A THERAPY session might not sound like the jolliest start to a family holiday.
Just ask Mark Wright, whose obsession with work ended up under the microscope during a casual chat with his brood on the clan’s new travel series, A Wright Family Holiday.
The former Towie star is touring the UK with his brother Josh and dad Mark Sr in their new BBC programme.
The trio is due to see the best of Britain in a car ride from kitesurfing in Cornwall to bungee jumping in Scotland.
As they headed off on their first adventure, the Heart Radio star opened up on how he made a change.
He reveals in an upcoming episode of the travelogue: “Being away from my family has happened gradually, and it’s gotten more and more… I’m not proud of it.
“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 genuinely all going to be gone.
“It spirals, doesn’t it? If I feel like I’m going to lose it all, that makes me work more, that makes me see my family less and that makes my head feel a bit more crazy.”
The reality star turns to his dad for help after admitting his struggle to provide for their family pushed him to "strive for more".
He admits: "I pride myself being the best son, but dad, I think that comes from you.
"I genuinely think that comes from watching you go through the things you had to go through in life to get back on your feet.
"I think I’m so scared every day that everything that I’ve got is going to end.”
He is reassured by Mark Sr and Josh in the series, who admit they have worried he's "taking on too much".
Mark says: "I know that I’ve not been me, and who I should’ve been the last few years and that’s what this about. Just trying to make up for it.”
His brother adds: "You had a spell, but that happens in life. It came over you and I can see it, too much work, too much distraction from your life."
LOVE affairs often end with the seven-year itch – and Love Island’s relationship with viewers may be suffering the same fate.
When the show first aired in 2015, it was fresh and frisky and viewers fell for it hook, line and sinker.
But on Monday night the launch of its tenth series drew a peak of 1.5million viewers — a million down on 2022’s summer series and far fewer than the 3.3million who tuned in for 2019.
It meant you might've missed Maya Jama’s three outfit changes, and some genuinely exciting tweaks to the show.
But maybe that’s because Love Island is no longer made for you.
After the latest viewing figures landed, ITV shared some telling facts.
It said the episode was the year’s third most-watched show among its key age group of 16 to 34 on the channel.
Once those who watched on Monday via a mobile device had been added, the viewer count was up to 1.9million — and those who watch on catch-up are still to added to the total.
ITV said that, to date, Love Island has been streamed on ITVX 180million times.
The show isn’t losing viewers — its audience just isn’t watching TV in the traditional way.
ITV boss Kevin Lygo told the Edinburgh TV Festival: “This is a pattern you see when new programmes come along and are huge.
"On catch-up, it’s the best-performing series ever.
“Who’d think you could invent a programme that runs every night at 9pm for eight weeks and keeps viewers, especially young viewers who are hard to find?”
In another speech, he added: “Love Island . . . goes against what people say, that ‘Young people don’t watch TV’.”
I’ve no interest in my mother’s favourite show, Songs Of Praise — nor my niece’s, Celebs Go Dating.
But to write off either based on variable viewing figures would be wrong.
Love Island’s launch is always a slow burn, as we get to know the Islanders.
But it takes just one viral moment, like Ekin-Su Culculoglu’s hilarious terrace crawl last summer, to woo the masses.
I bet Love Island will stay our type on paper for a while yet.
JULIAN CLARY had mourners rolling in the aisles at Paul O'Grady’s funeral.
Alan Carr has revealed that the service last month saw Julian crack an off-the-cuff joke about a musical mishap by the organist.
The Chatty Man host told Kathy Burke on the Where There’s A Will, There’s A Wake podcast: “Julian did the eulogy and, of course, we were all in bits crying.
"A man comes out and plays the organ, and he was proper Les Dawson – all out of tune.
“We’re killing ourselves laughing . . . Julian gets up to do the eulogy and the vicar comes out.
"He mustn’t know Julian’s work, because he goes, ‘Can I just apologise, the organ needed pumping’.
“Julian just looked around, and went, ‘Thanks for clearing that up’.”
MICHEL ROUX JR isn’t just serving up a new cooking show with his Five Star Kitchen: Britain’s Next Great Chef – he’s handing one deserving cook the keys to a new life.
The Michelin star chef and restaurateur Mike Reid will reward their winner with their own eatery inside London’s plush The Langham hotel.
Among the hopefuls going head to head on Channel 4 are Jordan, who went from being homeless to running his own kitchen, and Russian-born Igor, who is deaf.
Jordan reveals in the first episode: “I got into a lot of trouble when I was younger, I would get arrested three or four times a week, stealing cars and drugs.”
Five Star Kitchen airs tomorrow at 8pm.
LOUIS THEROUX is one of the most honoured documentary makers – and doesn’t he know it.
The telly favourite says that he has won so many awards that bagging a gong doesn’t excite him that much these days.
Louis, who has two Baftas and a Royal Television Society award, told the Changes podcast: “I’ve won a few Baftas in my time and it’s surprising how in the moment you don’t feel thrilled.
"You feel a bit disconnected from it, and some part of me sort of short-circuits pleasure.
“There are times I feel very happy when work is going well, or I’ve filmed something or edited something . . .
"The work is the real pleasure.
“There’s something a bit weird about awards in general.”
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