TOWIE star Chloe Sims has given her unfiltered opinion on her ex Pete Wicks being involved in a Strictly love triangle.
Celebrity dancer Pete is said to have fallen for his pro-dancer Jowita Przystał - despite secretly dating Love Island's Maura Higgins.
Chloe and Pete were best pals on Towie when they stunned fans by revealing their surprise romance.
The pair had been sleeping together for two years - before eventually having a huge fallout.
Chloe has since moved to America and is starring in a hit reality show with her sisters Frankie and Demi.
Reflecting on Pete's romantic charm, Chloe told MailOnline: "Pete is a right bloody charmer, even men go silly for him, straight men.
"I used to look at him and think, what has this guy got? It's so bizarre, men love him, women love him, older women, younger women, he's just got something, this charm about him.
"I can see why all these women would be linked to him, they probably are, there's no smoke without fire.
'To look at him from afar and if you didn't know him, he's not my type in a million years, not even close, but whatever he has got, some magic power, I do not know.
"But he must have that to even be on Strictly because they publicly said they would never have Towie on there so that's how strong his charm is."
Despite rumours of a romance with close pal Maura after they were spotted snogging, Pete is said to look "completely in love" with Jowita.
Previously gushing about his pro partner, Pete said: "Jowita is just - I could not have got a better partner."
Strictly Curse - The Lowdown
STRICTLY Come Dancing's latest series has already been hit by rumours of a BBC show 'curse' - yet what is it?
A host of Strictly Come Dancing stars have been struck by the Strictly Curse during the past two decades.
This is where celebrities who may or may not be attached in the outside world become more than friends with their professional partners.
A total of 20 relationships are said to have been impacted so far over the show's 20 years.
It has seen relationships crumble with dance floor romances and punishing rehearsal schedules to blame.
This includes the partnerships of Louise and Jamie Redknapp as well as Kevin Clifton and Karen Hauer.
Controversially, Judge Craig Revel Horwood once said of the curse: “I think of it as a blessing, to be honest. One person is married, the other one had a girlfriend but my point in this entire thing is: if you come on Strictly, sometimes you are in a relationship that is not working anyway.
“There has to be something wrong in your relationship before it all goes awry.”
Series one winner Brendan Cole left his fiancé, fellow Strictly professional Camilla Dallerup, during filming for the very first series in spring 2004.
Brendan was said to have fallen for his celebrity partner and inaugural winner Natasha Kaplinsky, although the duo didn’t confirm they were romantically involved.
Pete added: "I can't sit here and go 'she's my life' - we don't know each other that well. But what I do know is that she makes me feel good.
"And that is really important and hopefully I make her feel good and that's a really nice place to be, you know what I mean?"
