Maura Higgins. Alan Chapman/Dave Benett/WireImage
Love Island star Maura Higgins has accused Pete Wicks of cheating amid their rumored breakup.
Higgins, 34, enjoyed a night out with friends on Friday, February 14, per several red hot photos shared via her Instagram. “Left on Red 💌,” she captioned the post. While out to dinner at Sheesh in London on Friday, the Love Island star was asked by photographers about Wicks’ whereabouts that evening.
“Dunno, probably cheating,” Higgins replied, according to a video obtained by The Sun. Higgins and Wicks reportedly split in February 2025 after first being linked in June of last year, per The Independent, following her appearance on ITV’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! At the same time, Wicks was competing on the show Strictly Come Dancing.
Higgins, for her part, rose to prominence after she was introduced as a bombshell on the fifth season of ITV’s reality television series Love Island in 2019, for which she was a finalist. Higgins’ comment about Wicks, 37, comes after he gushed over his fellow reality television star last month while appearing on an episode of the “We Need to Talk” podcast.
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“We have the same sense of humor, she’s super intelligent and I think that is sometimes what people don’t realize about Maura,” he said during the January 20 episode. “She’s incredibly witty and we have always been there for each other in the past six years at a distance where we have always kind of been friends and been there for each other and whatever else.”
Pete Wicks, Maura Higgins. Ricky Vigil M / Justin E Palmer/GC Images
He added, “And that I mean is different now.”
Wicks, known for his appearance on shows like TOWIE and The Only Way Is Essex, also noted that he’s since made the conscious decision not to make so many details about his personal life public.
“I’m at a different stage in my life now where the points that always made me known, which was always my relationship or the drama and the reality background, is not something that I am really doing anymore,” he explained.
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Earlier this week, MailOnline reported that Higgins and Wicks had “decided to call off their romance,” per an insider, after there had “been a few clashes” and it was “eventually agreed they were better off as friends.”
The alleged source further claimed, “Those closest to them know it’s been a very on and off relationship, which is why they were so resistant to go public in the first place. They remain close and share a deep connection.”
