Maura Higgins

MAURA Higgins has broken her silence after her snog with Joey Essex with a cheeky social media post.The former Love Island star - who rose to fame alo.

[Molly-Mae Hague](https://www.thesun.ie/who/molly-mae-hague/) in 2019 - took to her Instagram stories with a video clip of her licking her friend to "greet her". They were having a laugh and looked to be getting on really well." [Strictly's Giovanni Pernice](https://www.thesun.ie/tv/7786069/maura-higgins-strictly-giovanni-pernice/) last year before they split during the 2021 series - which he went on to [win with Rose Ayling Ellis.](https://www.thesun.ie/tv/9318445/strictly-winner-rose-ayling-ellis-curse-boyfriend/) [lucky to have his finger](https://www.thesun.ie/tv/9562480/dancing-on-ice-joey-essex-finger/)' after an accident on the ice. [Maura, 31,](https://www.thesun.ie/who/maura-higgins/) was pictured kissing Dancing On Ice's Joey Essex at the Pride of Britain Awards, before [heading home in the same taxi](https://www.thesun.ie/tv/9622273/joey-essex-home-maura-higgins-snogging/). [Maura was seen locking lips with Joey, 32,](https://www.thesun.ie/tv/9621268/maura-higgins-kisses-dancing-on-ice-joey-essex/) inside London's Grosvenor House before leaving the venue in the same taxi.

The former TOWIE star was spotted smooching the Irish beauty.

Joey was still wearing a big bandage on the middle finger of his right hand after suffering an injury while training alongside Ekin-Su ahead of Dancing On Ice. He was rumoured to be dating his I'm A Celeb co-star Amy Willerton in 2013, when they both appeared on the show together. Joey seems to have been spending plenty of time with Love Island stars, appearing in a video with his fellow Dancing on Ice contestant. After the pair hugged, they headed off together and grabbed a taxi away from the venue with a number of friends. The former [TOWIE ](https://www.essexlive.news/all-about/the-only-way-is-essex)star was spotted smooching the Irish beauty and the pair later shared a taxi together following the London event. Joey meanwhile looked his usual dapper self in a smart suit with a white shirt and red tie combo.

While attending the Pride of Britain Awards on Monday night, Love Island's Maura Higgins was snapped cosying up to former TOWIE star Joey Essex, ...

It would have to be the person that I know I'm going to have kids with," Joey added. She's got to be The One." These are the conversations which deserve the time, energy and recognition." There was absolutely no wrongdoing and this should be the end of any speculation. This has been the case for me recently. "If I'm going to have a proper serious girlfriend in the spotlight now, and she's going to be welcomed into my family and my life, she has to be 'it'. [OK!](https://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/joey-essex-find-the-one-28199351) that he’s “more single than ever”, having previously dated the likes of Lorena Medina, [Amy Willerton](https://www.ok.co.uk/latest/amy-willerton), [Amber Turner](https://www.ok.co.uk/latest/amber-turner) and [Sam Faiers](https://www.ok.co.uk/latest/sam-faiers). [Love Island](https://www.ok.co.uk/latest/love-island) alongside [Curtis Pritchard](https://www.ok.co.uk/latest/curtis-pritchard), was pictured getting close to [TOWIE’s](https://www.ok.co.uk/latest/the-only-way-is-essex) Joey during the event. "My eyes have been opened to so many things during my career, bu I am learning so much from this series of Strictly. [I’m a Celeb](https://www.ok.co.uk/latest/im-a-celebrity-get-me-out-of-here) contestant hurt his fingers while training for [Dancing on Ice ](https://www.ok.co.uk/latest/dancing-on-ice)alongside Love Island’s [Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu,](https://www.ok.co.uk/latest/ekin-su-culculoglu) who also pictured at the Pride of Britain event alongside boyfriend [Davide Sanclimenti.](https://www.ok.co.uk/latest/davide-sanclimenti) [Joey Essex](https://www.ok.co.uk/latest/joey-essex) has broken his silence after he was pictured kissing Love Island’s [Maura Higgins](https://www.ok.co.uk/latest/maura-higgins) during the [Pride of Britain](https://www.ok.co.uk/latest/pride-of-britain-awards) Awards on Monday. "While I respect and understand the interest in my personal life, wouldn't it be fantastic to instead use this space to raise awareness of subjects and issues that need attention?

Maura Higgins inadvertently addressed her smooch with former TOWIE star Joey Essex as she took to Instagram on Tuesday to share a video licking her friend.

The reality TV star donned a glamorous frilly yellow tulle dress. Maura and Joey sent tongues wagging as the ceremony came to a close. “She’s a licker,” her makeup artist friend Krystal Dawn wrote on the video - seeming to allude to the smooch Maura shared with Joey the night before.