I am A Celeb’s Maura Higgins seemingly confirmed to courting Strictly star Pete Wicks as she as she made a uncommon remark about her love life throughout Sunday’s present.

The Love Island star, 33, was seen kissing Strictly’s Pete, 36, a number of weeks in the past  after cooling his romantic liaison with companion Jowita Przystal, however since coming into the jungle has insisted she was single. 

When requested by Oti Mause wether or not she was single, Maura replied:  ‘I’m however I used to be seeing somebody earlier than I got here in however I am not in a relationship.’

Reverend Richard then requested: ‘Was it unique? Or if I’ve put you on the spot, sorry!’, to which she replied after a protracted pause: ‘I dunno’.

After being quizzed on if it was somebody the general public would possibly know she awnsered coyly: ‘Yeah’ earlier than admitted that she was lacking him since coming into camp. 

The Love Island star, 33, was seen kissing Strictly’s Pete, 36, a number of weeks in the past however since coming into the jungle has insisted she was single (pictured collectively in Might)

Pete is claimed to have put a cease to his romantic liaison with Jowita (pictured collectively on Strictly)  – as a result of he’s decided to win the guts of Maura. 

Maura admitted that she thought she had by no means been in love, Richard described searching for his late companion David in a crowd and feeling his coronary heart go, as Dean stated: ‘I do know that feeling.’

The Radio 1 DJ then requested about her present state of affairs: ‘Does it really feel completely different this time?’

Maura answered: ‘It does, however then is it as a result of we have identified one another for a very long time?’

Richard added: ‘You’d know if he was an a**gap or not, by now, because the stunner smiled to herself, and replied: ‘Yeah, he isn’t an a**gap.’

Regardless of his busy Strictly stint has confirmed that he nonetheless has Maura on his thoughts as he reposted Maura’s Instagram which is being run by her family and friends whereas she’s Down Underneath –and urging folks to vote for her.

He quipped: ‘I have been George of the Jungle however now its time to vote for Maura of the Jungle’. 

And Maura’s household have proven their help for Pete in return as additionally they shared a clip of him and Jowita on Strictly. 

Posting a candy video of the pair dancing beneath the glitterball, they penned within the Saturday night time submit: ‘waltzing into the quarter remaining like… identified em lifeless tony!!

When requested by Oti Mause wether or not she was single, Maura replied: ‘I’m however I used to be seeing somebody earlier than I got here in however I am not in a relationship’

Reverend Richard then requested: ‘Was it unique? Or if I’ve put you on the spot, sorry!’, to which she replied after a protracted pause: ‘I dunno’ 

‘Better of luck tonight @p_wicks01 we’re all supporting you.’

The submit comes as The Mail on Sunday revealed that Pete has put a cease to his romantic liaison with Jowita – as a result of he’s decided to win the guts of Maura.

Sources near Pete say he’s telling mates he’s fully smitten with the jungle star, 34, who he has been casually courting for the previous 5 months.

When he started Strictly and met Jowita, Maura gave up any hope of the connection persevering with. 

A good friend stated: ‘Earlier than Maura entered the jungle, Pete wished to make their relationship unique. 

‘However Maura, conscious of Pete’s popularity and his shut bond with Jowita, determined to gradual issues down. 

‘She gave him an ultimatum: both decide to her or let it go.So she went off a single girl. 

Pete has confirmed that he nonetheless has her on his thoughts as he reposted Maura’s Instagram which is being run by her family and friends whereas she’s Down Underneath – and urging folks to vote for her 

And Maura’s household have proven their help for Pete in return as additionally they shared a clip of him and Jowita on Strictly

‘Since then, Pete has gone all-in, overtly expressing his emotions to anybody who’ll pay attention.

Pete and Jowita have been competing on Strictly collectively since September, and in current weeks, sources had claimed they’ve been secretly seeing one another away from the present. 

 Insiders claimed ‘one thing has modified’ between the truth star and the skilled dancer in current weeks they usually have been secretly seeing one another away from the present.

Firstly of the collection, they had been stated to have ‘despatched tongues wagging’ between the solid and crew attributable to their scorching chemistry, with viewers even recognizing their shut connection.

‘The chemistry between them has been fairly clear for the reason that second they met however the previous couple of weeks one thing has modified they usually’ve began seeing one another away from the present,’ a supply instructed The Solar.

‘They’ve tried to maintain it low-key however they typically journey collectively somewhat than getting separate automobiles to completely different areas.

‘They usually’re so tactile backstage it has turn out to be fairly apparent one thing is occurring. Everyone seems to be speaking concerning the reality they appear nearer than ever.’

I’M A CELEBRITY 2024: MEET THE ALL STAR LINE UP

OTI MABUSE  

Oti Mabuse has already two Strictly glitterballs beneath her belt

AGE: 34

OCCUPATION: Skilled dancer

FAMOUS FOR: Oti is greatest identified for being knowledgeable dancer on the British tv collection Strictly Come Dancing, which she received in 2019 and 2020. 

DANNY JONES 

Danny Jones is without doubt one of the bookies’ favourites to win this yr’s I am A Celeb

AGE: 38

OCCUPATION: McFly singer

FAMOUS FOR:  Danny is without doubt one of the lead vocalists and the lead guitarist for pop-rock band McFly. 

He’s additionally a coach on The Voice UK. 

BARRY MCGUIGAN 

Former boxer Barry McGuigan is heading into the jungle

AGE: 63

OCCUPATION: Retired skilled boxer

FAMOUS FOR:  Barry was nicknamed The Clones Cyclone and held the WBA and lineal featherweight titles from 1985 to 1986. 

GK BARRY

GK Barry is a TikTok star who just lately joined the ITV household on Free Ladies

AGE: 25

OCCUPATION: TikTok star 

FAMOUS FOR: Grace is understood for her comedic commentary on tradition, way of life, and trend. She has over 3.6 million followers and just lately joined the Free Ladies panel. 

DEAN MCCULLOUGH 

ITV bosses are hoping Dean McCullough will ruffle feathers within the camp

AGE: 32

OCCUPATION:  Radio 1 DJ 

FAMOUS FOR:  Radio 1 DJ Dean has been signed by I am A Celeb bosses, within the hope that he’ll ruffle feathers along with his outspoken views. 

Earlier this yr it was introduced Dean could be taking on the BBC Radio 1 Early Breakfast Present, after beforehand fronting the afternoon slot.  

JANE MOORE  

Jane is greatest often known as a panellist and anchor of Free Ladies

AGE: 62

OCCUPATION: Journalist

 FAMOUS FOR:  Jane is greatest often known as a panellist and anchor of Free Ladies between 1999 and 2002. 

She returned as a daily panellist from 2013 onwards.

Jane takes on the problem following her high-profile break up from husband of 20 years, Showbiz agent, Gary Farrow. 

MELVIN ODOOM  

Melvin was beforehand courted by I am A Celeb bosses again in 2021

AGE: 44

OCCUPATION: DJ and TV presenter

FAMOUS FOR: His work on radio. Melvin was beforehand courted by I am A Celeb bosses again in 2021, however turned down the provide on the final minute.

He additionally had a primetime stint on Strictly again in 2016.

COLEEN ROONEY 

Reviews declare that she has been provided the most important deal within the present’s historical past

AGE: 38

OCCUPATION: WAG

FAMOUS FOR: Wagatha Christie case in opposition to arch rival Rebekah Vardy.

Reviews declare that she has been provided the most important deal within the present’s historical past, exceeding Nigel Farage’s £1.5million from final yr.

ALAN HALSALL  

Alan Halsall is greatest identified for his position as Tyrone Dobbs on Coronation Road

AGE: 42

OCCUPATION: Actor 

FAMOUS FOR: Coronation Road actor Alan Halsall was compelled to withdraw from I am A Celeb final yr, after present process ACL Reconstruction surgical procedure.

Bosses have now satisfied the actor to enroll once more, and little question he’ll attract an enormous fanbase because of his long-running position as Tyrone Dobbs on the cleaning soap. 

TULISA  

Tulisa is making her profession comeback after reuniting with N-Dubz final yr

AGE: 36

OCCUPATION: Singer and former X Issue decide 

FAMOUS FOR: Tulisa reunited with N-Dubz final yr for a tour after first discovering fame with the band in 2007.

In 2011, she grew to become a decide on The X Issue and went on to launch her debut solo album, The Feminine Boss. 

She launched her fourth album with N-Dubz final yr.  

REVEREND RICHARD COLES

Richard is an English author, radio presenter and Church of England priest

AGE: 62

OCCUPATION: Author, broadcaster and priest

FAMOUS FOR: Richard is an English author, radio presenter and Church of England priest. 

He first got here to prominence because the multi-instrumentalist who partnered Jimmy Somerville within the Eighties band the Communards.

 MAURA HIGGINS

Maura is greatest identified for her stint on Love Island UK in 2019

 AGE: 33

OCCUPATION: TV Character

FAMOUS FOR: Maura is an Irish tv persona, tv presenter and mannequin. 

She rose to prominence in 2019, when she was a finalist on the fifth collection of ITV2 actuality collection Love Island.

Strictly Come Dancing star Pete Wicks has been left dumbfounded after the present’s newest outcomes.

The 36-year-old Towie star is partnered with Jowita Przystal, and has gained over many viewers together with his weak shows, and his on-screen chemistry with the professional.

Throughout week 11 of the competitors, the pair escaped elimination once more, regardless of being on the backside of the leaderboard for one more week. Followers have known as the end result a “joke”.

As a substitute Montell Douglas and Johannes Radebe and Tasha Ghouri and Aljaž Škorjanec discovered themselves up for elimination. By a unanimous resolution, Ghouri and Škorjanec had been saved, with Douglas and Radebe being despatched dwelling.

It meant that Wicks, who has routinely made errors throughout performances, made it to the competitors’s remaining 5. The TV persona has been a divisive determine for some viewers, and has admitted he has acquired loss of life threats for remaining within the competitors on the expense of different contestants.

“I’m speechless each week, particularly this week as a result of I’ve tried my finest,” he stated on Sunday (1 December) after being introduced as secure.

“I’m only a bloke attempting to study stuff; the truth that I get to take Jowita to a semi-final means a lot to me as a result of she deserves it, she deserves every part. I simply didn’t wanna let her down tonight by messing it up.”

He confessed that he couldn’t imagine the outcomes including, “I really feel like they could probably be taking part in a merciless joke on me, however I couldn’t be extra grateful. I’m so humbled by it, actually.”

Viewers had been left shocked and pissed off as they wrote, “WHO is voting for Pete!? He’s a pleasant man however this can be a dancing present!!! He’s had the bottom rating for a number of weeks now! Why are deserving dancers leaving over him.”

Nonetheless, in a remark for The Unbiased, author Rachel McGrath believes that the Wicks’ progress all through the competitors is being ignored.

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“Should you look again at how Wicks (who was a complete dance novice) fared within the first few reveals,” she writes. “His efforts in latest episodes are nothing wanting jaw-dropping.”

Douglas’s departure implies that Ghouri, comic Chris McCausland, Wicks, Miranda star Sarah Hadland and JLS singer JB Gill have made it via to the semi-finals, which can air on 6 December.

The next week will see the grand remaining crown this 12 months’s winner of the coveted Glitterball Trophy.

Actual Madrid host Getafe with the chance to chop Barça’s lead by three extra factors after Flick and his males have been surprisingly beat by Las Palmas in Barcelona on Saturday. Los Blancos have to discover a technique to bounce again themselves as nicely, given their expensive loss at Liverpool on Wednesday.

Rodrygo is again with the crew and will function within the beginning lineup, which may transfer Bellingham to the midfield line the place Actual Madrid would wish him essentially the most after the accidents to Camavinga and Tchouameni. If Rodrygo begins, Mbappe will play on the left wing attempting to regain some confidence and momentum after his previous couple of performances, with both Brahim or Arda Güler enjoying on the best flank.

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Date: 12/01/2024

Time: 16:15CET, 10:15am EST.

Venue: Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid, Spain.

Obtainable TV: Movistar La Liga, ABC

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Jude Bellingham and Kylian Mbappe recovered from their latest woes and each obtained on the scoresheet as Actual Madrid beat a scrappy Getafe 2-0 on Sunday.

The duo, after a morbid displaying midweek within the Champions League, discovered their attacking footing, each scoring within the first half in an in the end snug win that noticed Madrid draw inside one level of La Liga leaders Barcelona.

Los Blancos struggled to create early on, the absence of Vinicius Jr slightly limiting their attacking edge. They had been handed an opener by a foolish piece of defending, although, as Antonio Rudiger was dragged down within the field earlier than a Madrid nook. The referee pointed to the spot, and Bellingham rolled dwelling the following penalty.

The second got here shortly earlier than half-time, Mbappe curling a beautiful effort in off the publish following some nice arrange play from Bellingham.

Getafe, for his or her half, supplied some extra concepts after the break, testing Thibaut Courtois on a few events earlier than Chrisantus Uche and John Patrick each rattled the publish.

Nonetheless, nothing fairly got here off. Madrid might have made it three or 4, however misses from first Rodrygo after which Mbappe saved issues shut. In the long run, although, two was sufficient.

GOAL charges Actual Madrid’s gamers from Santiago Bernabeu…

Fiorentina confirmed that midfielder Edoardo Bove is steady within the hospital following his harrowing collapse, which precipitated the staff’s conflict with champions Inter Milan to be suspended on Sunday.

The 22-year-old Italian abruptly fell to the turf 16 minutes into the goalless sport and is at the moment below sedation within the intensive care unit at Florence’s Careggi Hospital, in keeping with the membership.

“Preliminary cardiological and neurological assessments have dominated out extreme injury to his central nervous system and cardio-respiratory features,” Fiorentina mentioned in a joint assertion with the hospital.

The membership added that Bove’s situation will probably be reassessed “within the subsequent 24 hours.” Members of the family and teammates, who rushed to his support and had been seen sobbing as he was stretchered off the sector on the Stadio Artemio Franchi, are actually by his aspect.

RELATED: Fiorentina’s Edoardo Bove collapses on pitch, Serie A match in opposition to Inter Milan suspended

Bove’s collapse reminded followers of Christian Eriksen’s fall throughout a 2020 European Championship match between Denmark and Finland, in addition to the tragic loss of life of former Fiorentina captain Davide Astori, who handed away abruptly in his sleep on the age of 31 in March 2018, at a resort earlier than a league match in opposition to Udinese.

Goalkeeper David de Gea wrote “God please” on social media, the place quite a few golf equipment, together with Roma—Bove’s guardian membership, from which he was loaned to Fiorentina in August—expressed their help.

“One in all us, we’re all with you. Forza Edo!” Roma mentioned in a message of solidarity.

The match between Inter and Fiorentina will probably be rescheduled for “an as-yet undetermined date,” following a precedent set when Evan Ndicka collapsed in an identical incident throughout Roma’s match in opposition to Udinese in April.

The Fiorentina midfielder Edoardo Bove is being handled in intensive care after collapsing on the pitch in the course of the crew’s Serie A match in opposition to Internazionale on Sunday.

In an official assertion, the membership stated: “ACF Fiorentina and the Careggi college hospital have introduced that footballer Edoardo Bove, who was handled on the pitch following a lack of consciousness in the course of the Fiorentina v Inter match, is at present below sedation and is hospitalised in intensive care.”

The assertion added: “The Viola participant arrived on the emergency division in secure haemodynamic circumstances and preliminary cardiological and neurological checks have dominated out acute harm to the central nervous system and the cardiorespiratory system. Bove can be re-evaluated within the subsequent 24 hours.”

Sky Sport Italia had earlier reported that Bove was respiration on his personal and had regained consciousness whereas being transported to the close by Careggi hospital. The 22-year-old had collapsed after seemingly bending right down to take off his boot throughout a break in play for a VAR verify on a disallowed aim.

Medical personnel rushed on to the pitch, with the Fiorentina gamers forming a hoop round Bove, who arrived on the membership on a year-long mortgage from Roma in August. After Bove was taken away in an ambulance, the referee requested the gamers to depart the pitch and return to the dressing room with the match suspended.

The Inter chairman, Giuseppe Marotta, acknowledged that suspending the match was a simple resolution. “Soccer is a group, so naturally when these conditions occur, all of the gamers and the referee labored collectively to assist and it was a spontaneous resolution to desert the sport,” he instructed Sky Sport Italia.

Fiorentina’s membership president, Rocco Commisso, is “in fixed contact with Florence from america to assist Edoardo and his household”, in accordance with the membership. Commisso himself stated: “Forza Edoardo, we’re with you. You’re a robust boy with a terrific character. We’re reaching out to the boy’s household throughout these moments.”

In a later assertion, the membership added: “Fiorentina and the Commisso household thank Viola followers, the golf equipment, followers and the world of soccer and sport for the assist proven in direction of Edoardo Bove and his family members.”

A spokesperson for Serie A has confirmed the match can be replayed at a later date. Roma, who’re as a result of play Atalanta on Monday night, wrote on X: “One in all us, we’re all with you. Forza Edo!”

Speaking Level – Hints of Mbappe however lack of medical end

Participant of the Match – Jude Bellingham (Actual Madrid)

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Fulham captain Tom Cairney loved an eventful outing because the midfielder earned the guests a Premier League level earlier than being despatched off in opposition to Tottenham Hotspur.

Cairney struck within the second half to cancel out Brennan Johnson’s opener and vault Fulham again into the highest half. However the veteran skipper was subsequently dismissed for an disagreeable problem on Dejan Kulusevski, putting his studs into the again of the Swede’s calf and being proven a straight crimson card after a evaluate from the video assistant referee (VAR).

It was a irritating afternoon for Ange Postecoglou and his facet, who have been sloppy and didn’t create constant probabilities. So spectacular every week in the past in opposition to Manchester Metropolis, their hopes of difficult for a Champions League place is being undermined with inconsistency, with Postecoglou pressured to defend his method this week, declaring himself “not fascinated with pragmatism”.

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