Truth behind Maura Higgins' relationship with Barry McGuigan's son revealed

Maura Higgins confirmed that she is 'very overmuch single' but aft a romanticist transportation fizzled retired successful 2018, she is present near competing against 1 of her exes dads successful I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!

Maura Higgins has firmly confirmed she is single, but she does person an awkward transportation with 1 of her chap campmates acknowledgment to her colourful emotion life.

After weeks of rumours swirling that the erstwhile Love Island prima is romantically linked with Strictly Come Dancing prima Pete Wicks, with the brace having been spotted kissing astatine the Pride of Britain Awards past month, Maura unopen down suggestions they are together. As she deed Down Under up of her accomplishment to the I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! campy connected Thursday, Maura told the Mirror that the narration is thing serious.

Asked if she had been dating the erstwhile TOWIE star, the 33-year-old responded coyly: "I mean, I've been connected a day with galore people." Keen to play the romance down, she explained: "I'm not [dating]. Where person you heard that? I day but I'm precise overmuch single."

But she is nevertheless present successful Australia competing to beryllium crowned Queen of the Jungle against 1 of her exes dads. Maura was antecedently linked with the lad of Barry McGuigan - boxing manager Shane McGuigan, 36. Maura and Shane concisely dated successful May 2018 aft the brace met erstwhile she was booked arsenic a ringing miss for the David Haye vs Tony Bellew rematch.

At the time, Shane was determination covering the match. The brace dated for a abbreviated clip earlier splitting amicably, and are said to person remained friends. At the clip of their romance, a root told The Sun: "Maura has brains and quality and she rapidly caught Shane's eye. They got chatting and had instant chemistry truthful of people helium asked her out.

"At the clip Maura lived successful Ireland, and Shane was moving his boxing gym successful London, and she was travelling a batch for enactment truthful it wasn't casual to propulsion off." They added: "There were nary hard feelings erstwhile it ended. It turned retired to beryllium abbreviated lived and the spark fizzled out."

Speaking up of her stint connected I'm A Celebrity, Maura commented connected her chap campmates, suggesting that she had ne'er got to conscionable Shane's father. She said: "I reckon I'd get connected truly good with Barry McGuigan. You know, Irish, I think, precise humorous."

Shane has intelligibly moved connected arsenic helium is present engaged to Taylor West, a singer/songwriter from Buckinghamshire. They person 2 sons unneurotic - Finley, who was calved successful 2022, and Calean who they welcomed successful 2024.

Meanwhile, Pete, 36, who is inactive successful the moving for the Strictly Glitterball, is said to beryllium cosying up with his nonrecreational creation spouse Jowita Przystal this week and reports suggest the chemistry betwixt the brace is "intensifying". It's claimed the 30-year-old dancer's behaviour with her personage spouse is the speech of the formed down the scenes.