Carol Vorderman was left in hysterics after a TOWIE star requested to be one of her "special friends". Carol, 62, will be re-entering the I'm A Celebrity camp in scenes that will air tonight, April 24, for the reality series' first ever South Africa spin-off, and recently opened up about a passionate fling she had in the country with the "first love of her life" as a 19-year-old.
The Countdown whizz, who lives in Clifton, has been very open about the male "special friends" she has, having previously been married to Christopher Mather and the dad of her two children, Patrick King. And now, it looks like she could have another special friend in the running, as she was recently informed of her celebrity admirer, The Mirror reports.
Whilst chatting to presenter Holly Jay-Smith behind the scenes at ITV, Carol was informed that Pete Wicks of TOWIE fame has been wondering whether he could join her rota of five men. "Do you know who Pete Wicks is?" Holly asked Carol, who confirmed that she knew of him.
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Holly, who often appears on This Morning, then informed Carol that Pete, 34, has a soft spot for her, after he confessed his crush during an episode of his Staying Relevant podcast, whilst chatting to fellow reality star Sam Thompson. "So basically, he’s gone on a podcast and he said he wants to be one of your men," Holly explained to Carol.
A surprised Carol's eyes widened as she gasped and burst out laughing, asking the presenter to show her a picture of Pete again. Carol seemed keen as she nodded at the photo, before querying: "Is that official now?"
"Well, you’ve got to start following him [on Instagram] at least," Holly responded. "Because they said on their podcast that he’d like to be one of your men.
"So we were in makeup pulling up the picture, and they were like, ‘yes!’"
Carol replied: "One of my special friends? That's hilarious."
The video of Carol's response to Pete's request soon caught the attention of the TOWIE star, who sent a flirty message her way. "Ready when you are Carol..." he wrote, as fans later noticed that Carol had followed him back on Instagram.
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