Former TOWIE star Pete Wicks has shed his 'bad boy' image and embraced a softer side, both on the dance floor of Strictly Come Dancing and through his heartfelt TV projects.
Before appearing on Strictly Come Dancing in pink PVC trousers, Pete Wicks was known for his 'bad boy' image from The Only Way Is Essex.
However, he's shown a softer side on the dance floor, telling OK! in an exclusive chat, 'I'm an emotional peach! ' Fame first came to Pete, 36 - whose romance with Maura Higgins has been sizzling post her I'm A Celebrity stint - as a former TOWIE heartthrob, but lately, he's peeled back layers of his persona, particularly through his explosive memoir 'Never Enough' and his heartfelt docuseries, 'Pete Wicks: For Dogs' Sake'. 'I think people probably have a misconception of who they think I am, based on some of the things I've done previously,' he confides. 'Over the years, I probably became a bit of a caricature of myself and had that 'bad boy' type image, which is not really who I was. It's certainly not who I am now.' With a new crowd of admirers cheering him to the semi-finals of Strictly with Jowita Przystal as his partner, Pete feels like he's struck gold. 'I do have new fans since Strictly and the reaction has been amazing - I never expected it,' he says. 'People have been lovely. I am getting older now so it does change. It's been about 10 years that I've been doing TV and people change. The person I am now is not who I was 10 years ago or who I'm going to be in 10 years' time. I've kind of grown up through TV in the past decade - it's weird.' Pete, who is the proud pet parent of two French bulldogs named Eric and Peggy, can't wait to give viewers a deeper look into his life in his upcoming TV project, where he collaborates with Dogs Trust to rescue, rehabilitate, and re-home dogs in need. Opening up about his newest show, which he regards as a true passion project, Pete shares his lifelong dream: 'For me, this is what I've always wanted to do. Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to work with animals and ever since having a bit of a platform, I wanted to do something with it. This show was life-changing for me
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