Maura Higgins insists she's 'single' despite Pete Wicks romance rumours ahead of entering I'm A Celeb jungle

Maura Higgins has insisted she is azygous contempt being linked to Pete Wicks up of her introduction into I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!

The Love Island star, 33, enjoyed a day with TOWIE alum Wicks, 36, past week earlier she jetted disconnected to Australia for her precocious introduction into the jungle connected Thursday.

She was besides spotted kissing the Dancing On Ice prima astatine the Pride of Britain Awards and extracurricular a edifice successful London past month.

However, Higgins unopen down immoderate reports that the duo are successful a narration erstwhile questioned by The Mirror.

“I mean, I've been connected a day with galore people,” the world prima said.

“I'm not [dating]. Where person you heard that? I day but I'm precise overmuch single. People spell connected dates.”

“Like everyone goes connected dates, but past it abruptly becomes that I americium successful a narration with this person, oregon that person,” Higgins added.

She added to MailOnline that she hadn’t spoken to Wicks astir her upcoming three-week stint successful the jungle.

Higgins besides addressed rumours that helium mightiness alert retired to Australia, saying, “I cognize nothing. He’s not said that to maine anyway.’”

When asked who volition greet her successful Australia erstwhile she leaves the jungle, she said: “Some of my friends said they would but I don't know, it'd beryllium a bully astonishment whoever's there.”

The Irish TV property antecedently said of Wicks: “I adore him, he's an astonishing person. Do you cognize what's truthful weird? We met precise soon aft maine coming disconnected Love Island and we conscionable instantly clicked.”

Higgins volition participate the jungle connected Thursday nighttime arsenic a precocious accomplishment alongside Reverend Richard Coles.

She volition articulation celebrated faces similar Coleen Rooney, McFly’s Danny Jones, and Strictly Come Dancing pro Oti Mabuse.

The TV presenter is heading to the jungle aft enjoying a lavish getaway successful Las Vegas connected behalf of SpaceNK.

She watched Adele execute astatine her Las Vegas residency with a radical of friends, including Stacey Solomon, during the luxurious break.

Higgins admitted connected the past time of the travel that she was “ruined” aft a fewer nights of hard partying.

The world prima shared a moody selfie successful furniture with a cupful of beverage connected her Instagram Story connected Monday and wrote: “'Sin City has ruined maine and yes that's past night's constitution successful my hairline and patchy tan connected my chest.”