I’m a Celebrity...
viewers are expecting something of an awkward encounter between Maura Higgins and her new campmate. The latest season of the ITV series is well underway with late arrivals Higgins and Reverend Richard Coles entering the jungle on Thursday’s episode (21 November). The Love Island star, 33, and priest, 62, are joining existing campmates including Coleen Rooney, GK Barry, Tulisa Contostavlos, Alan Halsall, and Oti Mabuse.
For now, Higgins and Coles have been kept mostly separate from the other stars, who are staying in the main camp . The latecomers have been assigned luxury accommodation in the misleadingly named “Jungle Junkyard”. Viewers, though, are preparing for what could be an awkward encounter between Higgins and one of her fellow campmates after recalling a surprising connection between the two stars.
Higgins was romantically involved with Barry McGuigan ’s son, Shane, before she appeared on Love Island in 2019. Shane, 36, has followed in the footsteps of his dad and works as boxing coach in south west London, where he owns a gym. He has trained a number of up-and-coming boxers including Lee McGregor and Chantelle Cameron.
Higgins and Shane first met in 2018 at a David Haye vs Tony Bellew rematch at which the reality TV star was working as a ring girl and Shane was commentating for a radio show. It’s not known how long the pair dated, but reports claim that they were a couple for about a year before calling it quits. They reportedly found .
