TOWIE star Pete Wicks has spoken candidly about the tragic aftermath of his split with Megan McKenna. He revealed he received daily death threats and faced public abuse following the relationship's end. Wicks described feeling like a 'national hate figure' and admitted his main concern during that time was Megan's wellbeing.
Pete Wicks has revealed the harrowing aftermath of his high-profile break-up with TOWIE ex-girlfriend Megan McKenna. In a candid conversation with Celeb's Go Dating star Paul Brunson, the 37-year-old opened up about the dark days and weeks following the split. 'It's really hard when I look back on it to think about how bad it was because at the time you're so caught up in it,' he admitted. 'I was getting death threats daily. I had people spit at me in the streets.
'Wicks described the intense impact of the abuse, saying, 'I felt like I was a national hate figure, like public enemy number one.' Despite the relentless negativity, his primary concern remained Megan. 'All I was bothered about at the time was Megan, and the fact that I'd kind of lost Megan and that I'd upset her and I'd felt so guilty, so so guilty.' He even shared that death threats followed him even after his appearance on Strictly last year. 'I've just done Strictly, I was getting death threats through (my time on) Strictly for still being in the competition because there were better dancers leaving. And it does get to the point were yeah, of course, you're putting yourself in the position for people to pass judgement, but I don't think anyone really deserves death threats.' Pete and Megan split eight years ago and have both seemingly moved on, with Megan now a mother-of-one and fiancé to Scottish footballer Oliver Burke. Despite the split, they were briefly reunited while filming Celeb's Go Dating in 2019. Meanwhile, Pete's love life has been in the spotlight recently, with reports suggesting he's in a relationship with former Love Island and I'm A Celeb star Maura Higgins after a long-term friendship. Speaking about his feelings for Maura on Paul Brunson's podcast, Wicks said, 'Yeah, she's a great person, so my relationship with her is that I think she's a great person and I would hope that she thinks that I'm alright.'
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