Pete Wicks finally discusses his feelings for Maura Higgins, breaks down over childhood trauma and mother's suicide attempt and reveals he 'never feels good enough' in emotional interview

Pete Wicks finally discussed his feelings for Maura Higgins in an emotional interview on Paul C Brunson's We Need To Talk podcast.

Describing Maura as 'super intelligent' and 'incredibly witty', Pete finally spoke about their whirlwind romance after they started dating last August.

He said: 'We have always kind of been friends, we’ve always kind of been there for each other. We spend more time together now.'

The former TOWIE star, 37, become incredibly emotional throughout their chat as he opened up about his childhood trauma and his mother's suicide attempt when he was 12-years-old, admitting he 'never felt good enough'.

He said: 'I felt like I was responsible, I didn't feel like enough. I didn't feel like me being there was enough for her to want to be there.

'They were together since kids but she found it very very tough and my mum struggled with depression and alcoholism and it got too much for her. She tried to take her own life one night and I found her. That was tough.

'I felt like I was responsible, I didn't feel like enough. I didn't feel like me being there was enough for her to want to be there and I did feel responsible the circumstances around how it happened, I could have stopped it. 

'I knew, despite being that young, that she was drinking and not in a good place, she was very upset the night that it happened.

'She told me she was going to be fine and I went to my room and I could hear her crying and I stayed in that room and if I hadn't of stayed [in my room], then maybe I could have stopped it. It was a tough time.'

He added: 'I never felt unloved but I just never felt that I was enough. It's not that I didn't feel loved by my mum or dad I just felt like I was in the way. They had their own struggles at the time and I felt like an afterthought.'