Nick Pickard has revealed the first thing he did after leaving the Jungle on Wednesday was confront Pete Wicks over his whereabouts.
The Hollyoaks icon became the fourth celebrity to leave the jungle this week, however, while the soap star had been eating rice and beans, his girlfriend Sarah Corrin had been out on the town with TOWIE star Pete Wicks.
Appearing on Hits Radio Breakfast Show on Friday, Nick chatted to host Fleur East as he revealed how he spent his first day of freedom from the jungle.
After ordering a cheeseburger, the star joked that the second thing he did was talk to his partner about the amount of time she’d been spending with Pete.
Joking around he said: ‘She thinks she’s a celebrity now’ before revealing he also had a word with the reality star.
He laughed: ‘The first thing I said to Pete was “have you been running off with my bird you cheeky b****r?!”‘
The TOWIE star is currently Down Under supporting his best mate and Staying Relevant podcast co-host, Sam Thompson.
Nick continued: ‘Luckily I know him and obviously through meeting Sam I know what a lovely bloke he is so it’s all fine!’
Pete and Sarah had been spotted on a night out together in Surfer’s Paradise on the Gold Coast earlier this week, alongside Danielle Harold’s parents.
Nick also opened up about the camp bromance between boxer Tony Bellow and Sam and revealed that it might be on shaky ground once Tony leaves camp and sees some of the footage.
‘I don’t know if you saw but there was a time where Sam was throwing these berries at Tony and Marvin said to him “Mate, you’ve got a death wish, right?” And I just turned my head.
‘When Tony comes out I think there might be a stewards enquiry about that one. But they are great together although I think Marvin’s feeling a bit left out because there was an original bromance with him.’
As with all the other jungle campmates Nick is tipping Sam to be crowned King of the Jungle.
He told Fleur: ‘As much as I think they all deserve to win it, Sam’s my favourite too. I’d like him to win it because there’s not one person in there that he hasn’t picked up.
‘And when you’re low, you just watch him and you go “ahh, you’re in here with him and thank God for that”.’
EastEnder’s star Danielle Harold is also backing Sam for the win as she told Ant and Dec: ‘Sam, please vote for Sam… he’s such a trooper, he’s such a great guy.’
First evictee Frankie Dettori also said in his exit interview: ‘My bet would be Sam. He brings a lot to the table, he’s entertaining, he is silly, he sings, he is happy and I think what people is going to like about him is all of that. That … to me is the winner.’
Nella Rose was the next star to be voted out of the jungle, and she too said: ‘I think Sam should be King of the Jungle, he has wanted to do this since he was a kid.’
While Fred Sirieix left camp on Tuesday after the third public vote and once again bet on Sam to make it all the way in this year’s series.
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