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From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.<\/p>\n
At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.<\/p>\n
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Your support makes all the difference.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nRead more<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nStrictly<\/em> star Pete Wicks has \u201cconfirmed\u201d a romance with his former dance partner Jowita Przystal.<\/p>\nThe Only Way is Essex <\/em>star was partnered with Przystal on last year\u2019s series while he was dating Love Island<\/em>\u2019s Maura Higgins, and the pair struck up a close friendship during their months on the show.<\/p>\nRumours of a relationship first surfaced after Wicks split from Higgins \u2013 and they now appear to have gone public with their romance after kissing three times during a live performance at London\u2019s 02 Arena.<\/p>\n
Przystal, who joined Strictly<\/em> in 2021, accompanied Wicks on stage while he was presenting a special live episode of Staying Relevant, <\/em>the podcast he co-hosts with Sam Thompson, and they shared three passionate kisses while performing a dance routine for the sold-out crowd.<\/p>\nThe couple made it through to the semi-finals of the show, much to the frustration of loyal viewers who complained that Wicks\u2019s dancing skills were not as good as competitors being voted out before him.<\/p>\n
Speaking about their close bond during the series, Wicks said of Przystal: \u201cShe\u2019s one of the most amazing people I\u2019ve ever met, genuinely. Not just in the dancing side of things but outside of that and I think that helps us with the whole dancing thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cIt\u2019s not a love bubble \u2013 we have great chemistry because we\u2019ve become such good friends.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Pete Wicks and Jowita Przystal on \u2018Strictly Come Dancing\u2019 (BBC)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nThe Independent<\/em> has contacted Wicks and Przystal for comment.<\/p>\nThis year\u2019s series of Strictly<\/em> will kick off on Saturday (20 September) with the BBC dance competition\u2019s usual pre-recorded launch programme.<\/p>\nCelebrity contestants, including Dani Dyer, Alex Kingston and YouTube star George Clarke, will be paired up with their professional dance partners during the launch episode, as well as showing off their moves in a group dance ahead of their first official routine.<\/p>\n
Saturday live shows will kick off a week later and the first Sunday results programme will air on Sunday 5 October, when the first celebrity to leave the show will be announced.<\/p>\n
The BBC has also revealed that the Strictly Come Dancing<\/em> final will take place days before Christmas on Saturday 20 December.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it. Your support makes all the difference. Read more Strictly star Pete Wicks has \u201cconfirmed\u201d a romance with his former dance partner Jowita Przystal. The Only Way is Essex star was partnered with Przystal on last year\u2019s series while he was dating Love Island\u2019s Maura Higgins, and the pair struck up a close friendship during their months on the show. Rumours of a relationship first surfaced after Wicks split from Higgins \u2013 and they now appear to have gone public with their romance after kissing three times during a live performance at London\u2019s 02 Arena. Przystal, who joined Strictly in 2021, accompanied Wicks on stage while he was presenting a special live episode of Staying Relevant, the podcast he co-hosts with Sam Thompson, and they shared three passionate kisses while performing a dance routine for the sold-out crowd. The couple made it through to the semi-finals of the show, much to the frustration of loyal viewers who complained that Wicks\u2019s dancing skills were not as good as competitors being voted out before him. Speaking about their close bond during the series…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6209"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}