THE EX-FACTOR
Lucy isn’t the only former lover who has spoken out about her past with Mark. The EX-TOWIE star had a very public relationship with his co-star Lauren Goodger, 31, with the pair dating on and off for ten years before getting engaged on the show in 2011, only to split five months later. Just last year, Lauren made explosive claims about Mark, even alleging that he was still “seeing” her when he started dating Michelle in 2012, which Mark denied. Last July she also claimed Mark got her kicked out of Essex hotspot Sheesh so they wouldn’t have to cross paths as he dined with wife Michelle. Mark’s rep denied the claims.
Lauren said, “Dylan Hunt, the owner, came over and said Mark and Michelle wanted to come up and have a drink and Mark wants you to go. I was like, ‘Are you for real?’ Dylan was really apologetic at the time and he actually said to me, ‘If I’m honest, I think it’s more Michelle than him’.”
And when she appeared on CBB in 2014, Lauren made remarks about their bedroom antics, revealing, “Our sex life is what kept us together. We fancied each other so much.”
That same year, Mark hit out at Lauren on Twitter, asking her to stop mentioning him in public as it was “disrespectful” for him and Michelle.
Former TOWIE star Sam Faiers, 27, who briefly dated Mark after his break-up from Lauren in 2011, also dished the dirt on their fling in her 2015 tell-all book.
Branding Mark a “player,” she said it was nice to see him find happiness with Michelle, writing, “It’s refreshing to see because playboys will always be playboys, but there’s proof in the pudding that they can fall in love and settle down.”