Maura Higgins blames herself for best friend's death in heartbreaking scenes

Maura Higgins opened up astir blaming herself for her champion friend's decease successful heart-breaking scenes. The prima appeared connected the Paul Brunson Podcast to recount the tragic time her person was progressive successful a motorcycle accident, sharing that she felt she could person done thing to alteration the outcome.

Maura Higgins has opened up astir the heart-wrenching guilt she felt pursuing her champion friend's death. The Love Island prima felt that the events of that tragic time mightiness person unfolded otherwise if she had made different choices.

Andrew Rowan, Maura's champion friend, tragically died astatine the property of 26 successful a devastating motorcycle crash. He was progressive successful a collision with 3 cars successful Athlone, Ireland, successful 2017.

The grieving world prima has since taken to the We Need To Talk podcast tally by Married At First Sight big Paul Brunson wherever they discussed respective topics, 1 of which being however she blames herself for Andrew's death.

Maura reflecting connected the day, said: "For truthful agelong I blamed myself for it due to the fact that erstwhile I look backmost astatine that day, the time was truthful crazy.

"I can't enactment my caput astir it. He called maine and he'd finished enactment early, which wasn't truly meant to happen. He was like, 'I person finished enactment early, let's drawback immoderate food.' I was like, 'I can't beryllium fed, I americium inactive successful my pyjamas, I truly can't beryllium f***ed.'

She continued, admitting she inactive wonders astir her decision: "I americium not arsenic atrocious arsenic I was with it, but I inactive think, 'Why didn't I conscionable spell with him?' He wouldn't person been connected the motorbike, we would person been successful his car, we would person got nutrient and possibly the time would person been different."

Trying to clasp backmost tears, she said: "I don't privation to cry. I americium truthful not a crier arsenic well. I deliberation I conscionable bushed myself up implicit it due to the fact that it would person been different."

When Paul asked her if she inactive blamed herself, she responded: "I conscionable cognize it would person been antithetic if I conscionable got f***ing dressed and wasn't truthful lazy."

Despite not going to meal with Andrew, Maura revealed they had crossed paths earlier that day. "I didn't spell for the meal but I inactive saw him that day. I volition ne'er hide him arriving connected the bike, and I retrieve consecutive distant saying, 'Why are you connected the bike?' He's not a biker and each clip helium was connected it, I conscionable didn't understand. I conscionable didn't similar it. He was like, 'It's a large day, it is simply a beauteous time outside.'

"I volition ne'er hide erstwhile helium left, helium said helium was going to instrumentality a thrust connected the bike. I went into the toilet and I could perceive his motorbike, and I got these shivers.

"I retrieve reasoning to myself, 'Maura, halt reasoning bad.' Then a fewer hours later, I get a telephone call. It is specified a weird time erstwhile I look back."

Paul helped Maura process her emotions, assuring her that she is not to blasted and that she shouldn't beryllium hard connected herself.

Maura entered the Love Island villa arsenic a bombshell aboriginal successful 2019, revealing that she had been going done a batch earlier her entrance.

Now, the prima is moving connected to her adjacent world show and is reportedly acceptable to articulation the I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! jungle “imminently” aft her surprise travel to Las Vegas.

The Love Island prima was absent from the authoritative line-up for the ITV amusement earlier this week, but is expected to beryllium a precocious accomplishment to the Australian jungle campy adjacent week, on with Reverend Richard Coles. Late arrivals to campy are accustomed connected I’m A Celeb, but Maura has been trying to distract from her quality successful the jungle by going connected a daze travel to the US.

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