Rumours are abound that the Big Brother couple of the year are no more, and friends of Pete Bennett and Nikki Grahame are insisting that the couple have already broken up.

Pals of Tourette’s sufferer Pete even told The Sun that the relationship had never been genuine in the first place.

Former Housemate Richard Newman commented: “I don’t think they were ever going out.

“He might have fancied her but it was a friendship blown out of proportion for the media.”

Of course Nikki’s publicist has a different story to tell, and has confirmed that the pair are definitely still an item……but she would say that wouldn’t she!