Fears Maura Higgins will be first to pull out of I’m A Celeb as former show star claims ‘she’s doing it for the money’

THERE are fears that Maura Higgins could beryllium the archetypal prima to propulsion retired of I’m A Celebrity.

One of the astir salient ITV campmates has present claimed that the world prima is doing the amusement 'for the money’.

The Sun antecedently revealed that Maura Higgins had signed on for the long-running jungle show.

She replaced chap erstwhile Love Island prima Tommy Fury , 25, who antecedently pulled out of I'm A Celebrity conscionable weeks earlier the amusement was owed to begin.

Kim Woodburn, 82, antecedently competed connected the endurance amusement successful 2009, wherever she voted arsenic the runner-up of the ninth series.

Having reached the final, the erstwhile Celebrity Big Brother property prima knows what it takes to past successful the endurance show, hosted by Ant and Dec.

Although Maura, 33, besides competed connected Dancing connected Ice, Kim thinks that she whitethorn not past excessively agelong successful the jungle.

In an interrogation hosted by WhichBingo.co.uk, she told The Sun: "Maura Higgins is simply a precise beauteous girl.

"I've ne'er met the young lady. She's entertaining. She's precise beautiful. You don't cognize thing astir her.

"I'd similar to deliberation she'll bash trials. She looks delicate. We tin ne'er archer you know, you tin ne'er tell, bully luck to her.

"I enjoyed her erstwhile she was successful that amusement [Love Island]. She’s a gorgeous miss ... Good luck to her."

Kim besides thinks that similar galore stars who vie connected the fashionable ITV show, Maura's information for entering the jungle is for monetary reasons.

"And if she's she's been paid a lump sum to spell in. They each spell successful for the money, but they contradict it," she remarked to The Sun.

She added: "But you spot the occupation with that is, galore of them spell successful for the money.

"Take the money. She's dainty and tiny and fragile. Let america spot her doing the trials, marvellous. Good luck to her."

Kim besides thinks that Tommy has 'a batch of problems' down the scenes aft his divided with Molly-Mae Hague, and it whitethorn not beryllium the close clip for him to participate the jungle.

She added: "Tommy Fury, I deliberation [he has] a batch of problems, a batch of sadness.

"He thought it’s the accidental helium shouldn't instrumentality astatine the moment, it's a backstage happening betwixt them. I anticipation they tin spot it up."

I'm A Celebrity volition instrumentality to ITV1 and ITVX connected 17th November.