Maura Higgins on Curtis Pritchard split
Love Island 2019 finalist Maura Higgins opened up about her split from Curtis Pritchard in a recent interview.
She slammed rumours of a 'showmance' before admitting she just didn't see a future with him.
The Irish personality pointed out, 'I’m not getting any younger.'
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Maura told The Sun that she can't understand why anyone would think her romance with Curtis was fake.
She said, 'If I’m not happy I’m just not going to be with that person, and I can’t fake anything because my face will tell it straight away.'
'What are you going to gain?'
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It had been reported that they had been keeping up appearances for the sake of their brand.
To this, Maura said, 'I’m my own brand. I don’t need anyone, there’s no point denying it!'
'I just felt like I’m 29 and I want somebody that I can see a future with. I’m not getting any younger.'
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Maura said, '[Curtis] is 24 – maybe he did want that, maybe he didn’t, I don’t know, but I just felt it wasn’t going in that direction.'
'The time apart as well… I want somebody I can be with most days.'
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Life after Love Island
The Irish reality star went on to share how hard it was maintaining a relationship after Love Island.
Maura revealed, 'Curtis and I barely saw each other.'
'At the beginning it was very, very hard because I was so besotted with him, and we never got to see each other.'
'When we did, it was really nice because you got the time to miss somebody.'
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She revealed, 'But sometimes it would be two weeks. You know when you’re in a relationship and you know someone’s day to day?'
'We were that busy that we didn’t, and it was strange. When I started on Dancing On Ice, we were doing really well.'
'He was coming to some of the shows and stuff, but we were still very, very busy and it just took a toll on the relationship in the end.'
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'I will never forget coming out of that villa.'
She admitted, 'I think it was the worst time of my life. I was so busy, I didn’t know where I was.'
Maura revealed, 'I was living out of a hotel, I was so stressed-out I was getting ill. I was so exhausted.'
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She went on, 'I was just working so much – I was getting nothing, no break.'
'Then I got to a stage where my head was not OK.'
'I was upset and feeling really low from exhaustion, and I needed to take some time.'
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Making headlines
Maura has been making headlines ever since her split from Curtis earlier this year.
There's been numerous reports going around claiming she had a fling with her married Dancing On Ice partner Alexander Demetriou.
The former Love Island star however, insists they're just friends.
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She said, 'Alex and I are so close – we’ve trained together for months.'
'Obviously, we’re going to be close, exactly like every other partner on the show. But that’s it.'
Maura added, 'We’re very close friends and we get on well.'
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She went on, 'We have such a laugh, and we’re still going to be friends.'
'No matter what’s said, I’m not going to be afraid to hang out with him.'
'I’ve said to him, 'I still want to go ice skating.''
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Meanwhile, Curtis hasn't commented.
