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Maura Higgins has officially left the I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! camp (sob), and in her first TV interview she was quickly asked about her romance with Pete Wicks.
Just hours after her exit, Maura, 34, appeared on This Morning to discuss her time in the jungle. However, the subject hosts Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary really wanted to press on was her relationship with 36-year-old Pete.
Although Maura rarely said his name on I’m A Celeb (aside from in a conversation with GK Barry) – he’s like her Voldemort – she did give away details.
Alison, 49, said ‘We all know it’s Pete’. Firmly moving the conversation from her time on the ITV reality show to the former Towie star, she continued: ‘He loves you, and you love him. What’s going to happen when you come back?’
Maura clapped back: ‘It didn’t take it long to ask you that question Alison, did it?’
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After the trio laughed, Maura gave the presenters and viewers what they wanted to hear.
‘Do you know what, you forget about the cameras, I do like to keep things private. I said I miss him, I do miss him,’ she responded. Maura quickly added: ‘Like I miss all my friends and family.’
The star then shared that she ‘can’t wait to see him’, and that she’s ‘so proud’ of him for still being in the Strictly Come Dancing competition. ‘He’s proud of me too,’ she then revealed.
Alison then couldn’t resist asking if she could play a big role – being bridesmaid – if they were ever to marry. Through giggles, Maura responded: ‘Yes, you can be a bridesmaid Alison.’
During her time in the jungle, Maura has been using thinly-veiled codes to talk about the blossoming relationship with Pete.
Just before her departure, during a conversation with Oti Mabuse, Maura revealed that they were a slow burn friends to lovers arc – it’s giving if Bridgerton was set in 2024.
In an exclusive clip shared on spin-off show I’m A Celebrity… Unpacked last night, Maura said they were friends for five years, with Pete the one determined to make it into something more. ‘He wouldn’t give up,’ Maura revealed.
Initially, Maura called him ‘delusional’ but Pete’s persistence eventually paid off.
However, when Maura finally agreed to a date, she made an unusual choice that goes against the normal etiquette. The former Love Island star decided to bring a load of friends with her, and called it a ‘friendship date’.
Their second date was a more intimate affair with the pair dining out on oysters and wine. When Oti, 34, asked if they had a good time, Maura responded: ‘Yeah, we just die laughing with each other 24/7. We have got the very same humour.’
Although, Maura is officially single, she has said that things feel ‘different’ with former Towie star Pete, whom she has been dating since the summer. The pair were spotted kissing outside of a London hotel, and have appeared close since. They went on a final date night together before Maura’s flight down under.
Maura also said in the conversation that’s she excited to hug him, and added that she may cry if he is in Australia to greet her.
There were no tears as Pete is still competing on Strictly Come Dancing, so couldn’t be at the end of the bridge.
While Maura was still in the running to be Queen of the Jungle, Pete used his social media accounts to encourage fans to vote to keep her in the show. He has been linked to his dance partner Jowita Przystal, but he’s denied they are more than friends.
Some viewers were shocked to see Maura leave the jungle alongside Barry McGuigan. They became the fifth and sixth campmates to leave in a double elimination during the December 5 episode. Just Coleen Rooney, Danny Jones, Oti Mabuse, Reverend Richard Coles, GK Barry, and Alan Halsall now remain to battle it out.
‘Jesus Christ (sorry Father), how is Maura not in the final 4?!?! #ImACeleb,’ ranted viewer @BeckyLee91, while @odlumsflower added on X: ‘I’m actually raging and also surprised that Maura has been voted out of #ImACeleb …she was really starting to grow on me.’
@BelleEllis ranted: ‘#imaceleb gutted that Maura is gone. She made the show for me. I won’t be tuning into it after tonight. Was only watching for her. Thanks Maura for being iconic 👸👸👸👸’.
Maura, who arrived as a late entrant, told hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly that she didn’t expect to ’embrace’ the experience as much as she did, but she ‘loved every single second’.
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‘I’m much stronger than I ever thought,’ she said when asked what she’s learnt about herself during her exit interview.
On the connections she formed during her 15 days in camp, Maura added: ‘I feel like everyone was just so welcoming and every single person down there, they’re all incredible. It was like a proper unit. Everyone encouraged one another. There was no arguments, ever, which was wild!’
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I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! continues tonight at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX. This Morning airs Monday to Friday at 10am on ITV.
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