Maura Higgins shocks I’m A Celebrity fans after revealing her real age

I’m A Celebrity contestant Maura Higgins has shocked viewers aft her existent property was revealed successful the jungle.

The world star, who roseate to fame arsenic 1 of the finalist connected Love Island’s 2019 series, has had a intriguing commencement to her clip successful Australia.

After battling speculation implicit her narration presumption with her rumoured person Pete Wicks, who is presently connected Strictly Come Dancing, she declared she’s ‘single astatine the moment’ portion connected the show.

And present Maura is genuinely looking guardant to the aboriginal arsenic she celebrated her day connected the ITV world series. It was during an occurrence earlier this week that she revealed she has turned 34.

Although that’s not aged by immoderate agelong of the imagination, the find inactive came arsenic a astonishment to galore viewers who had expected her to beryllium successful her aboriginal to mid 20s.

‘How is Maura Higgins 34!!! I thought she was 28 tops,’ @davinamarieb posted connected X.

‘Maura Higgins is 34??? Thought she was astir 22/23,’ @THFCHarvey18 added.

‘Would ne'er person thought Maura was 34. She looks overmuch younger,’ @kevqgs shared.

‘No mode is Maura 34? She looks truthful overmuch younger,’ @gricks echoed.

‘WHAT DO YOU MEAN MAURA IS 34?! I THOUGHT SHE WAS 26,’ @jongdaisy_ said.

The TV property celebrated the peculiar time by taking a freezing acold shower. She aboriginal said: ‘Birthday successful the jungle! This is decidedly going to beryllium 1 I volition never, ever forget,’ arsenic her campmates shared their champion wishes.

Meanwhile, Maura cryptically addressed her concern with Pete connected the We Need To Talk podcast past month.

‘He’s an astonishing person,’ she said.

‘We’re friends. We met precise soon aft maine coming disconnected the show, precise soon, and we conscionable instantly clicked.

‘I ne'er travel retired and go, “This is truthful not true,”‘ she said, going on: ‘My friends cognize the truth, my household knows the truth, I cognize the truth, that’s each that matters.’

The Irish screenstar has already won audience’s implicit aft she struck up a sweet, but unexpected, narration with campmate Rev Richard Coles.

The brace debuted connected the amusement past week and instantly had to person their chap competitors that they were surviving successful squalor successful the Jungle Junkyard alternatively than implicit luxury.

Although Coleen Rooney (aka Wagatha Christie) yet cracked the case, the dynamic brace has already done plentifulness of bonding.

Fans called them a ‘genius pairing’ and an ‘iconic duo’.

It’s not the lone astonishment transportation Maura has successful the jungle. She is besides going head-to-head with 1 of her ex’s fathers, Barry McGuigan.

Maura concisely dated his lad Shane, a boxing coach, successful 2018 aft the brace met astatine a boxing match, though the narration was not meant to be.

Discussing whether Maura and Barry would get along, however, Shane has religion they could find thing to link over.

‘ ‘Maura, arsenic well, she’s an Irish miss truthful her coming into the camp…she’s from a tiny municipality successful Longford successful Ireland truthful they’re some from the sticks we’d telephone it successful Ireland, the mediate of nowhere.

‘They some reached large fame they wouldn’t person been capable to comprehend arsenic kids increasing up successful their tiny towns. So could beryllium similarities determination arsenic well,’ the 36-year-old said connected Good Morning Britain.

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