Mario Falcone
{{Short description|English television personality}}
{{distinguish|Mario Falconi}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2014}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Mario Falcone
| birth_name = Mario Lorenzo Falcone{{cite tweet|user=Mario Falcone|number=402732498515689472|date=19 November 2013|title=This came today :-).... 6 weeks left of my ban and I am back!!!!!}}
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Essex, England
| years_active = 2011–present
| occupation = Television personality, tailor
| television = The Only Way Is Essex
Celebrity Big Brother
| relatives = Giovanna Fletcher (sister)
Tom Fletcher (brother-in-law)
| spouse =
{{marraige|Becky Meisner| 1 June 2022}}
| partner = Lucy Mecklenburgh (2010–2012)
}}
Mario Lorenzo Falcone is an English television personality and tailor. He is known for his appearances in the reality programme The Only Way Is Essex.{{cite web|url=http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/whats-on/whats-on-news/towie-star-mario-falcone-becomes-10470392|title=TOWIE star Mario Falcone becomes latest sign up to Warwickshire dating app|first=James|last=Rodger|date=20 November 2015|work=Coventry Telegraph}}{{cite web|url=https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/2015/02/27/40-bottles-of-champagne-downed-as-towie-star-mario-falcone-opens-dundee-salon/|title=40 bottles of champagne downed as TOWIE star Mario Falcone opens Dundee salon|first=Scott|last=Lorimer|date=27 February 2015|work=Evening Telegraph}}
Career
Falcone made his debut appearance on The Only Way Is Essex during the third series in 2011 and stayed until the sixteenth series, before returning for the nineteenth series and departing again after the twenty-first series.{{cite web|url=http://www.croydonguardian.co.uk/news/13585606.The_Only_Way_Is_Essex_s_Mario_Falcone_leaves_the_show/|title=The Only Way Is Essex's Mario Falcone leaves the show|website=Croydon Guardian}} He was suspended for promoting slimming pills on social media.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/11683404/Gemma-Collins-suspended-from-Towie.html|title=Gemma Collins suspended from Towie|publisher=}}
On 22 August 2013, Falcone entered the Celebrity Big Brother house, competing in the twelfth series.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/who-they-channel-5-boss-admits-he-doesnt-know-who-half-the-contestants-are-on-celebrity-big-brother-8783320.html|title='Who they?' - Channel 5 boss admits he doesn't know who 'half' the contestants are on Celebrity Big Brother 2013|last=Renaud-Komiya|first=Nick|date=24 August 2013|work=The Independent}} He was the third TOWIE cast member to appear on the show, following Amy Childs in 2011 and Kirk Norcross in 2012. On 13 September, he finished fifth and left the house with fellow housemate and sixth place Vicky Entwistle.{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/24105824/geordie-shores-charlotte-crosby-wins-celeb-big-brother|title=Geordie Shore's Charlotte Crosby wins Celeb Big Brother|date=16 September 2013|work=BBC Newsbeat|accessdate=10 April 2017}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a515393/celebrity-big-brother-final-vicky-entwistle-mario-falcone-leave-house/|title = Big Brother final: Vicky 6th, Mario 5th| website=Digital Spy |date = 13 September 2013}}
Personal life
Brought up in Shenfield, Essex, Falcone is English of Italian descent.{{cite tweet|user=Mario_Falcone|author=Mario Falcone|number=70238063003054080|date=16 May 2011|title=@albadgtddh half Italian... Mario lorenzo falcone lol}}{{cite web|url=http://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/news/14789620.Mario_Falcone_reveals_he_had_surgery_after_Twitter_accounts_were_set_up_for_his_nose/|title=Mario Falcone reveals he had surgery after Twitter accounts were set up for his nose|website=Greenock Telegraph}} He has two sisters: Giorgina and author Giovanna Fletcher, who is the wife of McFly's Tom Fletcher.{{cite web|url=http://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/466596/giovanna-fletcher|title=Mario Falcone shares snap of 'beautiful' sister Giovanna Fletcher's baby bump|first=Emily|last=Cole|date=18 November 2013|work=OK!}} Falcone was previously engaged to Lucy Mecklenburgh; they split in 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/10/18/towie-mario-lucy_n_1978227.html|title=The Engagement's Off!|first1=Ashley Percival Entertainment|last1=Reporter|first2=The Huffington Post|last2=UK|date=18 October 2012|website=HuffPost UK}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |
| 2011–2018, 2020
| Himself | Cast member |
| 2012
| Himself | Guest, 1 episode |
| 2013
| Himself | Series 12 housemate |
| 2013, 2014
| Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side | Himself |
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Category:Television personalities from Essex
Category:English television personalities
Category:English people of Italian descent