The Strictly Come Dancing favourite said he “almost didn’t make it” to a recent event, after sustaining injuries from a nasty fall
Samantha Masters Content Editor
15:36, 09 Dec 2025
Pete Wicks and Jowita Przystal on Strictly Come Dancing in 2024(Image: PA)
Strictly Come Dancing star Pete Wicks has been left injured after a nasty fall. Last week, the former TOWIE heartthrob was pictured smiling at The Fashion Awards, though has now revealed that he almost didn’t make it to the event.
Just hours beforehand, the 37-year-old said he had a fall which left him with a “smashed” up face, damaged knee and a broken tooth.
Discussing his appearance at the event on his Staying Relevant podcast, he confessed to Vicky Pattison: “I nearly didn’t make it because I had a fall at the weekend.
“So, I bashed up my knee and smashed my face on the floor and broke my tooth.”
Pete didn’t disclose what sparked the tumble, but revealed that his dentist is currently crafting him a replacement tooth.
Pete Wicks said he ‘almost didn’t make it’ to The Fashion Awards(Image: Dave Benett/Getty Images)
When his co-host asked if he had a chipped tooth, he explained: “No because I went to the dentist on Monday to have a, kind of like a, fake tooth while they make me a new tooth, which I go to get fitted on Saturday.”
Following Pete’s revelation about his fall, his good friend Vicky couldn’t resist making a gentle dig at him.
“I simply can’t with you saying things like that,” she chuckled.
“Like, I already feel old. If you’re going to start saying things like, ‘Oh, I had a fall’ and ‘God, my knees are playing up because of the weather’, like, I swear to God it’s doing nothing for my mental health because I’m older than you.”
Further discussing getting older, Vicky, 38, reminisced about her appearances on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! and Strictly Come Dancing.
After Pete pointed out that it had been “a decade” since her jungle triumph, Vicky remarked that such programmes are “a young woman’s game”.
“I really underestimated the advantage I had going in the jungle as a 27-year-old woman, like pretty much physically me at my prime,” she revealed.
Vicky Pattison and Pete Wicks (Image: Alan Chapman/Dave Benett/Getty I)
“Like my f*****g body now, like I swear to God, [if] I sleep on a mattress that’s not my own, I feel like I’ve been hit by a car. Like I’m so old, like physically.”
Vicky continued by saying she doesn’t think she could take on the jungle now and also suggested that she might have performed better on Strictly recently had she been younger.
Meanwhile, Pete took part in the BBC ballroom contest last year alongside his professional dance partner Jowita Przystał.
The pair danced their way through to the semi-final before being eliminated in a dance-off against Tasha Ghouri and Aljaz Skorjanec.
Looking back on his time on the programme, Pete confessed to being “over the moon” when he departed the show, while Vicky admitted she spent a week in tears when it was her time to leave.
Strictly Come Dancing continues Saturday at 6.35pm on BBC One.
