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INEVERWANTTO SEE NIKKI AGAIN ... SHE’SHORRIFIC
BIG BROTHER EXCLUSIVE
by JAMES GLOVER
The Star Says: Page 6
BIG BROTHER star Pete Bennett really stuck the knife into ex-lover Nikki Grahame last night.


He blasted: “I never want to see that woman again... she’s horrific.”


Pete, 24, said he was cutting all ties with Nikki to stop her jeopardising his relationship with girlfriend Gemma Costain, 22.


Andheclaimedheonly continued his fling with Nikki after Big Brother finished to get her the publicity she craved.


Love


In an exclusive interview with the Daily Star, the reality show winner said he was now headoverin love with former exotic dancer Gemma.


She has even cut short a four-month trip to Japan so she can be back in his arms for Christmas.


Reports last week suggested Pete had been given the heave-ho by Gemma and that he was struggling with depression as a result.


Some even claimed he had turned to Nikki, 24, for comfort. But in fact he and Gemma are still going strong. However, Pete is worried that Nikki could try to ruin their happiness and is desperate to get her out of the picture.


Pete said last night: “I’m fed up with being linked back to Nikki. We wouldn’t have met if it wasn’t for Big Brother, and now I want to move on with my life and forget all about it.


“I really fell for Nikki in the house. I needed her there and I was seriously upset when she was taken out. I had real feelings for her and we had something when I came out.


“But then I introduced her to my friends and she was horrific. A few drinks and she really insulted them. It was so awful. I knew then I had to finish it.


“We only carried on for the publicity. We had no relationship at all after that.


“The last thing me and Gemma need now is the papers saying me and Nikki are meeting up again. There’s no way I ever want to see that woman


KISS-OFF: Pete and Nikki before the split again. Perhaps we can be friends again in the future, but not now.


“I really love Gemma, she’s my woman. I want to be with her and I don’t want anything or anyone coming between us.”


But Tourette’s sufferer Pete could well see Nikki again – at a TV awards bash later this month.


Both are battling it out in a new TV Contender category at the National Television Awards on October 31. And with the pair no longer even on speaking terms, sparks could fly.


Pop


A week later, Gemma, 22, will fly back into Britain after she decided to cut short her Far East sightseeing trip with a girl pal.


Meanwhile, Pete is working with Guy Chambers, 43, former songwriter for Robbie Williams, 32, to try to get his pop career off the ground.


Record bosses are hoping his first single, Cosmonaut, will land the Christmas No1 spot.


Pete said: I want to be known as Pete the musician, not Big Brother Pete. I am more talented than you saw on that show.”