Giovanna Fletcher's unlikely friendship with TOWIE's Pete Wicks: 'I adore him!'
05.11.2023 - 09:21
/ ok.co.uk
Podcaster and mum of three Giovanna Fletcher has revealed she "adores" former star of The Only Way Is Essex Pete Wicks.
The unlikely pairing became pals after taking part in charity CoppaFeel! treks to raise awareness about breast cancer - most recently walking a gruelling 100km to Mont Blanc in the Chamonix Valley. 38-year-old Giovanna, whose brother is Mario Falcone, another TOWIE alumni, says she was left in awe of Celebs Go Dating's Pete, 35, when they first trekked through the Sahara together a few years ago.
“I absolutely adore the man,” she told OK! in an exclusive chat. She continued: "He came on the Sahara trek and I don’t think he understands how much his team adored him.
Seeing him work with a team and the different ways he encourages people was phenomenal." As patron of the Coppafeel! charity, Giovanni has used her profile and list of celebrity contacts to enlist well-known team captains to help the groups along, including the likes of Frankie Bridge and Bake Off winner Candice Brown. Her and Pete's most recent trip to Mont Blanc in September also included Kelsey Parker, the widow of The Wanted's Tom Parker, who died in March 2022 after being diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour two years earlier.
The celebrities, along with more than 100 women, spent five days in the shadows of Europe's tallest mountain, walking for over eight hours every day. For Pete, it's a cause worth the pain and stresses of the trek.
"Cancer will likely affect all of us at some point in our lives, so I can’t think of a more important cause to support," he said before heading out to Africa. I'm A Celebrity winner Giovanna, who is married to McFly vocalist Tom Fletcher, told OK! she finds the walks "challenging", but they give her a
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