Love Island star Maura Higgins has become the latest in a long line of celebs to confess to having a crush on Normal People actor Paul Mescal, AKA Connell Waldron.
The Irish chap appears to have gained quite the celebrity following of late, with A-Listers including Killing Eve's Jodie Comer, Sia and even Kourtney Kardashian expressing their love for him.
Maura revealed that she started watching the hit BBC show after one of her best friends from Ireland recommended it to her. She then admitted to MailOnline that she watched the whole series in a day after finding Paul “so fit” and believing that they’d be the perfect couple.
Maura’s comments come just days after Paul revealed he's currently single (DEEP BREATHS, hun) and excited to get back onto the dating scene as lockdown lifts.
He also detailed a major turn-off, in case you're hoping to be in with a shot.
Paul made it clear that potential dates shouldn't confuse him with his on-screen character, stating: “maybe what’s sexy about Connell is that he’s kind of classic back footed, aloof, smart. I’m definitely not back footed or aloof, and I’m not as smart as he is.”
Oh, we don't believe you for a second babes.
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1 of 9Series Two: Nathan Massey and Cara de la Hoyde
Nathan Massey and Cara de la Hoyde are the only Love Island winners to have remained together.Despite splitting for a number of months in 2017, the couple rekindled their romance when Cara discovered she was expecting the couple's first child.
2 of 9Series Two: Nathan Massey and Cara de la Hoyde
The couple later welcomed a baby boy called Freddie in December 2016. Sharing the happy news on social media, Nathan wrote, 'The day has finally come !!!! Myself and @cara_delahoyde have become parents to our beautiful baby boy !!! Massive hats off to Cara Who delivered our boy safely !!!!! #thenextchapter ud83dudc99ud83dudc76ud83cudffc[sic]In July 2018, Cara and Nathan announced they are now engaged with Nathan popping the question in the villa they first met.
3 of 9Series Two: Olivia Buckland and Alex Bowen
It took her a while, but Olivia Buckland finally found her man during Love Island season two. After leaving the villa together when they finished in second place behind Cara and Nathan, the couple haven't looked back!
4 of 9Series Two: Olivia Buckland and Alex Bowen
Just a few months after leaving the villa, Alex popped the question to Olivia during a romantic trip to New York. The couple married in a luxury ceremony in 2018, with parts of their wedding being shown on their very own TV show.
5 of 9Series Three: Dom Lever and Jess Shears
Despite the public thinking their relationship was just a 'joke', Jess Shears and Dom Lever have defied the odds and are one of the two couples still together from their series. Despite all of the drama with Jess and 'Muggy Mike', Dom proposed to his girlfriend in September 2016.
6 of 9Series Three: Dom Lever and Jess Shears
The couple have cashed in on promotional shoots together, appearances, and even got 'married' on Good Morning Britain on Valentine's Day. Despite the 'fake wedding', Jess and Dom then tied the knot for real in 2018, when they married at a private ceremony on the Greek island of Mykonos. In October 2019, they welcomed a child together.
7 of 9Series Three: Jamie Jewitt and Camilla Thurlow
The nation fell in love with Prince Harry's ex-girlfriend Camilla Thurlow in 2017. And, after she had her heart broken by a number of different men in the villa, model Jamie Jewitt arrived and swept Camilla off her feet.After enjoying time together outside of the show and meeting each other's families, the couple are living happily ever after.
8 of 9Series Three: Jamie Jewitt and Camilla Thurlow
The loved up couple have since traveled the world together on charity missions... can they get any better?
9 of 9Series Four: Tommy Fury and Molly May Hague
The king and queen of Love Island 2019 are still loved up. While Molly Mae is living it up as a brand ambassador for PrettyLittleThing, Tommy's days are filled with training as well as being a brand ambassador for Boohoo Man.
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Paul also revealed that he’d been using dating apps including Hinge since his move to London, before deciding that he didn’t think much to them.
With celebs like Maura and Kourtney K throwing their hats in the ring, we don’t think he’ll have any trouble finding a date once lockdown is over.
On the other hand, Maura’s recently been linked to fellow Love Islander, Chris Taylor, after supposedly spending the weekend together.
Adding fuel to the already-very-well-lit fire, the pair posted matching Instagram photos recently.
After Maura shared a photo of her wearing a Minnie Mouse dressing gown, captioned “Just need to find a Mickey”, Chris posted a similar image of him wearing a Mickey Mouse version with the caption “Just need to find a Minnie”.
The pair seem to enjoy teasing their fans, the majority of whom want them to end up together. Even their co-star, Joanna Chimonides, thinks that they would make “the most perfect couple”.
Sort it out, yeah?