Pete Wicks finally discusses his feelings for Maura Higgins, breaks down over childhood trauma and mother’s suicide attempt and reveals he ‘never feels good enough’ in emotional interview
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Pete Wicks finally discussed his feelings for Maura Higgins in an emotional interview with Paul C. Brunson We need to talk podcast.
Pete described Maura as ‘super intelligent’ and ‘incredibly witty’ and finally opened up about their whirlwind romance after they started dating last August.
He said: ‘We’ve always been kind of friends, we’ve always been there for each other. We spend more time together now.’
The former TOWIE star, 37, became incredibly emotional during their chat as he opened up about his childhood trauma and his mother’s suicide attempt when he was 12 years old, admitting he ‘never felt good enough’.
He said: ‘I felt like I was responsible, I didn’t feel like it enough. I didn’t feel like my presence there was enough for her to want to be there.
Pete Wicks, 37, finally discussed his feelings for Maura Higgins in an emotional interview on Paul C Brunson’s We Need To Talk podcast
Pete described Maura as ‘super intelligent’ and ‘incredibly witty’ and finally spoke about their whirlwind romance after they started dating last August (pictured together in May 2024)
‘They had been together since they were children but she found it very hard and my mother struggled with depression and alcoholism and it became too much for her. One night she tried to commit suicide and I found her. That was tough.
‘I felt like I was responsible, I didn’t feel like it enough. I didn’t feel like my being there was enough for her to want to be there and I did feel responsible for the circumstances surrounding how it happened, I could have stopped it.
“I knew, even though she was so young, that she was drinking and not in a good place. She was very upset the night it happened.
‘She told me she was going to be okay and I went to my room and I could hear her crying and I stayed in that room and if I hadn’t stayed [in my room]then maybe I could have stopped it. It was a tough time.’
He added, “I never felt unloved, but I just never felt like I was enough. It’s not that I didn’t feel loved by my mom or dad, I just felt like I was in the way. They had their own problems at the time and I felt like an afterthought.”
He said: ‘We’ve always been kind of friends, we’ve always been there for each other. We spend more time together now
The former TOWIE star became incredibly emotional during their conversation as he opened up about his childhood trauma and his mother’s suicide attempt when he was 12 years old, admitting he ‘never felt good enough’