The Essex boy, 27, has already appeared on I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here and bosses are said to be certain he will pull in viewers for the show.
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According to sources, the BBC One show originally wanted both Mark and his fiancée Michelle Keegan to appear, but the former Corrie star snubbed the offer to focus on her acting.
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“Having a couple go head-to-head would have made great TV, but we are delighted to have Mark,” a source told The Sun.
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“Bosses are confident he can win over the audience given his success winning I’m a Celebrity.”
Following his exit from TOWIE, Mark landed multiple presenting gigs, including Take Me Out: The Gossip, a weekly slot on Heart FM and his own series Party Wright Around The World.
Meanwhile, Mark and Michelle moved into their first place together this week. The couple chose Mark’s native Essex and Michelle previously gushed that is her ‘dream home’.
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Unsurprisingly, Nanny Pat was on hand to help her grandson and soon to be granddaughter-in-law move in.
Last night Mark posted a picture of his Nan getting stuck in with the ironing, writing: “My nanny pat is round ironing the sheets. She insists to help with the moving in so I poured her a nice cold beer.”
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