Celebrity SAS fans in tears over Pete Wicks' emotional confession: 'I've got quite a lonely life'

Pete Wicks has opened up about having to drop out of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins, saying he was "truly gutted" to have to leave the show early. The TOWIE favourite, 33, had to be medically withdrawn from the brutal Channel 4 show after he knocked himself unconscious and broke his ribs during a challenge.

Pete Wicks said he was “truly gutted” to be medically withdrawn from Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins after he knocked himself unconscious and broke his ribs during a challenge.The Only Way Is Essex star was seen floating face down in the sea in the shocking scene which aired on Sunday, after jumping from a helicopter with reality star Ashley Cain in a helo-cast task. Rescue swimmers raced to help the 33-year-old, flipping him over in the water as the concerned recruits were heard saying from the shoreline: “Someone’s struggling.” After swimming to shore, Wicks told a medic: “I winded myself and passed out, all my ribs are quite painful and my head is banging.” He later said: “I had no worries about that challenge, which is the weirdest thing. My strongest thing is probably swimming.

Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins was full of dramatic scenes on Sunday night as Amber Gill left the Channel 4 show while Pete Wicks was medically withdrawn. During the latest instalment, Love Island star Amber, 25, was asked to leave after failing to complete a physical challenge on the beach. However, the drama didn't stop there as Pete, 33, knocked himself unconscious and broke his ribs during a challenge, resulting in him being medically withdrawn.The Only Way Is Essex star was seen floating face down in the sea in the shocking scenes after jumping from a helicopter with reality star Ashley Cain in a helocast task.

Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins was full of dramatic scenes on Sunday night as Pete Wicks knocked himself unconscious and broke his ribs during a challenge, resulting in him being medically withdrawn. The Only Way Is Essex star, 33, was seen floating face down in the sea in the shocking scenes after jumping from a helicopter with reality star Ashley Cain in a helocast task.

Channel 4 show returned to screens on Sunday (September 4) and welcomed a new group of celebrities who prepared to take on a series of physical and mental challenges. One of these included jumping out of a helicopter, but things went horribly wrong for the TOWIE star when he attempted the harrowing challenge.READ MORE: Celebrity SAS star 'knocked out' after helicopter jump in dramatic preview clipThe reality star launched out of the helicopter, only for his 25-pound backpack full of essentials to knock him out as he hit the water.Pete was left with a broken rib while he floated face down in the water, leaving him scarily close to death as production staff screamed and rushed to help him.Reflecting on the terrifying incident, the Essex lad told The Sun: "I got it wrong, I got it very wrong.

Jamie Lynn Spears, Kate Gosselin and Mel B are among the 16 celebrity contestants competing on Fox’s new reality competition, “Special Forces: The Ultimate Test”, it was announced Wednesday.

Fox is debuting a new celebrity endurance show "Special Forces: The Ultimate Test." The series, which will feature 16 celebrities undergoing challenges used in the Special Forces selection process, will premiere in January 2023. "These celebrities, who are so used to being in the spotlight, quickly learn the meaning of ‘no guts, no glory’ – and no glam," Fox's press release stated.

IT’S the brutal telly show where recruits are put through their paces to see if they have what it takes to make it in the Special Forces. The extreme challenges contestants have faced in SAS: Who Dares Wins include jumping backwards into freezing water and crawling across canyons on a tightrope - and even the celebrities in the star-packed version aren’t safe.

Ant Middleton poked fun at his SAS Who Dares Wins replacement, Rudy Reyes, as he joined in with Twitter fans in a display of mockery of the new star.The former star of the show made his feelings only too clear after Channel 4 announced last year that they would be parting ways with him permanently as their "views and values are not aligned".Yesterday the ousted adventurer applauded one of his Twitter fans, @TubbyNo8, for taking aim at his replacement.The fan joked: "Reminds me [of] when Rachel dated Russ in friends…. Looks like Ross but is not Ross…"He’s got a beard and dark hair but he ain’t you Ant… come back !!"Ant enclosed a laughter emoji, exclaiming: "You guys are killing me… Keep em coming!"The Zero Negativity author wasn't quite living up to the title of his book when he tore into Rudy himself, although he later insisted it was all in good fun."If a US Marine tried to run a Delta Force selection process, he would be laughed at and get a good old fashion kickin'," he added in another Twitter rant.Commenting on the physical similarity between the two men, who are both muscular with black hair, another follower joked in reply: "They tried to make the other guy look like you with a wig on."Ant then mischievously retorted that his rival was also "uglier".After another one of his 326,000 followers dismissed the latest format as "p*ss poor", Ant instantly agreed: "Of course it is!!!"I built that show from the ground up.

Ant Middleton has ripped into the new series of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins, going as far as branding his replacement Rudy Reyes ‘uglier’. The Channel 4 show returned to the network on Sunday night with 14 famous recruits enduring the brutal temperatures of the Jordan desert. However, former chief instructor Ant is not part of the latest offering after it was announced last March that he had left the show due to ‘personal conduct’.

Jennifer Ellison proudly showed off her three stone weight loss at the Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins launch party on Sunday. The former Brookside actress, 39, who was forced to fight The Only Way is Essex star Pete Wicks in last night's opening episode, could be seen displaying her three stone weight loss as she showed up to a party to launch the Channel 4 show. She cut a chic figure in a black co-ord, which featured a cropped blazer with ties fastened around her tummy.

filmed in the Middle East. Jonathan described how he had a 'couple of ribs broken' during filming. "The thing is if you've got no evidence of lung puncture, it's pretty much like you are good to go.

Ferne McCann has shared unseen behind-the-scenes snaps from her time filming Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins in Jordan.The ex TOWIE favourite, 32, took to Instagram to share photos taken with "pocket rocket" EastEnders actress Maisie Smith and other celebrity contestants on the new Channel 4 series. It sees a line-up of 14 reality and soap personalities and sportspeople pushed to their physical limits as they attempt gruelling challenges.TOWIE star Pete Wicks, Love Island winner Amber Gill, former footballer turned reality star Ashley Cain, dancer brothers AJ and Curtis Pritchard are among the other names taking part.

Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins stars were left puking and choking as they were gassed in a brutal first task. The opening episode of the new Channel 4 series saw the new crop of stars facing quite the ordeal for their initial challenge.

Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins looks set for dramatic scenes next Sunday as a preview released at the end of the first episode sees a star knocked out. In the explosive clip, it sees a collection of the celebrities onboard a helicopter as they're tasked with jumping out into the sea below while holding onto their rucksacks.

Maisie Smith's cheeky wardrobe blunder during Sunday (August 4) night's episode.The hit Channel 4 show returned to screens tonight and welcomed a new group of celebrities who prepared to take on a series of physical and mental challenges. Former EastEnders actress Maisie, 21, joined the likes of TOWIE stars Ferne McCann and Pete Wicks, Love Island star Amber Davies as well as brothers Curtis and AJ Pritchard to take part in the gruelling show.

TOWIE star Pete Wicks found himself tested and pushed further than ever before during the debut episode of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins as he was forced to take part in a melee fight against his teammate, former Brookside actress Jennifer Ellison. Living what was effectively his worst nightmare, the reality star, 33, explained his reservations about fighting a woman prior to the fight, with the prospect of raising his hand to a woman leaving him more than a little nauseous.

As Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins returns to our screens for another nail biting series, we sat down with some of the stars of the show to discuss the trials and tribulations of putting themselves through such a gruelling process. Tested to their very limits both physically and mentally, the survival challenge would push their bodies to breaking point and even left several of this year’s cast suffering from injuries - something, they admitted, they were keen to hide from their superiors in order to avoid being eliminated from the show.

Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins is back and welcomes 14 new celebrities into the fold as they are tested to their limits. The group this year includes Love Island winner Amber Gill , soap actress Maisie Smith and Ex on the Beach star Ashley Cain putting themselves through their paces on the Channel 4 show.The group will leave behind their comfortable homes and glamorous lifestyles for the Jordanian desert in what has been described as one of the “harshest training environments on the planet”.