Maura Higgins and Danny Jones‘ ‘kiss’ at the BRITs earlier this month saw fans, famous faces and former flames of the Love Island star piling on with a series of savage swipes.
Pete Wicks – who dated Maura, 34, while she was in the jungle with Danny, 39 – is the latest to throw shade. Last week, he made a dig on his Staying Relevant podcast this week, which many have suggested was aimed at his ex Maura. And this week it seems Pete has done it again…
Pete Wicks ‘throws shade’ at ex Maura Higgins
Pete, 37, was actually at the BRITs on March 2 with Maura’s ‘rival’ Olivia Attwood. They were sat a few tables apart and ended up at the same after party… Until Pete left early, reportedly to avoid a reunion with Maura.
However, two days later, Pete’s latest podcast with bestie Sam Thompson was released. And, although he didn’t mention his ex Maura by name or reference the ‘kiss’, he did take an “aggressive” swipe at the show that made her famous.
Chatting to Sam, Pete said his would happily “banish Love Island from the world”. Sam laughed and replied: “That’s so aggressive.”
Pete continued: “It takes over everything, that’s all anyone talks about for [bleep]ing three months of the year. It’s very difficult to have small talk with people when that’s their reference because I don’t know anything about it.”
Sam, whose ex Zara McDermott also made her name on the show, added: “Let’s be honest I can’t imagine you hanging out with people who say: ‘When’s the next episode of Love Island?'”
‘A lot happened at the BRITs’
On this week’s podcast, Pete referenced the BRITs again. And, this time, it’s pretty clear that Maura was the target of the shade he was throwing.
Pete put on a shocked face as he joked: “So… a LOT happened at the BRITs, an awful lot happened at the BRITs. I am probably gonna leave that there because…” he teased.
It’s the perfect time to bounce before everything gets a little bit messy.
Pete then added: “A lot happened at the BRITs but we’re just gonna move on from that and we’ll tell you about our BRITs experience.”
Sam laughed as he smugly added: “Our BRITs was great. We had a lovely BRITs experience.” Pete then chimed in with: “Nothing happened there… for us. But we had a great time, Universal afterparty, we stayed there for a little beer, had a few drinks.”
Sam then went on the joke that they “did it right”, before Pete put his head in his hands and quipped: “No, no, no, it’s not that – other people did it wrong.”
Sam then clarified: “What I mean is at these parties you don’t want to linger for too long. We got there nice and early, we left the BRITs a little bit early, got there before the crush happens. Had a few drinks, had a really good time, spoke to loads of people and then left at about 1am, which is the perfect time to bounce before everything gets a little bit messy.”
Whatever could they have been alluding to, eh…
Chris Hughes ‘piles on’ after Danny Jones and Maura Higgins ‘kiss’
The pair have also come under fire from Maura’s old flame Chris Hughes and podcaster and comedian Katherine Ryan. Hundreds of comments have also been left on social media laying into Danny and Maura following the alleged incident.
After Chris Hughes and Jesy Nelson split, the Love Island alum was seen on what appeared to be a date with Maura.
So his post the morning after the ‘kiss’ video was shared looks more than a little shady…
He posted an image showing himself watching TV series Entourage. He added the words: “I wasn’t at the Brits … and I wasn’t kissing anyone x.”
However, an insider has now suggested that it wasn’t meant as a swipe. Instead, Chris is said to have posted it after rumours did the rounds that he was the one kissing Maura in the video.
Katherine Ryan
One person who definitely did mean to throw shade, though, was comic Katherine Ryan.
She shared a TikTok clip of herself and, feigning innocence, said: “Oh my god, he wouldn’t do that, he couldn’t do that. I know that really looks like what I’m seeing with my own eyes in the video but he just wouldn’t do that.”
She then pulled a sarcastic expression and bluntly continued: “They do that! They leave the house for three minutes to get milk and forget they have a whole family! They do that!”
She also captioned the video: “Just trying to mind my business but can’t help but catch up on the news.”
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Followers join the pile on
Both Danny Jones and Maura Higgins shared pictures of themselves at the BRITs before the ‘kiss’. And one look at the comments section of both posts has probably made them wish they didn’t.
“Wrong ‘un!” one posted under a picture of Danny with bandmate Tom Fletcher and KSI at the BRITs. “Should have taken your WIFE to the event with you. Your WIFE deserves better!” “Slimeball,” said another.
Maura was given similar treatment on her socials.
“Showing off while ruining a marriage is not cool,” said one follower under a picture of Maura showing off her BRITs dress. “I’ve just lost all respect for you,” said another. “Not really a girl’s girl are ya love,” a third added.
Neither Danny, Maura or Danny’s wife Georgia have so far commented on the ‘kiss’ video. Georgia did break her silence following the alleged incident, though, in a podcast chat. It’s unclear when it was recorded.
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