I’m a Celeb star Maura Higgins reveals real reason she did Love Island and says ‘I was so angry’

MAURA Higgins has revealed she got the eventual revenge connected an ex-boyfriend before signing up to Love Island. 

On tonight’s occurrence of I’m A Celebrity, Jane Moore grilled Maura connected however she landed connected the beloved ITV2 dating amusement backmost successful 2019. 

Maura revealed she had a fellow astatine the clip she was offered the accidental to instrumentality portion connected Love Island, truthful initially didn’t hold to it.

But she changed her caput erstwhile she went done his telephone 1 day. 

So she decided to face him astir what she recovered and marque him pay. 

“I had a program and nary connection of a lie, erstwhile helium went to the gym the adjacent time I got his toothbrush and I filmed myself scrubbing successful the verges,” she declared. 

“He had a dentist assignment that day!”

Danny Jones couldn’t assistance but laughter astir what helium heard, saying: “You don’t wanna messiness with Maura!"

After the break-up, Maura entered the villa arsenic a bombshell, becoming 1 of the astir iconic stars successful the show’s history. 

“I went successful similar a bull successful a china store due to the fact that I was truthful aggravated astir that full thing,” she said.

Maura ended up making it to the finals connected Love Island aft coupling up with Curtis Pritchard, coming successful 4th place.

The pair dated for 7 months earlier splitting astatine the opening of 2020.

Since leaving the Love Island, Maura has appeared connected Dancing On Ice, and present hosts Love Island USA's Aftersun.

She joined I'm A Celeb this twelvemonth arsenic a precocious introduction alongside Reverend Richard Coles, and has already tackled the dreaded eating Bushtucker Trial.