Mario Falcone has claimed he's grown up since he was suspended from The Only Way Is Essex.

The star was put on a break from the reality series earlier in the year after he was caught taking cocaine and although now he's back filming once more on the Spanish party island of Ibiza, he insists his wild days are over.

Mario Falcone

Speaking to the Daily Mirror newspaper he said: "The industry we are in and the age I am, you do things that are out of character and very immature and that is part of growing up... It wasn't a dark place or anything like I have been in the past, it was just stupidity. It is a lesson learned."

And when quizzed how he'd respond if offered drugs abroad, he said he'd simply "turn a blind eye".

He also admitted he's hoping that the island could see him find a new girlfriend, as he recently became broody after becoming an uncle.

"I'm looking forward to experiencing the old part of the island, the nice part. I might meet a nice girl out here and take her to the nice part, you never know."

Mario continued: "Seriously. I never thought I would be broody because I have a godson and stuff, but it is not the same as being an uncle because he is my flesh and blood.

"My sisters and my mum are trying to push me to settle down and have all that. I think I could if I met the right girl."


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