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Maura Higgins made fun of her run on I’m A Celeb by posting some stunning photos from the Love Island Games on Instagram.

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Maura Higgins looked stunning in pics she shared from the Love Island Games set in Fiji this week. The Irish reality TV star, who hosts the post-show recap of the Love Island spin-off, also poked fun at her time on I’m A Celeb and how badly she’s handling some of Fiji’s native wildlife.

On September 16th, the second Love Island Games series debuted. Former Islanders from all over the world travel to Fiji to seek out another love opportunity in the show. They also encounter new bombshells, recover from the show’s recurrence, and face-elimination, as well as face-tweets that give it an even more competitive edge.

Aftersun is now the host of Love Island Games: Aftersun, where Maura guest hosted a few episodes of the first series. The actress shared photos of herself on set this week wearing a stunning black and silver pair of abs. A slicked-back ponytail and fringe completed the look.

However, Maura also shared a behind-the-scenes video of herself getting photographed. She moves her hair in the video, and a bug lands on her shoulder. The TV star then yelled and wriggled to remove the bug. And I did the jungle, Maura wrote over the video.

Maura first found fame in 2019 when she was a bombshell on Love Island. Though she was briefly in a love triangle with Tommy Fury and Molly-Mae Hague, Maura ultimatley reached the final in a couple with Curtis Pritchard. Since then, Maura has presented an agony aunt segment on This Morning, competed on Dancing on Ice and been a guest panelist on Loose Women.

In November 2024, Maura was announced as part of the line-up for I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!. She entered on the fifth day alongside Reverend Richard Coles and was the sixth celebrity to be voted out of the camp, while Richard reached the final. The whole series was won by McFly’s Danny Jones.

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I’m A Celeb will return to ITV soon. The line-up has not yet been announced but reports are suggesting This Morning’s political pundit Nick Ferrari, Emmerdale’s Lisa Riley, EastEnders’ Shona McGarty and social media star Morgan Burthwhistle (aka Angry Ginge) are all set to head out to the jungle.

Other social media stars, many of whom are said to be “snubbed,” are thought to have been upset by the addition of Angryginge to the line-up.

A source told the Express, “It’s turned into an influencer war every single year now. There are some really big names in that space who have been trying to get into the jungle for ages, and they feel ITV keep ignoring them. First it was GK Barry last year, now it’s Angry Ginge – people are fuming.

“The mood isn’t good in the background.” Some of these influencers have had long, fruitful discussions with ITV.

They were already furious when GK Barry received the call-up last year, and they are now watching another online sensation take the top spot in the jungle. They “feel stitched up,”

ITV stated, “We do not make any comments about rumors about contestants.”

In Lancashire in 2021, Jay Slater allegedly participated in an eight-person criminal gang that allegedly attacked a man with a machete in 2021.

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A man’s “skull split open” was left by a gang Jay Slater was a part of. The 19-year-old boy from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, disappeared during a trip to Tenerife with a group of friends in June of last year.

Following a month-long search, his body was discovered in July of that year. Shortly after going missing, Slater was discovered dead in a ravine in Tenerife’s Parque Rural de Teno on July 15, 2024. He and two other men traveled 22 miles from the Airbnb he had been staying at on June 17 to Playa de las Americas, where he had been staying with his friends.

Three years prior to his death, Slater was involved in a gang which attacked Tom Hilton, then 17, with a machete, golf clubs and an axe in Rishton, Lancashire. He was handed an 18-month community order, with 25 days of rehabilitation activities and 150 hours of unpaid work for his involvement in the attack.

Slater’s holiday to Tenerife took place after completing most of his sentence. In a new Channel 4 documentary exploring his disappearance and later death, Jay’s uncle has spoken out about his involvement in the violent attack.

Did you see Jay striking the person if they were being asked the question? Glen Duncan, he said. He continued, “No, he was never that kind of lad.” Because he was a member of a crowd, he was merely guilty by association. Jay’s mother, however, claimed Jay had no involvement in the attack and that she had encouraged him to contact the police.

She continued, “A lad, who was older, was attacked by what he described as 20 kids, in an incident that occurred one night where there were probably a couple of hundred people there.” I told Jay to ask for a statement while they were asking for witnesses. Although I didn’t think anything of it, a letter stating Jay was facing a violent disorder charge came out the following April.

Tom stood up in court and said he didn’t recall much of the trial after Jay attended it. However, I don’t believe Jay struck a blow on Tom or caused any harm because he was sort of found guilty by association.

Tom, the victim, suffered severe shoulder and leg injuries and exposed parts of his skull. The defendants joked and laughed at one another during the court proceedings at Preston Crown Court. Tom compared his attackers to “a pack of gorillas.”

The gang acted like a “pack of wolves,” according to presiding judge Judge Philip Parry at the time, forcing the victim into nearby woodland where he fled for his life. He also criticized the defendants for their lack of disrespect.

Judge Parry said in court, “You ought to all eight be completely ashamed of yourselves, but I don’t think you are.” Throughout the trial, yesterday and today, many of you found these proceedings amusing, showing disrespect to the court.

“I hope for the good of all of your families, the general public, and the people who have offered you jobs and apprenticeships, as well as the ones you all grow up,”

Tom was quick to take to social media after Slater’s disappearance to silence conspiracy theorists who had labelled his disappearance a “scam” despite suffering significant injuries as a result of the attack.

Whoever is writing on these TikToks, give it a rest, he said on social media. This young man is missing, and his family is devastated. Put your shoes on them.

Stop talking nonsense on social media and have this lad find you, who will mention my name everywhere. Respect this boy and help him get his family to know him. Slater’s final moments, which included consuming illegal drugs, are also explored in the new documentary.

In a heartbreaking scene, Jay’s mother is informed that Jay’s mother’s toxicology report had access to private information that had been stolen and made public. Even after her son’s body is finally recovered, the devastated mother rebels and says, “I don’t want peace.” In the midst of a sea of vile conspiracies, Jay’s mother was initially informed that the toxicology report had only been disclosed to her and that it wouldn’t be shared anywhere else. However, the contents were made public in obscene YouTube videos that shared screenshots of the toxicology report and named Jay Dean Slater, his real name.

” 25th March 2025. Spanish court records from Tenerife are allegedly leaked and published on YouTube, according to the caption, “Including Jay’s Spanish toxicology reports.”

Jay’s mother says, “It’s just another kick in the teeth, but how is it even allowed? ” when she speaks about the documentary. Official court records, talking about our son, is lawless, isn’t it? We are powerless because there is nothing we can do.

Although there was evidence of the drugs in Jay’s system, it wasn’t as though they were a part of the cause of his death as it was revealed by Preston Coroner’s officer Alice Swarbrick that his body had traces of MDMA and cocaine in the hours before his death. Although it shocked her, Jay’s mother said it was still a shock. He is a young adult, and that’s what they do when they attend festivals, she said, “it’s just upsetting, adding that it was”upsetting the way he died.”

Later, pathologist Dr. Richard Shepherd stated that ruling out injuries sustained by third parties was “a very, very important part of this investigation,” noting that Jay had “not been shot, he’s not been stabbed, he’s not been strangled.”

Kate Garraway, a host of Good Morning Britain, lost her husband in January 2024, almost four years after he became chronically ill from COVID-19.

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Kate Garraway has opened up about coming to terms with her grief for her late husband Derek Draper during the filming of Celebrity Traitors. The Good Morning Britain presenter, who tragically lost Derek in January 2024 after a long illness stemming from COVID-19, found that participating in the show allowed her to finally confront her emotions.

She described how her grief “comes out” as she explained to Fabulous magazine about the isolation she experienced while filming earlier this year. Being completely cut off would be amazing, she said, adding that she was a “heart fan.” You were completely engaged in the game, which was unusual.

You had no access to the internet or a phone, so you couldn’t think of anything else. For a news junkie like me, it was strange that you couldn’t even watch TV.

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“But there were also times when you were completely independent. You weren’t left behind in some dungeon, though.

The team treated you with respect. But this was my first time thinking, “Oh, I must pay this bill.” Being in my own head allowed for a lot of grief to come out, which was wonderful.

“Sometimes, you were escorted around by a producer when you weren’t filming.”

You ended up talking about other things because you weren’t permitted to talk to them about the game.

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She suggested that I write down everything I want for the upcoming chapter of my life and discuss Derek on my birthday.

“So I did, and we burned it later. Although it was quite hippy-dippy, I had no idea how to do it at home. When will I ever have that many hours to work on? “.

Kate acknowledged that her time on the show required a while to get back to her old self and found herself deeply affected by it.

The 58-year-old celebrity is now considering beginning grief counseling. She said, “That was such an incredible experience.

“Until recently, I’ve been shocked and focused on the kids and everything else.” However, I’ve come to the realization that I’m allowing this process.

Kate was the family’s primary earner and Derek’s husband, Derek, contracted Covid in March 2020, making him his full-time caregiver. Derek passed away a short while later. Kate has since concentrated on raising Darcey and Billy, her two kids.

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