While Love Island legend Maura Higgins' star has continued to soar since finding fame on Love Island 2019, it's fair to say 2025 hasn't exactly been the one for the Irish reality star.
ICYMI (HOW, exactly?), the Love island star was spotted sharing a ‘drunken kiss’ with her I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! 2024 camp mate and reigning King of the Jungle, Danny Jones at a BRITs after party on Saturday 1 March 2025 – despite Danny being married to wife Georgia for 11 years.
Unfortunately, the undercover snog did not stay undercover and the pair have faced backlash in the press and on social media ever since.
And while Danny is reportedly holding ‘crisis talks’ with Georgia – with whom he shares seven-year-old son Cooper – Maura is also said to be struggling with how to deal with the fallout, having only recently split from former TOWIE and Strictly star Pete Wicks.
But if there's one thing we know for certain about our Maura it's that she's a resilient, tough cookie – so much so that just yesterday (Monday 31 March) she went day drinking with Barbie actress Margot Robbie – who was on a break from filming her new movie Wuthering Heights – at London's Broadwick Soho Hotel amid the showbiz scandal.
A whole bottle of Margot's own gin, Papa Salt Coastal gin, we might add – so showbiz.
Yep, Maura took to the terrace of the bougie hotel to indulge in some shots with Love Island super-fan Margot (lest we forget, Margot got Maura's ex, Chris Taylor his cameo in the Barbie Movie 'cause big time) writing on her Instagram story, 'When Margot Robbie invites you to lunch... you go.'
Maura's next story showed the Love Island star doing shots with the A-lister, with the caption, 'Got me on shots at 2pm. WHAT A WOMAN!!!!'
Agreed.
While Maura is seemingly doing her best to move on (shots with Barbie on a Monday would be our choice too, tbh), it's not clear where things stand between her and Danny a month on.
As it stands, our source says only time will tell what happens next. We’re told, ‘Danny and Maura are great friends, and they make each other laugh. Right now, he’s still figuring things out.’
Understandably, it looks as though the pair are keeping their distance for now, with The Sun recently reporting that Maura stayed silent in the I'm A Celeb group chat on Danny's birthday (12 March), while the rest of the cast flooded the chat with birthday wishes.
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Ben Pulsford is a digital writer for Bauer Media, writing for both Closer online and heatworld. When he's not getting paid to gossip about Big Brother, Love Island, and The Real Housewives of Cheshire, he's storming the London LGBTQ+ scene as drag queen, Beary Poppins. Both Ben and Beary are awaiting an invite to join The Real Housewives of Cheshire for series 18. The budget's not there, but the drama is 💅