Maura Higgins and Danny Jones 'partied until 6am' after BRITs kiss
Maura Higgins and Danny Jones allegedly partied together at a London hotel until 6am, sipping wine, following their reported kiss at a BRIT Awards bash. The 38-year-old McFly frontman and the 34-year-old former Love Island star, who both appeared on I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! last year, attended the O2 Arena in London for the awards ceremony on March 1.
However, a week on from the event with both Maura and Danny are choosing to remain tight-lipped about the kiss, a video has surfaced showing the pair sharing a bottle of wine at the Nobu Hotel in Central London. In the footage, obtained by The Sun, they can be seen chatting, laughing, and holding glasses of wine.
The pair reportedly travelled separately to the Sony party at the Nobu Hotel, where they continued their night out. A source told the publication: "Danny and Maura seemed to be enjoying their night of partying and had no plans to call it a night. They were knocking back wine at the Nobu from 4am and seemed keen to carry on. They weren't seen leaving before 6am."
They were later spotted leaving the afterparty together, having mingled with other celebrities such as Sam Thompson, Pete Wicks, Olivia Attwood, Calum Scott, and Oti Mabuse. Although Danny arrived at the BRITs with his McFly bandmate Tom Fletcher, he attended the afterparty solo, where he and Maura appeared to get close.
During the raucous Universal Music afterparty, Danny is alleged to have shared a "drunken kiss" with Maura at 180 Studios on the Strand. The Sun released footage that seems to show Danny, who has been wed to Georgia Horsley since 2014, planting a smooch on Maura's lips while they chatted away.
A source divulged to the publication, "They seemed to be having a great time," confessing: "They looked like they had a brief drunken kiss."
This scandalous revelation follows reports that Danny exhibited a keen interest in Maura's online presence, notably liking a steamy picture of her several weeks prior to their caught-on-camera clinch. Danny, who is married to 38-year-old Georgia and father to their seven-year-old son Cooper, apparently showed virtual appreciation for Maura's post.
The Instagram snap in question captured Maura flashing a smile clad in a body-con dress complete with a mermaid hemline, gracefully leaning against a table, bag in hand. Her caption was simply the word "ravenous" accompanied by a candle emoji, possibly alluding to the candles arrayed behind her in the photograph.
Interestingly, however, the supposed "like" from Danny is no longer visible on Maura's post. In contrast, it appears Maura has liked several of Danny's Instagram posts since their time in the jungle, including one photo of him on stage with McFly.
The plot thickens as Maura herself rejoins the singles market after parting ways with Pete Wicks, her romance whilst she tackled the challenges of the I'm A Celebrity jungle.
Neither Maura nor Danny has publicly commented on the footage of their drunken kiss. Meanwhile, it has been reported that Danny's wife of 10 years, Georgia, felt the kiss was a "slap in the face".
