Love Island star Maura Higgins’ mother has revealed that her daughter best friend Andrew Rowan was killed in a motorbike accident two years ago.
During last night’s episode, the Irish model briefly mentioned that her best friend “was a boy”, and now her mum has revealed that she was talking about Andrew.
Back in July 2017, the 26-year-old was killed after his motorbike collided with three cars in Athlone, County Westmeath.
Speaking to the Longford Leader, Maura’s mother Sharon said: “That was a very, very tough year for Maura. She really took that hard.”
“She reckons he’s always going to be her angel. The last thing she did before she left for Love Island was visit Andrew’s grave to speak to him.”
Sharon said Andrew always encouraged Maura to pursue modelling, and pushed her to apply for a job with Monster Energy.
“She never thought she’d get it. He said ‘of course you will, you’re dynamite, they will love you.’ And it was a huge loss when he was killed. He was part of the family and we all loved him.”
The news comes after Sharon spoke out to defend Maura, after her behaviour on the show caused controversy.
Love Island airs nightly on Virgin Media Two at 9pm.
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