It’s a classic manoeuvre: pretend you’re friends with a person whose public profile is greater than your own and hope no one finds out you’re full of shit.
But deliciously vain ex-‘Bachelor’ contestant / current ‘I’m A Celebrity’ contestant Keira Maguire got found out doing just that on national television, outed by the very person who she claims to be best friends with: model Kris Smith.
The Melbourne personality told everyone who’d listen about their close personal friendship when she first joined the rest of the cast in the African jungle.
“I know Kris. We see each other all the time,” she said.
Fast forward to a piece-to-camera with Kris himself, in which he clarifies they met one time.
“We used to live in a similar suburb – a friend of mine owns a bar and I’d always go down and have a drink. She introduced herself to me in that bar. Nice to meet you, quick chat – off I went.”
Back at the campsite, Keira tried extra hard to cement their faux-friendship in front of everyone.
“Kris, do you think it’s weird that I’m in here?” she asked him.“Do I think it’s weird? Why?”,” he shot back.“Cos, like, did you even know that I went on The Bachelor?”“You told me when I saw you… once.”“Oh yeah. I just didn’t know if you knew.”
In private, Kris cracked it to the cameras.
“Why would I be surprised that [she’s] here?! She thinks we’re best of mates and … I don’t really know her at all.”
When comedian and fellow contestant Nazeem Hussain caught a second alone with Kris later on, he couldn’t help riling him up about it.
“Seems like you’re downplaying your friendship,” he jibed.
“She’s upstaging it. Massively. ‘Did you know I was on The Bachelor?’ Yeah, you told me on one of the five times I’ve ever met you in my life!,” Kris said.
Keira’s face when she gets booted and watches all this back:
Photo: The Bachelor.
