After the news that she had landed a role on This Morning, Maura Higgins has been welcomed to the show by hosts Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes.
Maura is one of the first of this year’s Love Island stars to land a coveted TV role after Amy Hart landed a stint on Loose Women.
Quick to get in there with Maura’s infamous X-rated catchphrase, Eamonn asked: “Are you fluttering at the minute?”
Laughing at Eamonn’s joke, Maura revealed it was a dream come true to be working on the ITV daytime show.
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She said: “It is literally a dream of mine, I just can’t believe it, I’m pinching myself every few minutes.”
Opening up about what she’s going to be doing in her Maura Than Meets The Eye segment, Maura said the show’s bosses wanted her to go skydiving, but she said it was fine as she was “an adrenalin junkie”.
The Love Island star – who came fourth alongside beau Curtis Pritchard – will also become the show’s new agony aunt.
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Eamonn revealed that her first gig would be on Wednesday, with the star revealing that her unique brand of tough love “has to be done”.
While Maura was “so excited” to join the show, some fans took to Twitter to say they’d be switching off the ITV programme because of Maura’s new role.
@thismorning oh dear. Time to switch off. Cannot watch that ridiculous Maura! Bye bye this morning, I have enjoyed watching you over all these years.
— Debbie Eaton (@Debbsa) August 5, 2019
Hopefully we’ll get notice when Maura will be on so I can turn over to BBC. She has such a foul mouth .. what is This Morning thinking ??
— Helen Young (@heleny138) August 5, 2019
Others accused the show of “double standards”, after Love Island received a number of complaints over Maura’s risqué behaviour during her time in the villa.
@thismorning Didn’t Amber win #LoveIsIand? She was known to “tell it like it is” in the villa. Why have you hired Maura instead, who got a record number of OFCOM complaints regarding sexually harassing a male islander, but wasn’t ousted? The double standards by ITV are a joke.
— lana hepburn (@remarquer) August 5, 2019
However, Maura’s fans far outweighed the haters, with some saying she looked “beautiful” as she made her debut and admitting it was refreshing to have someone so honest on their screens.
@thismorning
Maura was the real winner of #LoveIsland this year
Absolutely love her 🤗@MauraHiggins 😍🙌💕— Gaynor Chambers (@Gaynor92728909) August 5, 2019
@MauraHiggins WELCOME TO MAURA, A NEW FRESH START FROM A BEAUTIFUL LADY WHO TELLS YOU HOW IT IS…
MAURA Without a doubt will brighten up our TV screens more regularly now she’s out of the Villa.
What great news to start the week with.
ALL THE VERY BEST MAURA.X🏆📺😇🍷🏆❤️🤣🍰🥳— Brian Altman (@MrBsTweet) August 5, 2019
Others even said they couldn’t wait till the star was next on This Morning.
@thismorning see u Wednesday when Maura is back 🙌🙌🙌#TeamMaura #thismorning #maurahiggins ♥️🏝️🏆
— Gaynor Chambers (@Gaynor92728909) August 5, 2019
Some also likened the star to the show’s host Holly Willoughby.
She presents the daytime show and appears on Keith Lemon’s risqué panel show Celebrity Juice.
News of Maura coupling up with This Morning came at the same time as her beau Curtis revealed their relationship is going well.
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