I’M A Celeb’s Maura Higgins dished up a Valentine’s Day jibe at her ex Pete Wicks.
Asked where the 37-year-old Strictly hunk was as she left a restaurant, she was caught on video replying: “Dunno, probably cheating.
This comes as Maura, 34, sent herself flowers on a lonely Valentine’s Day following her split from TV star Pete, 37.
The Love Island and I’m a Celeb beauty yesterday shared a picture of a bunch of red roses the day after it emerged her romance was over.
A note on the bouquet read: “To Me, Love Me.”
Meanwhile glum-looking Pete was pictured with his mum in Essex. He wore a baseball cap bearing the words “smoke and mirrors”.
Maura and Pete were in a relationship for months after knowing each other for six years.
But was revealed on Friday they had split despite a romantic Christmas break together in her native Ireland.
That evening the model slipped into a red mini-dress with rose motifs for a meal with hairstylist pal Carl Bembridge at a restaurant in London’s Mayfair.
Asked by a fan about where Pete was, she was filmed saying: “I don’t know, probably cheating.”
Neither Maura nor Pete have publicly commented about their separation but it was claimed they had had a series of arguments.
A source told The Sun on Sunday: “Maura was suspicious of Pete and whether he might have been messing her around.
“There’s been some rows over trust. Although they have both been coy about their relationship, she really liked him and saw a future.”
Maura discussed the budding relationship during her time on ITV1’s jungle show in November and December, but their romance was never made official.
They were caught sharing a kiss during a Soho dinner in August and in October they were spotted in another clinch after a date in Shoreditch, East London.
They were snogging again later that month at at the Pride of Britain awards after-party at Grosvenor House Hotel in Park Lane.
Maura told a podcast she “adored him”, while former Towie star Pete called her “super intelligent” and “incredibly witty”.
Confiding to GK Barry on I’m A Celeb, Maura said: “Well, we’ve already been papped, tongues down each other’s necks, and we had no idea.
“The funniest part was I had a vape in one hand and a cigarette in the other, living my best life.”
Later, on Loose Women, was asked: “Is there anything going on with Pete?”
Coy Maura responded: “He’s got better hair than me to be fair!
“There’s not really much to tell, I know that’s very boring. We’ve known each other for what, six years?”
Tattooed Pete became a viewers’ favourite while reaching the BBC’s Strictly semi-final with pro dancer Jowita Przystal, 30.
He had a string of romances on Towie — with Megan McKenna, 32, ditching him over sexting claims.
He recently confessed that he fears being alone forever and said he needs to work on himself.
Meanwhile, Maura, who became a household name in 2019 after becoming a finalist on the fifth series of Love Island, has said she struggles in romance because every man she gets involved with lets her down.
She left the ITV2 dating show in a relationship with dancer Curtis Pritchard, 29, but that hit the skids shortly afterwards.
Then she dated fellow Love Islander Chris Taylor followed by former Strictly pro Giovanni Pernice, both 34.
Opening up about her disastrous love life, straight-talking Maura said her ability to pick a good man is so bad, she once told her mum she would end up dating a serial killer.
The cheating jibe came just weeks after the couple were spotted beaming as they headed off on a festive getaway at swanky hotel Glasson Lakehouse in Co. Westmeath in Ireland.
