EXCLUSIVE Father of I'm A Celebrity star Maura Higgins heartbroken after she cut him off following a 'horrendous' phone call that left her unable to breathe By NICK PISA and JAMES FIELDING IN BALLYMAHON Published: 10:21 GMT, 17 November 2024 | Updated: 10:30 GMT, 17 November 2024 e-mail 18 shares View comments The father of I'm A Celebrity star Maura Higgins has been left heartbroken and bewildered after she cut off contact with him following a 'horrendous' phone call that left her unable to breathe. Lorry driver Seamus Higgins is at a loss to explain why his model daughter has shut him out of her life for the last few years and cannot even recall the conversation which sparked the rift, a family source told MailOnline. Maura, 33, revealed on a recent podcast that her relationship with her father became strained when he split with her mother, Sharon, and soured further after she appeared on Love Island in 2019.
However, a source close to Maura's dad said: 'Poor Seamus hasn't taken it all well, he's really upset and confused by what Maura's been saying. 'He just doesn't understand where it's come from, she will always be his daughter of course but he doesn't know what she is talking about and it's hit him really hard. 'At the end of the day he is a family man and he loves his son and daughters and if Maura has a problem then he would like to sort it out but he just can't fathom where all this has come from.
'They haven't spoken for a while but he's busy trucking and she's busy.
