Strictly's Pete Wicks explains heartbreaking reason he quit Celeb SAS

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Pete Wicks has quit Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins for a second time amid painful memories of his mother while filming in New Zealand.

Viewers tuned in to an emotional episode of the show, in which the TOWIE star told the instructors: “I’ve lost the fight, I’ve got nothing left, my head is not in it.” The star has now opened up about the moments before he unravelled, revealing he was asked to write an emotional letter to his mother, who he saved from a suicide attempt when he was just 12 years old. “I decided that night that I was in too deep,” the Strictly Come Dancing star told Th e Sun. “I hadn’t prepared for the reading out of the letters," Pete said. "I thought, ‘I need to go and say what I’ve said in this letter to my mum’.” Pete, who has also starred in Celebs Go Dating, was also forced to quit the show in 2022.

when he knocked himself unconscious and broke his ribs during a challenge. Despite the struggles, Pete confirmed he had ‘no regrets’ about his time on the show. “For them, it’s life and death. "But it’s a TV show, and I’d reached my limit on a TV show.

I’ve got absolutely no regrets about it,” he told the publication. Pete recently opened up about how he found his mum Tracy, who he refers to as ‘the strongest woman I know’ in their kitchen after she attempted suicide.