This really does feel like some sort of TOWIE x Love Island fever dream and we don't ever want to wake up from it.
A reality TV romance we all should have seen coming has been exposed and is it just us or does this duo make SO much sense?
Former TOWIEPrince of Darkness, Pete Wicks is reportedly dating Love Island 2019 Irish export, Maura Higgins and IMAGINE the luscious locks their babies would have.
Maura, who was previously linked to a Hollywood stuntman as well as Joey Essex and fellow Islander, Curtis Pritchard, apparently does NOT have a type when it comes to fellas.
Maura and Pete were snapped enjoying a rather intimate meal together recently and when we say 'intimate' we mean lots of doe-eyed stares, cute kisses and obvious flirting.
Don't believe us? Check out the pics from The Sun which reveal all.
Maura has been over in the States for a while where she has been working on the US version of Love Island: Aftersun but it looks like she may well be spending some time on UK soil if this new dalliance is anything to go by.
As for Pete, he has apparently signed up to take part in Strictly Come Dancing and we pray, for his sake as much as Maura's, he doesn't fall into the Strictly Curse, trap. The hell fire that would ensue.
Although she hasn't ever take part in the dancing competition, Maura DID date former Strictly professional Giovanni Pernice who is no longer a member of the entertainment series after a highly publicised scandal.
Neither Pete or Maura have soft launched – let alone hard launched – the new romance on any social media platform yet but then again we can't ever imagine Pirate Pete posting a snippet of Maura's hand to 'tease' his followers. That would not very be mysterious and moody of him, would it? Or wait a minute, would it be extremely mysterious and moody? We can't quite decide.
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Emily Vierke is a digital writer for heat and Closer Online who enjoys stalking The Love Island girlies for fashion inspo especially Indiyah Polack and Grace Jackson. Emily has a soft spot for TOWIE OGs Amy and Harry, mainly because she was also not aware that the capital of India was New Delhi she DID, however, know that know it wasn't France.