He bagged his first hosting job the following year by fronting the ITV2 spin-off show to ITV1 dating series Take Me Out, while also filming his own reality series called Mark Wright's Hollywood Nights alongside his close pals and securing a presenting slot on Heart FM. His time on the TOWIE will be remember for his on/off relationship with ex-fiancée Lauren Goodger, his romances with co-stars Sam Faiers and Lucy Mecklenburgh, as well as his close friendship James 'Arg' Argent.Īfter his shock departure in 2011, he went onto star on the 11th series of I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! later that year, finishing runner-up to King of the Jungle, McFly star Dougie Poynter. One of the show's original castmembers, Mark enjoyed a previous brush with fame being Jack Tweedy best man at his wedding to Big Brother star Jade Goody, who had terminal cancer, in 2009. The former nightclub promoter is arguably the reality show's biggest success story. Jess left TOWIE in 2016 five years after Mark quit to concentrate on his own TV career. She recently gave birth to son Presley, her first child with husband William Lee-Kemp. Jess, meanwhile, now lives in a £1.4million ultra-modern terraced house in nearby Chigwell. The couple were given planning permission to demolish an existing £1.3 million farmhouse and construct a five-bedroom new build complete with a bar, make-up room, gym and outdoor swimming pool. Mark and Michelle, who married in 2015, started work on their dream home in 2020, and in September 2022, they were finally able to move in. 'I think the parents moved away from here about 15-years or so ago - just before TOWIE aired on television.' 'One of the neighbours lent them a ladder and I think it was Mark Jnr who climbed it to reach a top window, which he squeezed through and came down and opened the front door. It seemed like the whole community came out to help them. 'One day they were in a bit of a panic because they'd locked themselves out. 'Mark and Jess were typical teenagers, they'd go out quite a lot and come home late at night. Speaking to MailOnline, their old Neighbour recalled: 'They were a nice family, quite noisy, but we got on well with them. Indeed, they once even came to their aid when the pair got locked out of their house. The pebble-dashed semi has a large wrap-around driveway and an outhouse at the bottom of the back garden.Īnd according to a former neighbour, Mark and Jess were notorious for their partying but were well respected by local residents. Making the Wright move! How Mark went from a humble terraced home in East London to a £3.5m Essex mansion after building an empire from his TOWIE stint (pictured with wife Michelle Keegan in January)
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