REALITY telly’s Maura Higgins has been spotted on a celebrity dating app — days after splitting from Strictly’s Pete Wicks. The Love Island star’s profile was on Raya, with a photo of herself from the show. But pals close to Maura said she was not interested in finding someone again so soon after leaving Pete.
![[Maura Higgins in a pink fringe dress on Love Island USA.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/NINTCHDBPICT000956897682.jpg?strip=all&w=640)
A friend explained yesterday: “Maura’s had a really tough time after everything with Pete. “Dating again isn’t something she’s interested in, she just wants to be single. Her account popped up on Raya but she’s deactivated it and said she’s not used it in a year.”.
![[Pete Wicks and Maura Higgins attending the BAFTA Television Awards 2024.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2024-p-o-cruises-royal-945724612_087db6.jpg?strip=all&w=640)
Maura, who last year hosted Love Island USA: Aftersun, used a photo of herself in a sheer strapless dress from the final for her Raya profile. Joking about the cost of the app, which starts from £9.99 a month, Maura wrote: “Who would have thought we have to pay for dates nowadays?”.
![[Black and white profile picture of Maura Higgins, a TV host from London.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/e419395a-5686-4fc3-a8c1-cedd5eaa980d_ddb963.jpg?strip=all&w=481)
We told last week how I’m A Celeb contestant Maura, 34, dumped Towie and Strictly Come Dancing star Pete, 37, after finding messages to other women on his phone. The pair started dating in August last year. Maura first spoke publicly about their relationship on I’m A Celebrity last year.
![[Pete Wicks and Maura Higgins on a date night.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/pete-wicks-maura-higgins-ref-948454264_12e0df.jpg?strip=all&w=680)
She found fame on 2019’s Love Island, and joined Raya in 2021 after splitting from Strictly pro Giovanni Pernice. Days ago, The Sun on Sunday told how Maura was asked where Pete was as she left a restaurant alone on Valentine’s Day. She was filmed saying: “I don’t know, probably cheating.”.
![[Maura Higgins and Faye Winter with Pete Wicks at the Pride of Britain Awards.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/41f0f99e-dacd-4497-90e5-9da5ebb80645_d473ba.jpg?strip=all&w=539)
