PETE Wicks and Olivia Attwood appeared to share an inside joke about his ex Maura Higgins while on the red carpet at Saturday night's star-studded 2025 BRIT Awards.
Taking place at London's O2 Arena, Olivia, 33, made a cheeky comment to Pete, 37, about "cheating" as they were interviewed before heading into the event.
TOWIE star Pete and Love Island alum Maura Higgins 34, were in a relationship for months after knowing each other for six years.
However, on Valentine’s Day Maura was seen leaving a restaurant alone and when asked by a fan where Pete was, she was filmed replying: “I don’t know, probably cheating.”
Interviewed on the red carpet, Pete told the MailOnline that he was worried it might be hard for his newly single best pal Sam Thompson to be sitting away from him at the evening's event.
Referring to Olivia as his "work wife," he added: "But, he's not far away, he's over there actually. It is a little bit weird because it feels like I am…"
Without missing a beat, Olivia chimed in: "Cheating?" Before the two collapsed into fits of giggles. She then quipped: "Not the first time, I might add."
Pete then shamelessly replied: "Because… I have never done that."
The cheeky jibe is even more vexing as it's believed Olivia and Maura have an ongoing feud.
A source close to Maura said: “Maura doesn’t know Olivia that well, but does really respect her.
“As far as Maura’s concerned she doesn’t have any issues with Olivia and will always make an effort to say hello if they ever are at the same parties or red-carpet events.”
"Any time there’s been a suggestion of a feud or competitiveness it has always baffled Maura.
“They are on their own journeys and not involved in each other's careers, but she of course hopes the respect she feels for Olivia is mutual.”
Last November, furious Olivia appeared to take a swipe at Maura, who was on ITV’s I’m A Celebrity . . . Get Me Out of Here! at the time, accusing her fellow ex-Love Island star of copying her.
Olivia wrote on Instagram: “One day I’m going to write a book and some of the stuff I have managed to keep (zipped mouth emoji) on over the years. It will blow your f**ing mind.
"You can try to hire all the same people, regurgitate my stories as your own, study the playbook, follow the recipe, blah blah blah, but it will NEVER taste the same. That’s all.”
Many on social media reckoned Olivia was referring to Maura, who had just been taken on by the same PR company as her and had told a similar story about an ex.
Maura revealed to her jungle campmates that she cleaned a loo with a cheating former boyfriend’s toothbrush before vowing to go on Love Island.
Similarly, Olivia had previously revealed she was inspired to go into the TV villa to get back at Bradley for being unfaithful when they were an on-off couple.
And the similarities don’t end there.
Both women are former models, ring girls and Love Islanders — Olivia appearing in the 2017 series and Maura featuring two years later.
Maura also followed Olivia’s I’m A Celebrity appearance of 2022 by going into the jungle in 2024.
