Love Island's Maura in "unseen" moment flirting with USA contestant

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Love Island USA has released an "unseen" video of Maura Higgins flirting with a contestant.

The reality star, who rose to fame on the fifth season of Love Island UK, is now the social ambassador and Aftersun host for the US series – which you can watch on ITV's popular streaming service, ITVX.

During this week's (July 14) spin-off episode, co-host Ariana Madix asked Maura about whether she enjoyed watching returning bombshell Harrison Luna enter the villa.

"I did actually," she said. "I really did, I thought that outfit... I love all black on a man."

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Ariana then went on to surprise Maura with a "flirty" behind-the-scenes video of herself meeting Harrison for his entrance interview.

"Last week's episodes didn't show just how flirty you were with him," revealed Ariana. "So I thought if the main show can have unseen moments, here's my own personal moment that I like to call, 'When Harry Met Maura'."

As the clip rolled, Maura can be seen widening her eyes and taking a deep breath as Harrison entered the studio, before watching intently while the bombshell had his microphone changed.

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"I'm sweating over here, it's this fire," said Maura as she fanned herself with her cue cards, before Harrison replied: "And, I mean, it's pretty hot too."

When the crew shared a few giggles over the pair's encounter, a confused Harrison said: "A lot of laughs guys, a lot of laughs," with Maura adding: "Everyone's being so silly!"

Later, as Harrison walked off set, Maura gazed longingly at him before making a heart with her hands and repeatedly mouthing: "I love you."

"Ah what a man, he's something else isn't he," she continued. "Can I go in as a bombshell?"

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Maura notably coupled up with dancer Curtis Pritchard in the 2019 series, where they came in fourth place behind series winners Amber and Greg.

The pair continued dating after the show, but announced their split in March 2020 after eight months together.

Rumours began circulating over Maura's return to Love Island for its All Stars edition earlier this year, but reality star quickly shut down speculation of a possible comeback.

"I'm never going to go back on to Love Island. Not because I didn't enjoy myself but I feel like I've done it once and I think once is enough and I'm a bit old for that," she revealed on Instagram. "I just don't really want to go backwards, I want to look forward."

Love Island airs on ITV2 and streams on ITVX. The US edition of the show streams on Peacock.

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