The revelation comes just days after ITV viewers were equally blindsided to learn how old N-Dubz musician and Maura's camp-mate Tulisa Contostavlos is - especially being that it's been over a decade since she appeared as an X-Factor judge.

Maura Higgins prompted a camp search on Thursday's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me out of Here after she 'accidentally' binned a portion of food.

I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here campmates have welcomed some new faces to the jungle, including Irish TV personality Maura Higgins. I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here continued tonight (Monday, 25th November), seeing new campmate Maura celebrate her 34th birthday - much to the fans' surprise.

I'm A Celeb fans have rushed to social media convinced that Maura Higgins has just made the 'worst mistake' after making a very honest admission.

Maura Higgins screamed in terror and broke down in tears as she faced her fears of spiders in her first I’m A Celebrity bushtucker trial. The reality star and Loose Women panelist Jane Moore took part in the Fright At The End of The Tunnel challenge during Tuesday’s show (26 November).

Pete Wicks has responded to Maura Higgins ' I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! appearance. The TOWIE star has been romantically linked to the Love Island personality recently. Both of them are busy appearing on major reality shows at the moment: Pete with Strictly Come Dancing, Maura with I'm a Celeb.