Pete Wicks has revealed his diet has led him to suffer a health problem.
The former Strictly Come Dancing star has previously spoken openly about his alcohol intake. He admitted he was a “pretty heavy drinker” for over 15 years prior to taking part on the hit BBC show.
Pete, 36, says he would be “drinking for the sake of drinking” and would regularly consume a bottle of wine a night, every night. But after discovering it was difficult to learn his dance routines with a “slightly fuzzy head”, Pete decided to cut back.
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He has now stopped “day drinking” and says that while he will have “a few drinks with the boys”, it’s not something he does everyday. On his Staying Relevant podcast with best friend Sam Thompson, Pete revealed the alcohol had left him with a “tremor”.
It came as former England rugby star Joe Marler was asked what job he thinks former The Only Way is Essex star Pete would do if he took a route outside of showbusiness. Joe said: “Pete, you’re a practical guy, I see you as a cardiac surgeon.”
Sam had joked Pete would make a good roofer. Although Joe responded: “Roofer? No, no, you’ve got to be a bit more butch, your hands aren’t rougher.”
It was then Pete revealed his high-alcohol intake had caused an issue with his hands. He said: “That probably would have been good a few years ago but due to the alcohol, the tremor is an issue with that precise stuff.”
Pete discussed his alcohol intake when he appeared on Loose Women spin-off Loose Men. He said: “I grew up with family that had alcohol dependencies and I think I would never have considered myself to be someone who had a problem with drinking.
“But, Strictly really changed my drinking habits. Pre [Strictly] I was a pretty heavy drinker for 15 years, to the point where I’d have a bottle of wine a night, every night, and that’s just cooking and chilling out. It was my way of kind of chilling out, until I did Strictly and kind of stopped drinking and realised that actually, all that was doing was kind of numbing parts of my reality.”
He added: “It became a habit to the point where I was functioning by just carrying on doing that and it didn’t really bother me. I didn’t get hangovers and I didn’t really get come downs or anything like that. I was just drinking for the sake of drinking but also, it gave me kind of a reason to numb how I was feeling a lot of the time.
Tremors and alcohol
According to the NHS, heavy drinkers can experience hand tremors, known as the shakes, if they begin to suddenly cut back. It says other possible health problems include depression, sweating, anxiety, and difficulty sleeping.
A 1 985 study meanwhile found that 41 per cent of alcoholics who stop drinking with 21 days experienced a “postural tremor”.
Anyone who thinks they have problems with drinking should visit the NHS website for more information. Alternatively, contact your GP.