Dancing On Ice’s Joey Essex finally breaks his silence on steamy snog with Maura Higgins

JOEY Essex has finally broken his silence on THAT steamy snog with Maura Higgins.

The pair were famously snapped locking lips at the Pride of Britain Awards back in October.

And while Joey has remained silent on the clinch since then, he has now opened up after being quizzed in a new interview.

Speaking to heat magazine, Joey, 32, was asked what happened and admitted: “I don’t know! I can’t even remember.”

He then added, cheekily: “I mean all I remember is her tongue being down my throat to be honest!”

At this point the publication notes that Joey’s publicist steps in and asks the interview to move onto a different topic of conversation.

Joey and Maura’s tongue-wagging moment came inside London’s Grosvenor House three months ago.

The pair snogged before leaving the venue in the same taxi.

The former Towie star pulled Maura in towards him and held her close, seemingly without caring about those who were watching.

The pair bundled into the back seat and used her frilly yellow dress to sneak another intimate moment together.

Since then, however, attention has turned to Joey’s relationship with his Dancing on Ice partner Vanessa Bauer.

In recent weeks fans have been wondering if Joey and Vanessa, 26, are an item.

During Sunday’s launch show for the new series of the skating competition, the professional skater couldn’t help but make a cheeky comment about the Towie star in the VT before their performance.

“It would be such a dream to go all the way with you,” Vanessa said.

Joey replied: “Aw that’s cute!”