{"id":246511,"date":"2021-03-01T14:57:15","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T14:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/?p=246511"},"modified":"2021-03-01T17:20:07","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T17:20:07","slug":"towie-star-pete-wicks-reveals-hes-been-sent-mental-death-threats-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goss.ie\/uk-showbiz\/towie-star-pete-wicks-reveals-hes-been-sent-mental-death-threats-online-246511","title":{"rendered":"TOWIE star Pete Wicks reveals he’s been sent ‘mental’ death threats online"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pete Wicks has revealed he’s been sent “mental” death threats online.<\/p>\n

The reality star rose to fame on the hit reality show The Only Way Is Essex, joining the show in 2015.<\/p>\n

Speaking to The Sun, the 32-year-old opened up about the downsides to fame, including scary death threats from online trolls.<\/p>\n

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He told the publication: “I’ve had all sorts of weird stuff. Generally you’ll get a lot of people calling you this, that, and the other on a daily basis, and it doesn’t really bother me.”<\/p>\n

“But the death threats, they were quite mental. I had people burning pictures of me and sending videos of it, and someone had made a dummy they threw on a bonfire.”<\/p>\n

“I’m a popular guy! I didn\u2019t report it, what are the police going to do? I can’t really understand all that stuff, that someone would take the time out of their day just to purposely be a tit.”<\/p>\n

“It says more about them than it does me. There are hundreds of people that get far worse than I do. I can see how it would affect people. But like I said, I’m quite thick-skinned about stuff so it is what it is.”<\/p>\n

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Pete also revealed he got strange requests from people online, explaining: “I’ve had people ask for locks of my hair, had people ask for my pants, I’ve had people ask for pictures of my feet. It was a guy, though!”<\/p>\n

“He would not stop DM’ing me, his Instagram name was Mr. Sniffer, and he wanted my pants, worn, preferably, and would not stop, just literally would not stop.”<\/p>\n

“I always remember it, because I kept sending it to my mates going, ‘Mr. Sniffer’s back.’ It was odd! I get some really weird s***.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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