Cliff Notes – Sam Thompson falls to ground with bleeding eye after being punched by Pete Wicks
- Sam Thompson suffered a bleeding eye after an accidental punch from Pete Wicks during a social media skit, which was intended as a humorous recreation of a scene from the film 365 Days.
- Despite the mishap, both Thompson and Wicks were able to laugh off the incident, with Thompson sharing the moment with his 2.7 million Instagram followers, highlighting the comedic aspect of the situation.
Sam Thompson falls to ground with bleeding eye after being ‘punched’ by Pete Wicks
Sam Thompson and Pete Wicks’s latest video took a very wrong turn (Picture: Sam Thompson/Instagram)
Things got pretty out of hand rather quickly as Sam Thompson and Pete Wicks filmed a social media skit video.
The podcast-hosting duo are forever sharing their antics online, whether it be hilarious dance routines or their version of TikTok trends.
However, their latest didn’t exactly go to plan.
As a result, Sam was left with a bloody eye after falling to the ground… when Pete punched him.
We should make it clear that the punch was not intentional, and Pete clearly felt bad instantly—but it made for amazing content.
Earlier this week, Sam, 32, posted a video to his 2.7million Instagram followers of himself and best pal Pete, 37, recreating a scene from the erotic movie 365 Days.
The Strictly star went to punch Sam as they filmed a skit for social media (Picture: Sam Thompson/Instagram)
No, not that kind of recreation, don’t worry. Instead, Sam went to grab Pete’s neck from behind in a move where the male lead pulled his female love interest in for a snog.
Putting their own spin on things, Pete went to punch Sam’s phone out of the way, clearly not into the whole thing.
‘Blood was spilled in the making of this 😂’, Sam captioned the video, which has had over three million views.
Disaster struck, though, when Pete, who was smoking a cigarette at the time, misjudged his aim and got Sam in the face instead.
This weekend, Sam shared a behind-the-scenes of their latest sketch, writing in the caption: ‘You wanted the behind the scenes so here you go! He did run after me and was very sorry 🥹😂’
In the new video, fans see the boys in action from afar, and when Pete goes to punch Sam’s phone out of the way, the device flies back and catches his eye.
…but the Made in Chelsea star’s phone caught his eye (Picture: Sam Thompson/Instagram)
To be fair, Pete clearly felt bad (Picture: Sam Thompson/Instagram)
The Made in Chelsea star fell down straight away, hands clutching his face in pain.
Strictly’s Pete rushed to check he was OK, declaring: ‘He’s actually bleeding!’
‘Oh my f***king God,’ said Sam.
‘How bad is it? Is it really cut?’, Sam asked the person filming, showing the blood oozing from above his eyelid.
‘Am I gonna have to get that stitched up?’, he added, telling Pete: ‘You just battered my f***king eye!’
Thankfully, the long-time pals were able to laugh the incident off, with Sam’s millions of followers also seeing the funny side of it.
The Strictly semi-finalist has been comforting his pal after his recent split (Picture: Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for the NTAs)
‘Pete’s reaction is like when you accidentally hurt your sibling and don’t want to get caught’, commented @imizzygrant.
‘Omg 🫢🫢🫢 you two 😂’, wrote Pete’s Strictly pro partner Jowita Przystał.
‘He does his own stunts people 😂’, joked Vicky Pattison.
‘Sorry Sam but 😂😂😂😂’, laughed Melvin Odoom.
While Sam ended up being fine, we probably can’t say the same for his phone screen… or his ego.
The reality star has been in the press for weeks now following his split from Zara McDermott, 28.
Sam dated Zara McDermott for five years (Picture: Sam Thompson/Instagram)
It’s believed the Love island alum is now dating Louis Tomlinson (Picture: Scott Legato/Getty Images)
While the former Love Islander is now dating Louis Tomlinson, 33, having been spotted kissing the One Direction star while out and about in the US, Sam is also thought to be moving on.
This week, it was claimed that the I’m A Celebrity winner has been exchanging flirty messages with series nine Love Island contestant Samie Elishi, 25.
A source told The Sun: ‘Sam found the split and its public fallout very hard, but Samie has put a smile back on his face.
‘She is a stunning girl, and he’s told a few pals about her. He seems excited.’
They added: ‘Obviously it’s early days, but clearly he has a thing for Love Islanders!’