Pete Wicks fails to address former flame Maura Higgins' kiss with Danny Jones as he remains tight-lipped during emotional Lorraine interview liennhi

   

Pete Wicks failed to address former flame Maura Higgins' kiss with Danny Jones as he remained tight-lipped during an emotional Lorraine interview on Thursday. 

The former Towie star, 37, appeared on the ITV show and spoke about his own mental health battles as part of the programme's new mental health campaign March4March. 

Pete, who recently split with Love Island star Maura, 34, bravely opened up to Lorraine about his struggles after losing his nan Doreen in 2022. 

But during the chat he didn't mention his ex Maura's smooch with McFly legend Danny, 38, at the BRIT Awards on Saturday night. 

Pete and Maura were first linked in August last year, and tried to keep their romance under wraps until it was confirmed late last year. 

But MailOnline exclusively revealed that the former couple went their separate ways in February. 

Pete Wicks fails to address former flame Maura Higgins' kiss with Danny Jones as he remains tight-lipped during emotional Lorraine interview

Pete Wicks fails to address former flame Maura Higgins' kiss with Danny Jones as he remains tight-lipped during emotional Lorraine interview

Pete and Maura were first linked in August last year, and tried to keep their romance under wraps until it was confirmed late last year

Pete and Maura were first linked in August last year, and tried to keep their romance under wraps until it was confirmed late last year

Maura Higgins and Danny Jones, who met on I'm A Celebrity last year, reportedly shared a kiss at the BRITS last week

Maura Higgins and Danny Jones, who met on I'm A Celebrity last year, reportedly shared a kiss at the BRITS last week

Earlier this week footage shared with The Sun showed Maura and Danny, who has been married to wife Georgia since 2014, getting cosy at the London venue. 

Danny and Georgia share a seven-year-old son called Cooper. 

Meanwhile during his stint on Lorraine, he told the host why he wanted to get in touch with the important campaign. 

Pete said: 'For me, I love nature and I love getting out, and this is the perfect time to be doing it. 

'The sun is shining, there’s a little bit of Spring and it makes me feel better…

'It’s a perfect opportunity to reflect, have a little bit of time to yourself, because I think it’s really important, as we all live such busy lives, to take a bit of time to reflect on where you’re at and where your head is at.'

Opening up about his own mental health, Pete said: 'It took me a long time. I have made a lot of mistakes in my life and throughout that time, I think a lot of it is through not understanding myself and not being able to express how I was feeling, and I think a lot of men suffer with that.

'Not just men, women as well, but not understanding your own emotions or not giving yourself time to understand your own emotions, they often present themselves in a different way.

The former Towie star, 37, appeared on the ITV show and spoke about his own mental health battles as part of the programme's new mental health campaign March4March

The former Towie star, 37, appeared on the ITV show and spoke about his own mental health battles as part of the programme's new mental health campaign March4March

 

'For me it used to be anger, because that was the only kind of emotion that I understood. 

'As I’ve gotten older and over the last few years, through certain things that have happened, like losing my nan and whatever else, it’s enabled me to try and understand myself better.'

Pete lost Doreen three years ago, and left Strictly fans in tears when he paid tribute to her during one of his dances with partner Jowita Przystal. 

Speaking about his beloved nan, he said: 'For the first kind of eighteen months, I couldn’t even mention her name without breaking down.

'And then last year I did a book and it was a really cathartic experience.

'It was a case of me putting down in words and opening up about how I felt about the situation, about losing my nan and lots of other things.

'I’m not the first person to lose a grandparent and I won’t be the last.

'But it was so individual to me and I think a lot of people, when it comes to mental health, no one thinks and feels the way I do and that’s kind of part of your superpower. 

'You’re the only one that thinks the way you do.

'And that’s a really beautiful thing, so trying to understand yourself is so important.'

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