NEWS
After cruel comments from fans over their differing careers, Mark Wright and Michelle Keegan have made a pact to support each other
They continued to pack-on the PDAs Down Under last week – soaking up the sun on Sydney’s Bondi beach while Michelle Keegan enjoyed a break from filming her second series of Ten Pound Poms, alongside her husband, Mark Wright.
But trolls were quick to rain on their parade – labelling the former TOWIE star, 37, “Mark No Job Wright” and accusing him of “keeping his meal ticket sweet”, after his actress wife, 36, has been tipped to land Hollywood fame amid the huge success of her recent Netflix drama, Fool Me Once.
Another cruelly jibed, “Love the fact all he’s carrying is his shows. She carries everything else”, while another said, “He’s a nobody now. Five minute wonder!”
And insiders say while the couple try to rise above the negative backlash, the recent influx of comments have left Mark feeling insecure – with Michelle doing her best to reassure him.
A source says, “Mark has been doing his best to put on a brave face and ignore the comments, but it’s easier said than done – especially when he’s already feeling conscious of the fact that he’s not where he thought he’d be at this point in his career.
“He’s immensely proud and supportive of Michelle, but it does hurt when the haters come out in full force and belittle him. “Michelle is conscious of Mark feeling in any way inferior to her or demasculinised, and seeing how affected he was by the cruel jibes sparked a deep heart-to-heart and, in a way, made them stronger.”
SETBACKS
The couple – who tied the knot in 2015 – met on the showbiz circuit, after both rising to fame as TV stars. Mark first entered the spotlight on reality show TOWIE in 2010 – famed for his explosive relationship with Lauren Goodger – while Michelle worked as an actress on Coronation Street from 2008 to 2014.
Michelle’s career has since gone from strength to strength, with her landing roles in TV hits such as Our Girl and Brassic. And following the huge success and praise for her acting on Fool Me Once this year, she’s reportedly been “inundated” with offers from Hollywood movie execs and has even been tipped to be the next Bond girl.
Meanwhile, Mark has done other reality TV shows over the years, as well as presenting gigs and launching fashion brands – and his current focus is his weekend radio show and his fitness business, Live Wright.
But he has faced a series of setbacks in his TV career. His American presenting career on celeb TV show Extra came to an end in 2020, with Mark returning home and later saying he was too homesick.
And in 2022, Mark was said to have tainted his role with ITV after pulling out of hosting sports reality show, The Games, vi
