiss in August outside the Broadwick hotel in Soho, London, but the pair have, until now, been eager to fend off the gossip, so much so Maura was recently snapped wearing a t-shirt brandishing the slogan: “We can’t be friends.”

The celebs were also seen together on social media, as they posted a dancing video on TikTok.

Pete shot to fame when he appeared on the fifteenth series of ITV's The Only Way Ia Essex before going on to feature in reality tv shows including Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls, the sixth series of Celebs Go Dating and Celebrity Masterchef.