Pete Wicks: Tattoos, Trauma & Trying to Be Enough
2/19/202641 min
Pete Wicks enters Dr Joe’s office carrying a belief he’s had since childhood: that he’s never quite enough.
Together, they trace that feeling back to its roots, unpacking the early experiences that shaped Pete’s self-worth and the pressure he’s carried ever since.
The conversation widens to modern masculinity, including Pete’s interview with Prime Minister Keir Starmer and what it revealed about being a man today. A shared love of tattoos then leads to a Rorschach-style experiment involving Joe’s body and some highly questionable analysis.
Featuring @joemarler17 and @jakebhard...
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First 90 secondsJoe Marler· Host0:00
What happens if someone's to continually call you Peter?
Pete Wicks· Guest0:03
Someone of your size? Nothing.
Jake Bhardwaj· Host0:04
[laughs] [laughs] Someone of my size?
Pete Wicks· Guest0:06
I'd kick the fuck out of you, I suppose.
Jake Bhardwaj· Host0:08
Yeah, that's about right.
Pete Wicks· Guest0:09
I'm 37 and I'm still single. I- I- You're 37? Yeah.
Joe Marler· Host0:12
Fuck off.
Pete Wicks· Guest0:13
You think I was older?
Joe Marler· Host0:14
Yeah. No. No, no. [laughs] [laughs] [laughs] And again, why have you just immediately, like, sort of stroked your nose? That's a telltale sign of a liar.
Pete Wicks· Guest0:24
That's the first thing that you've said that actually sounds like you know what you're talking about.
Joe Marler· Host0:27
[laughs] [laughs] [laughs] I'm Joe Marler, and I'm good at, uh, getting strangers to overshare.
Pete Wicks· Guest0:38
I'm Pete Wicks, and I'm good at insulting people.
Joe Marler· Host0:43
Oh, you think, you think you're good at insulting people?
Pete Wicks· Guest0:46
Yeah.
Joe Marler· Host0:47
Fucking show me, then. Hello, and welcome to my office. This is Joe Marler Will See You Now with me, Dr. Joe Marler. This is the show where I pop the bonnet of the minds of Britain's best-loved celebrities and poke about to see what's rattling. With me, as always, is my trusty research assistant, Jake.
Jake Bhardwaj· Host1:09
Joe.
Joe Marler· Host1:09
J- oh, good. Yes, I love it.
Jake Bhardwaj· Host1:11
Joe, how are you?
Joe Marler· Host1:12
I love it when you do this.
Jake Bhardwaj· Host1:13
H- Joe, how are you?
Joe Marler· Host1:15
Why do- It's a little bit like Rob, uh, Rob Brydon's Ronnie Corbett.
Jake Bhardwaj· Host1:18
He does that a lot. How's your day been?
Joe Marler· Host1:21
Pleasant.
Jake Bhardwaj· Host1:22
Yes?
Joe Marler· Host1:23
Uh, although it has been ... It started off bad.
Jake Bhardwaj· Host1:27
Why? What happened?
Joe Marler· Host1:27
You know when you first wake?