Maura Higgins mum has spoken publicly for the first time since her I’m A Celebrity star daughter revealed she tells her “every gory detail” of her sex life.
Sharon revealed she has been left shocked by some of her daughter’s antics, including a story about taking revenge on a former partner.
Yesterday, on the ITV show, Maura told GK Barry how she relays he details of her love-life to her mum. She explained: “And if I slept with a guy, my mum will ask me, ‘Well, what was he like in the bed?’ and she will get every gory detail.”
But the 55-year-old was quick to say it was the other way around, with Maura always telling her too much information against her wishes.
The Mirror reports she explained: “I would say to her on Facetime, ‘is everything okay? Are you happy in all aspects of your relationship?’
“And she would always try and embarrass me by saying this, that and the other and I would say: ‘too much information. I don’t need to know, I don’t need to know.’ She likes to make me embarrassed.”
But she said she was delighted that her daughter felt able to open up in the jungle. She added: “I think Maura is always going to be Maura.
“She’s obviously comfortable in her surroundings, with the people she’s with, and she feels free to be able to chat about anything.” Maura has previously spoken about the revenge she took after discovering an ex was cheating on her.
The incident, before she went on Love Island, saw her scrubbing the loo with a toothbrush in revenge. And proud Sharon laughed: “I can’t believe she told that story on National TV but that just tells you anyone that dates her to watch out.
“You don’t cross Maura.” Maura also opened up about Strictly star Pete Wicks, who she has been seen kissing at various events in the last year.
She said on the show how she hated being asked if she was dating him, telling GK Barry: “I’m single. People can date and not be in a relationship and take things slow.”
Maura said of her and Pete: “Well we’ve already been papped, tongues down each other’s necks and we had no idea!”
Sharon confirmed that Maura has spoken to her about Pete but only to say that they were “good friends.” She added: “Well, I think she has clarified that herself, like all I know is what she has told me, which is that they’re good friends.
“She supports her friends, just like they support her, which is, you know, it’s a lovely thing. She’s on the dating scene. That’s all she has told me. So that’s all I can go by.”
But asked if she was watching Strictly in which Pete is competing, she said: “Absolutely not. I’ve never watched Strictly. I don’t watch it. I’ve never had interest in it. It’s not a show I’ve ever watched.”
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