Chloe Sims and Pete Wicks have spoken out about their ongoing feud, admitting they have gone months without speaking to each other.
The TOWIE stars, who have been close friends for years, had a falling out eight months ago with Chloe telling Pete she no longer wanted him in her life.
On Sunday night’s episode, Chloe, 37, had a socially-distanced gathering with Olivia Attwood, James ‘Diags’ Bennewith and Liam ‘Gatsby’ Blackwell and opened up about their argument.
Tension: Chloe Sims, 37, and Pete Wicks, 31, have spoken out about their ongoing feud, admitting they have gone months without speaking to each other
Speaking about lockdown, she said: ‘It’s a terrible thing for a lot of people but there has been some positives.
‘It brought the families closer together and it’s actually showed me who’s important in my life. “Best friends” who didn’t really give a s**t.
‘Me and Pete stopped speaking. We had a falling out since the end of January. It wasn’t nasty, it was quite calm but I didn’t want to have people around me who aren’t 100pc. I just said, “I can’t have you in my life anymore.”‘
Chloe did not elaborate on what the argument was about or why she had decided to stop speaking to Pete, 31.
Cut off: The TOWIE stars, who have been close friends for years, had a falling out eight months ago with Chloe telling Pete she no longer wanted him in her life
Olivia said: ‘I’m surprised he didn’t reach out to you during lockdown. He’d normally check in, especially on you, but there you go.’
Chloe replied: ‘He made me question if I even knew him at all.’
Later in the episode, Olivia met with Pete and took the opportunity to hear his side of the story.
Recalling their falling out, Pete said: ‘We had a barney and the last thing she said to me was we didn’t need to talk so so be it.
Drama: Chloe had a socially-distanced gathering with Olivia Attwood, James ‘Diags’ Bennewith and Liam ‘Gatsby’ Blackwell and opened up about their argument
She told Olivia: ‘Me and Pete stopped speaking. We had a falling out since the end of January. It wasn’t nasty, it was quite calm but I didn’t want to have people around me who aren’t 100pc’
‘We’ve been close for so many years and this was the first time we’ve disagreed and I’ve thought, “you know what she doesn’t want me in her life. “It’s the longest we’ve ever gone without talking.
Pete admitted he would like to patch things up with Chloe but he worries that their friendship is now beyond repair.
He said: ‘What does worry me, if I do reach out to her and she says f**k off, it’ll hurt me. Do I want to save the friendship? Of course I do. Do I think it can be saved? No.’
Friends again? While Pete and Chloe appeared worried about their friendship during the episode, the pair were spotted on a night out at Nightjar cocktail bar earlier this month
While Pete and Chloe appeared worried about their friendship during the episode, the pair were spotted on a night out at Nightjar cocktail bar in London earlier this onth.
The duo appeared to be in good spirits as they linked arms with each other as they departed the bar at 1am.
MailOnline has contacted representatives for Chloe and Pete for comment.
Reaction: Viewers took to social media to react to the tension between the pair, with one writing: ‘Wonder what happened with Chloe and Pete? It’ll come out eventually!’
Viewers took to social media to react to the tension between the pair, with one writing: ‘Wonder what happened with Chloe and Pete? It’ll come out eventually!’
Another said: ‘They better tell us what happened between Chloe and Pete. I don’t care how they are feeling about this January argument. I want to know what happened.’
TOWIE airs on Sundays at 9pm on ITVBe.
Argument: Pete admitted he would like to patch things up with Chloe but he worries that their friendship is now beyond repair