Maura Higgins breaks her silence on awkwardly sharing a camp with her ex’s dad Barry McGuigan

MAURA Higgins reckons she volition go pals with Barry McGuigan connected I'm A Celeb - contempt having dated his son.

The show's caller arrival, 33, thinks they volition click erstwhile she arrives successful the main campy due to the fact that they are some Irish and person a akin consciousness of humour.

The Sun exclusively revealed that Maura concisely dated boxing fable Barry's lad Shane, 36, aft gathering him portion she was moving arsenic a ringing miss for William Hill successful 2018.

She was moving connected a combat betwixt David Haye and Tony Bellew, which Shane was covering for a vigor station.

Maura caught the oculus of boxing manager Shane, who asked her out.

They dated for a abbreviated clip earlier calling it quits and they remained friends.

Before heading into the Australian jungle, Maura told The Sun: "I already cognize Tulisa. So I'll decidedly get connected with her. She's amazing. I reckon I'd get connected truly good with Barry McGuigan.

"You know, Irish... I deliberation he's precise humorous.

"I ne'er met him (while dating Shane).

"But I reckon he'd beryllium my cupful of tea, with the humour and stuff."

Maura besides said she is looking guardant to gathering Coleen Rooney - truthful she tin chat to her astir the Wagatha Christie saga.

She said: "I privation to speech to her astir it. I'm a spot nosey similar that.

"I would bash the nonstop aforesaid arsenic what Coleen did.

Like, I'd astir apt enactment up thing connected my Story and conscionable person definite radical presumption it to drawback that idiosyncratic out. That is the mode my encephalon would work.

"It was crazy, wild. I decidedly would person done the aforesaid thing."

Maura appeared connected past night's I'm A Celeb - but she was sent into the Jungle Junkyard with chap precocious accomplishment Rev Richard Coles, 62.

They are surviving successful luxury for the archetypal mates of days - but person to marque the different celebs deliberation they are slumming it earlier they caput into the main site.

Maura arrived Down Under with a hangover from hellhole aft 48 hours of boozing successful Las Vegas.

She besides insisted she is "very overmuch single" - contempt rumours of a romance with Strictly hunk Pete Wicks, 36.