Dean Gaffney makes claim about brutal interaction with I'm A Celeb's Maura Higgins at awards show

EastEnders histrion Dean Gaffney, who took portion successful I'm A Celeb successful 2006, opened up astir his awkward enactment with Maura Higgins

Soap prima Dean Gaffney revealed helium had a brutal enactment with I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! prima Maura Higgins astatine the Pride of Britain Awards.

The EastEnders star, champion known for his relation arsenic Robbie Jackson, appeared connected I'm A Celeb's spin-off bid Unpacked connected Tuesday nighttime to sermon the gripping series. Dean, who took portion successful the amusement successful 2006, opened up astir their awkward archetypal gathering astatine the fancy awards amusement successful London.

Speaking to big Joel Dommett aft Melvin Odoom's elimination, helium explained: "There was a comic communicative wherever I was astatine the Pride of Britain awards. I was sat with Joey Essex and Maura came implicit and she said to Joey, 'oh, is that your dad?' I cognize I've got grey hairsbreadth but travel on!"

It comes arsenic Maura was voted successful the bottommost 2 with Melvin. However, she lived to spot different time successful the jungle arsenic Melvin was voted out. Maura has opened up astir her emotion beingness portion successful the jungle, with the prima telling GK Barry that she tells her mum, Sharon, everything astir her relationships.

She added: “And if I slept with a guy, my mum volition inquire me, ‘Well, what was helium similar successful the bed?’ and she volition get each gory detail.” Sharon claimed it was the different mode astir and that Maura ever told her excessively overmuch accusation against her wishes. She explained: “I would accidental to her connected Facetime, ‘is everything okay? Are you blessed successful each aspects of your relationship?’

"And she would ever effort and embarrass maine by saying this, that and the different and I would say: ‘too overmuch information. I don’t request to know, I don’t request to know.’ She likes to marque maine embarrassed.” Sharon was delighted that her girl felt capable to unfastened up astir her beingness successful the jungle.

Sharon continued: "I deliberation Maura is ever going to beryllium Maura. She’s evidently comfy successful her surroundings, with the radical she’s with, and she feels escaped to beryllium capable to chat astir anything.”

Maura is among the remaining stars successful the jungle up of the final. So far, Melvin, Tulisa Contostavlos, Dean McCullough and Jane Moore were voted out.

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! continues contiguous astatine 9pm connected ITV and ITVX*

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