Pete Wicks and Sam Thompson had a charming interview with the two best friends included a shocking revelation about the reporting around Wicks’ romantic history.

Pete Wicks joked on This Morning that he has been romantically linked with everyone, including his own mum. (Getty/Conde Nast)

The 36-year-old former TOWIE star revealed that newspapers and gossip columns are so desperate for updates about his love life that one of them accidentally suggested that his mother was a “mystery blonde” he was seen with at an event.

Pete Wicks and Sam Thompson have been close friends since they met while filming a TV show. (ITV)

Wicks and Thompson appeared on This Morning to discuss their close friendship since they met in 2019 on reality TV show Celebs Go Dating. They bonded instantly and have since worked together a lot, including on their podcast Staying Relevant.

During the interview with Dermot O’Leary and Josie Gibson, Thompson and Wicks discussed the latter’s widely reported romantic history.

Wicks has had at least half a dozen high-profile relationships, including with TOWIE co-stars Megan McKenna, Chloe Sims, and Jess Wright. He has also been linked with Love Island contestants Amber Davies and Megan Barton-Hanson.

Watch: Sam Thompson and Pete Wicks discuss friendship on This Morning

He said: “I have obviously had a bit of a career where I haven’t got the best reputation when it comes to women. But I’m old and decrepit now, so I’ve really slowed down.”

Wicks joked that he gets “linked to everyone”, to which Thompson chipped in to say “he got linked to his mum once”.

“Honestly, I took my mum to an event and outside we got papped together,” Wicks explained. “The next day, it was ‘Pete seen with mystery blonde’. We’re a close family, but it was weird.”

Wicks has a heartfelt bond with his mum Tracy and has often spoken about her importance in his life. In one Instagram post, he called her his “f***ing hero”.

Wicks and Thompson are set to spend April on tour with their podcast Staying Relevant, in which they discuss their friendship and their quest to maintain fame in the modern world. They teased cameo appearances from celebrity guests as well.

One of those guests may well be Thompson’s partner Zara McDermott, who Thompson joked is actually the “third wheel” in his relationship with Wicks.

“We’re like a throuple really,” said Thompson. “Not in an intimate way. We just love each other so much. We enjoy working together.”