Maura Higgins breaks her silence on awkwardly sharing a camp with her ex’s dad Barry McGuigan
MAURA Higgins reckons she will become pals with Barry McGuigan on I’m A Celeb – despite having dated his son.
The show’s new arrival, 33, thinks they will click when she arrives in the main camp because they are both Irish and have a similar sense of humour.
The Sun exclusively revealed that Maura briefly dated boxing legend Barry‘s son Shane, 36, after meeting him while she was working as a ring girl for William Hill in 2018.
She was working on a fight between David Haye and Tony Bellew, which Shane was covering for a radio station.
Maura caught the eye of boxing coach Shane, who asked her out.
They dated for a short time before calling it quits and they remained friends.
Before heading into the Australian jungle, Maura told The Sun: “I already know Tulisa. So I’ll definitely get on with her. She’s amazing. I reckon I’d get on really well with Barry McGuigan.
“You know, Irish… I think he’s very humorous.
“I never met him (while dating Shane).
“But I reckon he’d be my cup of tea, with the humour and stuff.”
Maura also said she is looking forward to meeting Coleen Rooney – so she can chat to her about the Wagatha Christie saga.
She said: “I want to talk to her about it. I’m a bit nosey like that.
“I would do the exact same as what Coleen did.
Like, I’d probably put up something on my Story and just have certain people view it to catch that person out. That is the way my brain would work.
“It was crazy, wild. I definitely would have done the same thing.”
Maura appeared on last night’s I’m A Celeb – but she was sent into the Jungle Junkyard with fellow late arrival Rev Richard Coles, 62.
They are living in luxury for the first couple of days – but have to make the other celebs think they are slumming it before they head into the main site.
Maura arrived Down Under with a hangover from hell after 48 hours of boozing in Las Vegas.
She also insisted she is “very much single” – despite rumours of a romance with Strictly hunk Pete Wicks, 36.