Career

Before his appearances on The Only Way Is Essex, Wright was a semi-professional footballer, with a youth career at Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....

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On 13 November 2011, he appeared on Series 11 of the ITV

ITV

ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...

 reality TV show, I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.

Personal life

He was engaged to Lauren Goodger, however the couple ended their engagement on 26 August 2011 due to Wright's claims that Goodger cheated on him during their relationship, a claim she vehemently denies. In TOWIE, it was revealed that Mark had cheated on Lauren with his previous girlfriend and co-star Lucy Mecklenburgh. He is the son of Carol Wright and the brother of Jessica Wright, Natalia Wright and footballer, Josh Wright

Josh Wright (footballer)

Joshua "Josh" Wright is an English footballer, who currently plays for Championship side Millwall. Wright signed for Millwall in November 2011, having previously played for Scunthorpe United during the 2010–11 season.-Club career:...

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Mario Falcone of The Only Way Is Essex

The Only Way Is Essex

The Only Way Is Essex, is a British BAFTA award-winning semi-reality show based in Essex, England. It shows "real people in modified situations, saying unscripted lines but in a structured way."...

 told RWD Magazine that he's been watching Mark in I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! despite it being revealed that Lucy Mecklenburgh cheated on him with Mark, stating, "I have been watching Mark in the Jungle but only because I’m affiliated with Dougie Poynter

Dougie Poynter

Dougie Lee Poynter is an English musician and the bass guitarist and vocalist for the pop rock boyband McFly.- McFly :...

 from McFly

McFly

McFly are an English pop rock band who first found fame in 2004. The band consists of Tom Fletcher , Danny Jones , Dougie Poynter and Harry Judd . They were signed to the Island Records label from their 2004 launch until December 2007, before creating their own label, Super Records...

.. cos my sister is engaged to Tom Fletcher

Tom Fletcher

Thomas Michael "Tom" Fletcher is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known as one of the lead vocalists and guitarists of English pop rock band McFly, in addition to being the group's founder and principal songwriter...

, so yeah, I have been watching him doing his thing... I think my phone bill is gonna be about two grand because I’ve been voting for him to do bush tucker trials... worth it... [laughs]... I think he’s coming across quite well, I was surprised.”

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