Mark Wright has emotionally opened up about the constant thought that plagues him despite forging a successful career and finding the love of his life in Michelle Keegan. The former reality star shot to fame on The Only Way is Essex before turning to TV and radio presenting.
But Mark had confessed that the trauma he faced as a child has led him to believe he'll lose his own fortune someday. Speaking on the Big Fish with Spencer Matthew podcast the 36-year-old explained the struggles his father went through when they lost everything.
He shared that when his dad lost their money, they were forced to sell their home and move into a flat, before his parents and siblings ended up staying separately with different relatives.
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"I've always believed in my heart, I'm gonna lose it all one day and I can't get it out of my head," Mark candidly shared. "I watched my dad go from pretty wealthy when we were kids, and he lost everything."
Sharing what happened, he went on: "It happened between the age of six to eight or nine, and even at such a young age. I was so aware of it, whereas my sister and brother wasn't really. They were more oblivious and just thinking we were leaving our big house and going into a one-bedroom flat and then having no home and living separately with our nans and granddads because we couldn't afford a house.
"I knew what it was I watched him go through this stress, I watched him turn to drink pretty badly, I watched him argue with my mum, they're still together by the way, they went through everything. So that's left me with trauma."
It comes after Mark was seen getting emotional on his new BBC One show, A Wright Family Holiday, as he spoke about working more and pushing his loved ones away due to his fears that one day he'll lose everything he has worked hard for. In the programme, which he filmed with his dad Mark Snr and brother Josh, Mark said: "I'm fully aware I haven't been present enough and I need to be.
"I know that I've not been me and who I should have been the last few years and that's what this is all abut, just trying to make up for it." Josh told him: "You had a spell but that happens in life."
But Mark was heard telling viewers: "Being away from my family has happened gradually more and more and I'm not proud of it. I haven't wanted it to be that way but I can't say no to work because I'm so in fear of losing it all. I have this real struggle overcoming that fear that one day it's all going to be gone."
As they sat together, his dad and brother spoke about how Mark "took too much on at once" and they "lost the Mark we knew and grew up with" to which the star replied: "I didn't know I was like that." He then became emotional as he asked his dad, who almost died last year after contracting Covid: "Have I let you down as a son?"
"You haven't let no one down," Mark Snr replied. "You've not let yourself down, me, Josh, the family, no one else. You shouldn't even go down that road, don't even go there." But Mark explained: "What I mean is I pride myself on being the best son, the best brother and I got to a point of thinking..." He then struggled to speak as his dad assured him: "You can only be who you are. You're striving too hard to achieve certain things."
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