Maura Higgins honestly opens up on ‘dark thoughts’ after Love Island fame saying: 'I didn't want to be here anymore'
Love Island star Maura Higgins has revealed she “didn’t want to be here anymore” after appearing on the hit ITV2 show in 2019. The TV star, 33, has opened up about her “dark thoughts,” explaining that rising to fame and into the public eye on the dating show was an incredibly difficult time in her life.
Speaking in an emotional chat on Married At First Sight expert Paul C. Brunson's We Need To Talk podcast today, the Irish star shared : “Life after Love Island was a very hard time in my life… I was just dropped to the UK. It was like someone just picked me up, dropped me to the UK and I was in the public eye. I had nowhere to live. I had no friends, no family, nobody I could trust.” She added that she was living out of a suitcase in a hotel in London, because that’s where she needed to be for work commitments - but that she was too overworked, with no breaks, and was “faking a smile”.
It got too much, and, she revealed: "I had a breakdown. I had dark thoughts, very dark thoughts… And it got to a stage where I don't even think I told my mam. I tell my mum everything. I didn't tell her how bad it was… I didn't want to be here anymore. I thought that was going to be the best thing.”
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She added: "There was so much expected from me. And because I was there on my own, I was like, ‘I've just got nobody to help’.
Revealing all in the honest admission, Maura then explained that at the time, her best friend from home demanded that she return home for a break, which she did and ultimately helped.
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Maura has never been one to shy away from being honest about the realities of her life, having previously admitted her financial problems which came before Love Island, with the TV personality and model explaining that she ‘struggled to keep a roof over her head’ before rising to fame on the show.
Maura’s career has gone from strength to strength since, with the star appearing on and presenting a host of TV shows, from Dancing On Ice to Celebrity Juice to joining the Loose Women panel to even presenting in America as a guest host on Love Island USA.
Most recently, Maura has been linked to rumoured new beau Pete Wicks, with the star even sharing a sweet public message of support for the The Only Way Is Essex star’s performance on Strictly Come Dancing.
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