I'm a Celebrity fans predict Maura Higgins will have 'awkward' reunion with fellow campmate

Maura Higgins, who has conscionable joined I'm a Celebrity arsenic a precocious arrival, antecedently dated Barry McGuigan's lad Shane. Viewers deliberation the brace volition code the narration connected the show

I'm a Celebrity fans judge newcomer Maura Higgins volition person an "awkward" reunion with a chap campmate.

The erstwhile Love Island star, 33, made her late accomplishment into the Australian jungle alongside Reverend Richard Coles connected Thursday night. As portion of their precocious arrival, the brace were assigned the situation to person their chap campmates that beingness successful the Jungle Junkyard is truly pugnacious - contempt having been assigned luxury accommodation, unbeknown to different celebrities.

For now, Maura and Reverend Coles volition enactment mostly abstracted from the different stars, but portion taking portion successful challenges with them, but viewers are present preparing for what could beryllium an awkward brushwood betwixt the erstwhile Islander and chap campmate Barry McGuigan. Before appearing connected Love Island successful 2019, Maura was romantically progressive with Barry's lad Shane.

The erstwhile mates archetypal met successful 2018 astatine a David Haye vs Tony Bellew boxing rematch wherever Maura was moving arsenic a ringing miss and Shane was commenting for a vigor show. The brace reportedly dated for a mates of years earlier breaking up, arsenic they recovered it hard to proceed their narration since Maura was surviving successful Ireland astatine the clip and Shane was successful London.

While it's unclear whether Maura met her ex's begetter Barry astatine all, viewers deliberation they volition code the narration connected the show. Shane, who has followed successful his father's footsteps and present works arsenic a boxing manager successful London, is engaged to singer-songwriter Taylor West - and they person 2 sons, Finley and Calean, who were calved successful 2023 and 2024.

Shane is 1 of 4 children that Barry and his woman Sandra person shared, arsenic good arsenic sons Jake and Blain and their precocious girl Danika. Known arsenic "Nika", Danika died aged conscionable 33 successful July 2019, 1 period aft being diagnosed with colon cancer. She had been diagnosed with acute lymphoid leukaemia erstwhile she was conscionable 11 years old, undergoing 2 years of treatment, but recovered to go an histrion and prima alongside Hollywood actors including Rooney Mara and Jack Reynor.

However, her crab returned and her beingness was tragically chopped short, leaving McGuigan and the remainder of her household "devastated". The erstwhile British and European champion boxer opened up astir however the calamity has affected him soon aft arriving successful the I'm a Celebrity jungle and was flooded with emotion arsenic helium burst into tears talking astir his daughter.

"It was hard for weeks successful the hospital, conscionable watching, shocking," helium said arsenic helium spoke astir Danika's 2nd bout of cancer, earlier adding that she had "pains successful her tummy but she was making a movie. She enactment it disconnected and went to the doctor, called america each in. Stage 4 bowel cancer, 5 weeks, 5 weeks she died."

As Barry became affectional and broke down successful tears, each the campmates ralled astir to console him, with Danny Jones and Tulisa Contostavlos giving him a hug. Barry said: "Thank you, you're each truthful lovely, I truly admit it."

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