Love Island's Maura Higgins lookalike Megan Clarke reveals what she REALLY thinks about being compared to show legend
LOVE Island's new Maura Higgins lookalike has sympathy for her fellow Irish beauty after she snogged married McFly guitarist Danny Jones.
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Megan Forte Clarke said she is flattered by comparisons to Maura Higgins
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Dublin-born Megan, 24, said: 'I love Maura — what a compliment. She's an icon'
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Maura, who is ten years older, appeared as a bombshell on the ITV dating show in 2019
But asked how she felt about
She said: 'I love Maura — what a compliment. She's an icon.
'She is like the Queen of Ireland. So if people are comparing me to her, then cheers, love that, thank you.'
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Meanwhile, Megan, who calls herself the 'modern day Bridget Jones', said she has been single for nearly three years after her university boyfriend cheated on her.
She added: 'We were on and off for about a year during my first year at university and I've been single since.
'We met at uni [The Brighton Academy] — musical theatre boys are never a good idea.'
Asked if it ended on good terms, she said: 'No. No, God, no! He cheated on me quite a bit. The girls were none the wiser.
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'So I would never blame a girl in that sense, but I definitely confronted him. He felt my wrath. I didn't really get any revenge. I think ignorance is bliss, so he was blocked. I haven't spoken to him since.'
'Hell and horror'
Of her recent dating life, she said: 'It has been more than two years of hell and horror.
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'I've been asked on a walk for a date. I'm like, 'That's brilliant, I love being a dog'.
'It is just never good and then they ghost you. So many frogs.'
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But the boys of the villa will be pleased after Megan revealed she has stocked up on bikinis and sexy outfits for
She said: 'Yeah, I have shopped till I dropped. I feel like you can't be too prepared with stuff like that.
'Better to be over prepared than underprepared.
'So I've got a lot of options for bikinis and night time.'
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But the
She said: 'That's always humbling when you're comfortable around a boy and you are clicking it out in the morning.'
But of wearing braces, she added: 'I think a lot of boys actually quite liked it, which I was surprised by.'
'I've had a little flirt'
Megan revealed that she has been given strict instructions by her mum to keep things PG in the villa.
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She said: 'My mum's been like, 'Meg, please do not have sex in the villa'. I don't think I would anyway — too exposing.'
Megan, who currently works in telesales, said she has not had any office romances, but cannot resist charming her colleagues.
She revealed: 'I've had a little flirt here and there because, you know, you have to make work life fun, but nothing has come of it.'
Last Christmas, the beauty starred as one of the ugly step-sisters in a Christmas pantomime of Cinderella in Tewkesbury, Gloucs.
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She said: 'To be fair, they were meant to be Kardashian-esque and ugly on the inside.
'So I got to wear fabulous costumes. I had a ball.'
Hopefully, in the villa, she will meet her own Prince Charming.
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