PETE Wicks terrifyingly collapsed on Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins – moments before DS staff admitted fears they’d ‘kill him’.
The former Towie star and Strictly Come Dancing competitor has returned to the endurance military training course after suffering catastrophic injuries last year.
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Determined to make it through this time, episode three of the show saw Pete push himself to his limit – with almost disastrous results.
On tonight’s episode, the remaining recruits were split into pairs and told to pull 130 pounds of kit in a race across three kilometres of icy terrain.
However, Pete’s partner (or ‘oppo’ in course terms) comedian Tez Ilyas, was forced to withdraw by DS staff, who declared him a “safety problem” halfway through the task.
However, this meant leaving Pete to carry everything by himself.
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With encouragement from DS Billy Billingham, Pete continued, though as time wore on he began to slow down.
He then declared, “I’m dizzy, staff” before collapsing into the snow.
Billy urged Pete to drink some water and continue, but the star struggled to continue.
“He ain’t gonna make it,” said Billy, telling cameras, “He’s gonna die.”
Billy has since admitted he feared he’s killed Pete during the aggressive task.
Eventually, medical staff were brought in to bring him back to base camp to be assessed – much to the anger of Pete, who wanted to carry on despite admitting feeling sick.
Once assessed by the medical team, Pete was cleared to returned to the course, though was warned if it happened again, he would be medically withdrawn.
Speaking to cameras, Pete said: “I don’t find it easy relying on other people. I rely on me. Yeah, a bit of a lone wolf, really.
“I’m not very good at letting people in on stuff, because I feel like it’s my problem and I should be a deal with it.”
“And that’s not right, because in the end, all you’re doing is creating a bigger f**king hole for yourself, aren’t ya?”
Returning to the camp bunks, the rest of the recruits were relieved to see that he was OK, with Rachel Johnson joking “the Messiah had returned.”
“F**k me,” he responded. “I’ve got more lives than a f**king cat.”
The DS staff later praised him for giving “110%” – and revealed he was just 400 metres away from completing the course.
Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins continues tomorrow at 9pm on Channel 4.
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