The Love Island star, 33, was seen kissing Strictly’s Pete, 36, a few weeks ago after cooling his romantic liaison with partner Jowita Przystal, but since entering the jungle has insisted she was single.
When asked by Oti Mause wether or not she was single, Maura replied: ‘I am but I was seeing someone before I came in but I’m not in a relationship.’
Reverend Richard then asked: ‘Was it exclusive? Or if I’ve put you on the spot, sorry!’, to which she replied after a long pause: ‘I dunno’.
After being quizzed on if it was someone the public might know she awnsered coyly: ‘Yeah’ before admitted that she was missing him since entering camp.
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I’m A Celeb ‘s Maura Higgins seemingly confirmed to dating Strictly star Pete Wicks as she as she made a rare comment about her love life during Sunday’s show
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The Love Island star, 33, was seen kissing Strictly’s Pete, 36, a few weeks ago but since entering the jungle has insisted she was single (pictured together in May)
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Pete is said to have put a stop to his romantic liaison with Jowita (pictured together on Strictly) – because he is determined to win the heart of Maura.
Maura admitted that she thought she had never been in love, Richard described looking for his late partner David in a crowd and feeling his heart go, as Dean said: ‘I know that feeling.’
The Radio 1 DJ then asked about her current situation: ‘Does it feel different this time?’
Maura answered: ‘It does, but then is it because we’ve known each other for a long time?’
Richard added: ‘You’d know if he was an a**hole or not, by now, as the stunner smiled to herself, and replied: ‘Yeah, he’s not an a**hole.’
Despite his busy Strictly stint has showed that he still has Maura on his mind as he reposted Maura’s Instagram which is being run by her friends and family while she’s Down Under -and urging people to vote for her.
He quipped: ‘I’ve been George of the Jungle but now its time to vote for Maura of the Jungle’.
And Maura’s family have shown their support for Pete in return as they also shared a clip of him and Jowita on Strictly.
Posting a sweet video of the pair dancing under the glitterball, they penned in the Saturday night post: ‘waltzing into the quarter final like… known em dead tony!!
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When asked by Oti Mause wether or not she was single, Maura replied: ‘I am but I was seeing someone before I came in but I’m not in a relationship’
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Reverend Richard then asked: ‘Was it exclusive? Or if I’ve put you on the spot, sorry!’, to which she replied after a long pause: ‘I dunno’
The post comes as The Mail on Sunday revealed that Pete has put a stop to his romantic liaison with Jowita – because he is determined to win the heart of Maura.
Sources close to Pete say he is telling friends he is completely smitten with the jungle star, 34, who he has been casually dating for the past five months.
When he began Strictly and met Jowita, Maura gave up any hope of the relationship continuing.
A friend said: ‘Before Maura entered the jungle, Pete wanted to make their relationship exclusive.
‘But Maura, aware of Pete’s reputation and his close bond with Jowita, decided to slow things down.
‘She gave him an ultimatum: either commit to her or let it go.So she went off a single woman.
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Pete has showed that he still has her on his mind as he reposted Maura’s Instagram which is being run by her friends and family while she’s Down Under – and urging people to vote for her
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And Maura’s family have shown their support for Pete in return as they also shared a clip of him and Jowita on Strictly
‘Since then, Pete has gone all-in, openly expressing his feelings to anyone who’ll listen.
Pete and Jowita have been competing on Strictly together since September, and in recent weeks, sources had claimed they have been secretly seeing each other away from the show.
Insiders claimed ‘something has changed’ between the reality star and the professional dancer in recent weeks and they have been secretly seeing each other away from the show.
At the beginning of the series, they were said to have ‘sent tongues wagging’ between the cast and crew due to their sizzling chemistry, with viewers even spotting their close connection.
‘The chemistry between them has been pretty clear since the moment they met but the last few weeks something has changed and they’ve started seeing each other away from the show,’ a source told The Sun.
‘They’ve tried to keep it low-key but they often travel together rather than getting separate cars to different locations.
‘And they’re so tactile backstage it has become pretty obvious something is going on. Everyone is talking about the fact they seem closer than ever.’
