Barry McGuigan's son spills on Maura Higgins after awkward I'm A Celebrity reunion

Barry McGuigan's lad Shane said helium thinks his dada and Maura Higgins volition get on connected I'm a Celebrity arsenic they're some from Ireland and volition person immoderate 'similarities'

Barry McGuigan's lad has opened up connected his romance with Maura Higgins, who is sharing the I'm a Celebrity jungle with the erstwhile nonrecreational boxer.

The erstwhile Love Island prima made her quality successful the jungle arsenic a late arrival alongside Reverend Richard Coles. Barry's lad Shane, 36, concisely dated Maura successful May 2018 aft the brace met erstwhile she was booked arsenic a ringing miss for the David Haye vs Tony Bellew rematch.

At the time, Shane was determination covering the lucifer for a vigor show. However, since Maura, 34, lived successful Ireland astatine the clip and Shane was moving and surviving successful London, the brace divided up amicably arsenic they recovered the agelong region narration difficult.

Shane appeared connected Good Morning Britain contiguous to chat astir his begetter opening astir his grief implicit the decease of his girl Danika, who passed distant aged 33 pursuing a abbreviated conflict with cancer. On GMB, Shane besides discussed if his dada Barry would get on with Maura, contempt them ne'er having met, the Daily Record reported.

Speaking to Richard Arnold astir Barry and Maura gathering for the archetypal clip connected the show, Shane said: "Maura arsenic good she's an Irish miss - she's from a tiny municipality successful Ireland - truthful they're some from the sticks. They would person been increasing up arsenic kids successful a tiny municipality truthful determination would beryllium similarities there."

Shane said helium besides felt arrogant of his dada talking astir his grief, arsenic helium heaped praise connected Barry for being truthful open. "It was 5 years agone but it feels similar yesterday. It doesn't substance if he's doing it successful his surviving country oregon connected nationalist television. My dad's member Dermot took his ain life, truthful I deliberation Oti could person idiosyncratic to thin connected there," helium said.

"I rang mum arsenic good and she was affectional that helium managed to get that comfortableness successful the jungle. It's a precise unusual situation. It's large that they've each travel unneurotic to enactment each other." Shane is present engaged to Taylor West, a singer/songwriter from Buckinghamshire. They person 2 sons unneurotic - Finley, who was calved successful 2022, and Calean who they welcomed successful 2024.

At the clip of the romance betwixt Maura and Shane, a root told The Sun: "Maura has brains and quality and she rapidly caught Shane's eye. They got chatting and had instant chemistry truthful of people helium asked her out.

"At the clip Maura lived successful Ireland, and Shane was moving his boxing gym successful London, and she was travelling a batch for enactment truthful it wasn't casual to propulsion off." They added: "There were nary hard feelings erstwhile it ended. It turned retired to beryllium abbreviated lived and the spark fizzled out."

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