Mark Wright’s mum has hit back at claims she’s the “𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓-𝒊𝒏-𝒍𝒂𝒘 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅” to Michelle Keegan

The mother of The Only Way is Essex star Mark Wright has defended herself from being labelled ‘the worst mother-in-law in the world’ to Michelle Keegan.

Carol Wright, 65, spoke about what it’s like to have a son who gets into a relationship, and admitted ‘it’s a hard one’.

She went on: ‘Everyone’s sons are […] they’re your sons and […] a woman comes along, and they do take your son.’

The mother-of-four has two sons, Mark and Josh. TV personality Mark is married to actor Michelle, 38, and football manager Josh is married to digital creator Hollie Kane Wright.

Speaking on her podcast, Wright at Home, with her two daughters, Natalya Wright, 25, and Jessica Wright, 40, the 65-year-old’s words came in response to a dilemma sent in by a listener.

It read: ‘Whenever my mother-in-law comes over, she acts like I stole her son’.

After her mum began to speak, Jessica interrupted: ‘Be careful what you say, mum, cause the narrative of you at the minute is that you were the worst mother-in-law in the world.’

Carol laughed and then continued with her point: ‘But, I’m a bit different, because I actually hold back, because of that reason.

‘I always think that when the girl comes into our family, they feel a bit overpowering [sic] because there’s so many of us, so […] I hold back a bit.’

Jess went on to discuss her frustrations with the narrative that her mum was an ‘evil mother-in-law’: ‘It was so bad’.

Carol agreed, adding: ‘It’s nothing like me, I’m totally the opposite’.

To which Jess replied: ‘You’re so not like that, and you couldn’t be more opposite with Hollie and Michelle’.

In an iconic scene from TOWIE, Carol Wright was seen conversing with her son’s ex, Lauren Goodger, in a supermarket.

During their encounter, Carol revealed that Mark’s rumoured love interest at the time, Sam Faiers, was coming round for dinner, and some fans thought this portrayed Carol as a difficult mother-in-law.

When Mark and Lauren split, Carol said she felt ‘relieved’ because they weren’t right for each other, but said she’d always be there for her, according to The Evening Standard.

Around the time Mark and Michelle got married, Carol told new! magazine that Michelle was the ‘perfect partner’ for her son.

The actress has also previously referred to Carol as her ‘second Mummy’.