He is a wolf in sheep's clothing I think
I totally agree, never liked him.
I think Michelle's referring to Aisleyne. Pete and Nikki had a long established friendship going.
She was my first thought but she’s not getting any press attention from her tributes and also Michelle and all the people she mentioned (Imogen, Nicola McClean) follow Aisleyne. They don’t follow Pete.
I suspect there were issues with Aisleyne but not enough that anyone in that friendship group has unfollowed her, which speaks volumes.
I don’t think Pete & Nikki had a truly long friendship - I think they’ve been on and off as friends and didn’t speak for a long time at one point. When they reunited on Loose Women in 2016 they said they’d barely spoken for years.
Pete is misrepresenting how close he was with Nikki, I think.
Edited to add - also found a quote from Nikki in 2014 saying she & Pete follow each other on Instagram and she would go for a drink with him if she saw him in real life.
Meanwhile, tons of photos of Nikki & Aisleyne on various nights out together between 2012 and 2015-ish can be found on Google.
I still suspect her friendship with Aisleyne cooled off/fizzled out, and it’s notable Michelle Heaton didn’t mention her, but I am 100% convinced Michelle is referring to Pete. He visited her, yes, and he has a video on his Instagram of her from a festival years ago. That’s it.