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Bonnie McLaren

Danny Jones urged to ‘speak out’ following Maura Higgins kiss

Danny Jones has reportedly been urged to “speak out” following his kiss with I’m A Celeb co-star Maura Higgins.

Sources told the Mirror that the McFly singer must be the one to address the videos that emerged from a Brit awards afterparty, as Maura is getting “a lot of the backlash”.

The source added: “Danny’s career should be halted at this point and he should be big enough to now speak out to everyone and explain what has happened and take some accountability.”

Jones has been with his wife Georgia for 10 years, and they share seven-year-old son Cooper.

Georgia and Danny Jones (Getty)

“This is unfair on his wife, who seems to have put the family and their marriage first,” the source added.

Neither Jones or Higgins - who recently starred on I’m A Celebrity together - have publicly addressed the kiss.

Yesterday, another video of the pair was shared by The Sun, where they were seen sharing wine at Marylebone’s Nobu Hotel, following the kiss.

The Standard has contacted representatives of Danny Jones and Maura Higgins for comment.

It has been previously reported that Jones and his wife are holding ‘crisis talks’ over the kiss, which happened earlier this month.

Jones’ wife also reportedly pulled out of a planned live Q&A at the Baby Show last week at London’s Excel with Mum’s the Word podcast co-host Kelsey Parker

The first video, which was shared by The Sun and reportedly taken just before 3am on March 2 shows the McFly star and Higgins standing close to each other in the venue's foyer and leaning in to chat before he appears to give her a quick kiss.

They were then seen leaving the venue as part of a larger group including his bandmate Tom Fletcher, with Higgins then heading home alone in a taxi.

An onlooker told the publication of the interaction: “Danny and Maura seemed to be having a great time. They looked like they had a brief drunken kiss.

“Danny and Maura seem to have a close friendship after meeting in the jungle. They were talking and laughing for ages.”

It has been reported that they sat at different tables for the actual ceremony which was held earlier in the night at the London O2 Arena.

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