Maura Higgins and Chris Taylor SPLIT: Love Island couple announce they have parted ways but maintain they ‘still love, care and respect each other’
- The duo, who went public with their romance in November after months of secrecy, took to Instagram on Tuesday to reveal the news
- In her statement, Maura wrote: ‘It breaks my heart to even type this but I wanted to let everyone know we have made the joint decision to end our relationship’
- They met in the 2019 series of the show, where she found love with Curtis Pritchard before their acrimonious break-up later that year
Love Island stars Maura Higgins and Chris Taylor have split.
The duo, who went public with their romance in November after months of secrecy, took to Instagram on Tuesday to reveal the news.
The Irish beauty, 30, penned: ‘It breaks my heart to even type this but I wanted to let everyone know that myself and Chris have made the joint decision to end our relationship…
Shock: Love Island stars Maura Higgins and Chris Taylor have split
‘There is no wrongdoing on either side… we still love, care and respect each other deeply. From the minute we met each other we’ve been very close friends and that will never change. There is no regret, life is about taking chances.
‘We wanted to make this work but we have realised we work better being friends. Whilst I appreciate people may speculate or create false stories this is the truth.
‘I wish Chris nothing but the best and I will always be one of his biggest supporters. Thank you for all the love and support’.
Meanwhile, the statement released by Chris, also 30, read: ‘Hey guys, after some very heartfelt conversations over the past few days, myself & Maura are very sad to announce that we have decided to part ways.
Happier times… The duo, who went public with their romance in November after months of secrecy, took to Instagram on Tuesday to reveal the news
‘We are both still on very good terms and this was a mutual decision where nobody had done anything wrong. We will remain friends, as we have been since day one and I will always be in Maura’s corner and have her back…
‘We are both going through a very tough time with this atm, so please take any speculation with a metric tonne of salt, p.s this is the only truth (and as always trolls can kindly f*** off)…
‘Thank you for all the love and support you’ve given us, it’s truly been appreciated’.
Just two weeks before the announcement, Maura spoke to MailOnline about the prospect of marriage and how happy they were together.
Wedding bells: Just two weeks before the announcement, Maura spoke to MailOnline about the prospect of marriage and how happy they were together
She said: ‘He lives two minutes away from me down the road but we may as well be living together because we stay with each other every single day…
‘I feel like he practically is living with me – he has a very small drawer…
‘We definitely have spoken about it but there’s no rush, when it happens it’ll happen. We get on so well, we very rarely have arguments, and we just have a good laugh together…
Impassioned: The Irish beauty penned: ‘It breaks my heart to even type this but I wanted to let everyone know that myself and Chris have made the joint decision to end our relationship’
Matching: Chris also released a statement in which he hit out at trolls
‘Like every couple we have our bickers, he does silly things like leaving the fridge door open. We have spoken about getting married – we’ve often spoken about where would we like to get married and would I like Ireland or England, stuff like that…
‘I do feel like I’d probably want an Irish wedding, which is a crazy, big party. I’ve had an image in my head for years but everyone I know that’s got married always says ‘you’ll never wear what you thought.’ I’d like something very simple…
‘I don’t feel like I’m going to even cover up on my wedding day!’
Trouble in paradise? She alluded to the darker side of their romance as she said: ‘Like every couple we have our bickers, he does silly things like leaving the fridge door open’