Irish Love Island star Maura Higgins has said she “didn’t want to be here” after leaving the reality TV show behind. The reality star opened up about having dark thoughts on her We Need To Talk podcast episode released yesterday, hosted by Paul Brunson. On Newstalk Breakfast this morning, broadcaster and reality TV fan Padraig Wilson McCarthy said the interview got into the “nitty-gritty” and was much more in depth than anything she has done before.
“We've seen her [Maura] on the Late Late Show and they’re very short, more fun interviews,” he said. “She gets quite into it on this podcast – she goes into details about her growing up, her struggles in school, she talks about her past relationships. “And of course, she goes into more detail about her experience on Love Island .
Mr Wilson McCarthy said Higgins credits the show for her success – but is also open about the “struggles that come with it”. “She admitted that when she left the villa, nothing could have prepared her for the level of stardom that she was experiencing,” he said. “This was 2019 as well - probably when Love Island was at its peak, and it had broken all its previous records.
“It was the most watched final ever which she was a part of, and she said that she was basically dropped in the UK afterwards, and she had nowhere to live. “She was living at home here in Ireland at the time before she went in, so she had nowhere to live. "She didn't have any friends, she didn't have.