HE’S not known as a one-woman man, but lothario Pete Wicks will be wincing when he reads the scathing verdict of his stunning ex-girlfriend.
In an exclusive Sun interview, Kayla Wild reveals all on his ‘plastic gangster ways’, his ‘narcissism’ and the mortifying reason sex was ‘cringe’.
Pete Wicks’ ex Kayla Wild dated lothario Pete before he found fame[/caption]
Pete took Kayla for a date at a busy pub before coldly telling her: ‘I have cheated on you’[/caption]
The pair dated before he found fame, but according to Kayla he is still the same.
Kayla, 37, said: “It’s very much like that around here in Essex, that plastic gangster thing, but he was living in a tiny room at his mum’s house.
“Our dating generally involved him picking me up and we’d go to a McDonald’s car park and have a milkshake or we’d go on days out together.
“I remember going to Winter Wonderland and a trip to Southend which was lovely. It was always just the two of us.
“He would go out with his friends, but I wasn’t asked to join him. I was like, ‘Are you ever going to invite me?’ He wanted to keep me private, like a secret.
“He would say that he was ‘really private’ so he didn’t want us to be official, public.
“It made me feel like s***, like I wasn’t good enough and not worthy of them. No woman should accept that, but I was young.
“I’d invite him to parties but he wouldn’t come along. We were having sex in his little room at his mum’s house, with her next door, I absolutely cringe now thinking about it.
And she has revealed how Pete took her to a busy pub before coldly telling her: “I have cheated on you.”
This month Pete was seen snogging a mystery blonde woman in a London restaurant and days later kissed his former Strictly Come Dancing pro partner Jowita Przystał, 31, three times during a performance on stage at London’s O2.
In an exclusive interview Kayla said: “I have never been surprised by the way he’s treated so many women – because I know exactly what he is like.
“He strung me along for a year, then took me to the most public place he could think of to tell me he’d cheated on me in the hope I wouldn’t make a fuss. I was devastated.
“He’s a lothario and I actually dodged a bullet, I feel sorry for the next woman that is with him.
“If I saw him today I would tell him to change his ways or he will never find a woman to settle down with. It is always the same playbook, like a script.
I’d invite him to parties but he wouldn’t come along. We were having sex in his little room at his mum’s house, with her next door, I absolutely cringe now thinking about it
Kayla Wild
“There were strong narcissistic traits back then.
“He kept me a secret, left me dangling, he told me he struggled with committing.
“And he hasn’t changed or evolved. He repeats the same patterns again and again.
“I would tell any woman who does think about dating him to run for the hills. Dating him is like being on the waltzers, it’s a ride that makes you feel sick and he has the control of the button. Good luck on the loop de loop!”
Kayla working as a podium dancer at Faces nightclub in Gants Hill, East London[/caption]
Date night for Kayla and Pete[/caption]
She met Pete before he found fame on Towie in 2015 and then became as famous for his love life as his career.
After joining the show Pete, 36, dated co-star Jessica Wright but after she dumped him he moved onto fellow castmate Megan McKenna, 32.
That ended in 2017.
She said their relationship became “toxic” because he was sexting his ex.
He strung me along for a year, then took me to the most public place he could think of to tell me he’d cheated on me in the hope I wouldn’t make a fuss. There were strong narcissistic traits
Kayla Wild
Next came model Shelby Tribble, 32, who said he “sexted” ten other women, reality TV star Chloe Sims, 43, said he wouldn’t commit and kept their on-off romance secret.
Last year he dated Love Island and I’m A Celeb star Maura Higgins, 34.
She claimed to find “loads” of messages on his phone to multiple other women.
And last month, Pete was pictured in Ibiza with his arm around the waist of his Kiss radio co-host Olivia Attwood, 34, who is married to footballer Bradley Dack.
Kayla, 37, from Harlow, Essex, said: “History just keeps repeating itself.
“We first started dating at the beginning of 2011 after he added me on Facebook because we had a mutual friend.
I remember it being very odd that he took me out for a date to tell me he cheated. He drove me in his car, meaning I couldn’t leave. It felt like a form of control
Kayla Wild
“He looked a bit like Max George from The Wanted with a skinhead. I thought he was handsome, with nice eyes.”
Kayla was a podium dancer at Faces nightclub in Gants Hill, Essex, where regulars included footballers and celebrities.
She said: “He was working in medical recruitment and was one of those city boys, nice suit, nice shoes, nice belt.
“He was charismatic and gave off this vibe of wanting to be something.
He was emotional, teary, begging me to get back with him. I told him it was too little too late. It felt quite empowering to do that because I’d spent so long waiting for him to treat me right
Kayla Wild
Strictly’s Jowita Przystal and Pete[/caption]
JOWITA’S BEEN HIS ANCHOR
By NADIA COHEN
ONE constant among the women coming in and out of Pete’s life in the past year has been his Strictly partner Jowita Przystal.
Speculation over the nature of their relationship has been rife since they were paired on the show.
Viewers were convinced their lips locked at the end of a raunchy rumba.
Judge Shirley Ballas said their chemistry was “too hot to handle”.
Months later, he shared a cosy snap of them and said his time on Strictly was “all about the person”.
This month, they danced on stage at a live version of his podcast and Pete later described Jowita as “amazing”.
