Watch emotional moment Strictly’s Jowita starts crying as Pete Wicks says he’s ‘proud’ of their time on the show

STRICTLY Come Dancing’s Pete Wicks has made his professional partner Jowita Przystal cry after discussing their time on the show.

The Towie star, 36, told Jowita how “proud” he is of their journey after they watched an emotional ‘best bits’ video together.

Jowita, 30, wiped away tears during the sweet moment on Strictly spin-off It Takes Two and Pete even dabbed is eye.

Pete also described Jowita as “incredible” and credited her for making him ‘believe in himself’.

The couple were eliminated from Strictly on the weekend after making it all the way to the semi-final.

Reflecting on their Strictly journey, Pete and Jowita became emotional while watching their ‘best bits’ with host Fleur East.

In the video, Pete said: “Jowita has made me feel alive. I couldn’t have got a better person.”

He added: “More than anything, Jowita has made me feel good.

“She’s one of the most incredible people I’ve ever met and has made me believe in myself.

“And that means more to me than anything.”

As the footage came to an end, Jowita began wiping tears away from her eyes as Fleur asked the pair what it was like to watch back.

Pete also dabbed his eye, but joked: “Some bits were harder to watch than others. The latex will haunt me for the rest of my life, as will the loin cloth.

“But when you’re in it, you don’t get a chance to reflect on some of the stuff you’ve done. And some of those weeks were tough, really really tough.

“One thing we never did was give up. One thing I said at the beginning of this is that I was going to take this seriously but not take myself seriously.

“And I think that’s what I tried to do throughout. And do you know what? I’m proud of what we did, I’m proud of what I did.”

Pete and Jowita found themselves at the bottom of the Strictly leaderboard on Saturday night.

They later took part in the dance off with Love Island star Tasha Ghouri and her professional partner Aljaz Škorjanec.

The judges chose to save Tasha and Aljaz and send Pete and Jowita home.

This weekend, Tasha and Aljaz will go head-to-head with fellow finalists Sarah Hadland and Vito Coppola, JB Gill and Lauren Oakley, and Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell.

Pete has now shared his thoughts on who he believes should win Strictly Come Dancing 2024 and lift the Glitterball Trophy.

He said: “I think Tasha is by far the most amazing dancer. I absolutely love watching her dance.

“But Chris, I think is… I just love him and think he is an incredible dancer and an incredible human. I think he really, really deserves it.

“Him and Dianne have been just amazing throughout this whole thing.

“So for me, Chris and Tasha are my two.”

• Strictly Come Dancing: The Final, 6pm, BBC ONE, Saturday December 14