Maura Higgins has shared a glimpse of her gruelling Dancing With The Stars training session as she prepares to make her debut on the US show. The 35-year-old Love Island star is paired up with her pal and Shirley Ballas’ professional dancer son Mark, in a move that has sparked a ‘fix row’ with her unimpressed co-stars.Yet Maura brushed aside the drama as she got stuck into rehearsals in new Instagram pictures shared on Saturday, and by the looks of it, Mark is certainly putting her through her paces.Among the snaps documenting her time on the programme so far, one image shows the Irish beauty hunched over on the floor as she sips a bottle of water.An exhausted-looking Maura, clad in black gym wear and gold dance shoes, looked lost in her own world as she tried to catch her breath amid the training.However, another snap showed that Mark has already pushed her to her limits, with Maura seen sprawled out on the floor. Maura Higgins has shared a glimpse of her gruelling Dancing With The Stars training session as she prepares to make her debut on the US show Maura brushed aside the ‘fix row’ drama as she got stuck into rehearsals in new pictures shared on Saturday, and by the looks of it, she is certainly being put through her paces The 35-year-old Love Island star is paired up with her pal and Shirley Ballas’ professional dancer son Mark, in a move that has sparked a ‘fix row’ with her unimpressed co-stars Further shots show Mark hilariously pulling on Maura’s shoe, while he later gave a thumbs up while she sat on the floor with a bin close by. Among Maura’s album are several behind-the-scenes shots of Maura and Mark having fun as they promoted the show, with the two having struck up a friendship earlier in the year on The Traitors US. However, while the pair are having fun, Maura’s appearance on the show has already ruffled some feathers before the competition has even started. After her pairing with Mark was revealed and the star being seen rubbing shoulders with judge Bruno Tonioli on a night out, her co-stars are allegedly not best pleased. A source revealed: ‘Maura’s been rubbing everyone up the wrong way, even before their first spray tans have dried.’She was desperate to be partnered with Mark, who’s hugely popular, and was dead against Gleb, who’s now out of a job. It’s as if what Maura says goes.’They told The Sun: ‘She’s even made sure to get close to judge Bruno Tonioli and wasted no time posing arm-in-arm with him after a night out. ‘It’s not gone unnoticed within the cast that she’s being favoured. It’s as if she’s being set up to win.’ The Daily Mail has contacted Maura’s representatives for comment. Further shots show Mark hilariously pulling on Maura’s shoe While he later gave a thumbs up while she sat on the floor with a bin close by Among Maura’s album are several behind-the-scenes shots of Maura and Mark having fun as they promoted the show, with the two having struck up a friendship earlier in the year of The Traitors US The pair appear to be getting along swimmingly The duo dressed to impress while shooting promotional images Maura showed off her moves in another snapMaura – who was recently announced as the co-host of I’m A Celebrity US, will earn £93k even if she’s kicked out in the first two weeks, which increases by an additional £7k per week for the third and fourth weeks.If you make it to week five, there’s another £11k on the table and an additional £20k for week six. Weeks eight and nine earn celebrities an extra £22k a week. Maura appears to have already grown close to judge Bruno, as they linked arms on a night out together on Tuesday evening.And Maura and Mark already know each other after they both appeared on the US Traitors earlier this year and are now set to embark on a new challenge together.Their pairing comes after Maura was very vocal about a particular professional dancer she did not want to be partnered with. She sparked controversy after she said she didn’t want to face the Russian professional dancer Gleb Savchenko because she doesn’t agree with the ‘way he talks about women’.She said she will be remaining fiercely ‘loyal’ to her best pal and former DWTS contestant Brooks Nader, who dated Gleb.Gleb has since responded to Maura explaining he has ‘never heard’ of the star and insisted he will not ‘lose any sleep over the opinion of someone I’ve never met’. After her pairing with Mark was revealed and the star being seen rubbing shoulders with judge Bruno Tonioli on a night out, her co-stars are allegedly not best pleased In a statement to the Daily Mail he said: ‘Until I was asked to comment on this story, I’d genuinely never heard of this girl, Maura, so I’m certainly not going to lose any sleep over the opinions of someone I’ve never met.’It’s odd to publicly attack someone you’ve never even met, but if that’s how she wants to make headlines before the show starts, that’s her choice.’I’ll stay focused and leave the unnecessary drama to everyone else.’Gleb and Brooks endured a ‘messy’ split after they sparked a romance during their time partnered on the show in 2024.Maura told E! News: ‘I’d be happy with anyone but Gleb. That’s only because I’m loyal and I’m friends with Brooks [Nader].’She added: ‘I don’t really like the way he speaks about women. I don’t really want to spend all my time with someone like that. I’m like, no thank you.’