Wright started at the Surrey Mail group of newspapers in
Godalming as a junior journalist under the tutorledge of editor Peter Tribe. Wright became a showbusiness correspondent with
The Sun and later wrote a column for the
Daily Mirror in the 1990s, with future
3AM girl Polly Graham as his assistant. During his time at the
Daily Mirror, Wright covered numerous celebrity stories, including the wedding of
Phil Collins and Orianne Cevey in 1999, which he said was the longest wedding he had ever been to.
The Wright Stuff Wright left the
Daily Mirror in 2000 to pursue a television career and launch the website mykindaplace.com. He was chosen to front Channel 5's daily topical discussion series
The Wright Stuff, which started broadcasting in September 2000. Wright originally co-presented the series with panellists
James O'Brien and
Kate Silverton. After a couple of years, O'Brien and Silverton were replaced by a new panel every week and the series began attracting celebrities to guest on the panel every day. In 2002, Wright named
John Leslie live on air as the television presenter being linked to the alleged rape of
Ulrika Jonsson. Wright subsequently said he could not remember saying Leslie's name during the show. In a
Sky 1 show,
John Leslie: My Year of Hell, Wright offered Leslie an apology. Leslie confirmed he would not sue Wright, saying: "I think he just made a really big mistake and unfortunately I was the one paying the price." In October 2011, Wright asked male viewers of
The Wright Stuff if they would have
sex with
Amanda Knox, who had just been acquitted of the
murder of Meredith Kercher. Wright introduced a debate on Knox's future with an on-screen caption headed "Foxy Knoxy: Would Ya?" and told viewers: "She's entirely innocent. She's also undeniably
fit and loves wild sex. Or did. So if you were a guy who'd met her in a bar and she invited you back to hers, would you go?" Wright apologised for the segment the following day, stating: "While I'm not going to apologise for discussing Amanda Knox's future after all the terrible things the media has said about her these past four years, I do want to say sorry for the way I framed the debate. The on-screen title was wrong, no doubt about it." In December 2011, during a discussion on his show about the murder of Scottish teenager Liam Aitchison, Wright said in a mock Scottish accent: "There's been another murder!", a reference to the television series
Taggart. This led to more than 2,000 viewer complaints and an investigation by regulator
Ofcom. This edition of
The Wright Stuff resulted in more complaints being made to Ofcom than any other programme in 2011. Wright personally wrote to Aitchison's family by way of apology. Wright announced on 1 May 2018 that he was to leave
The Wright Stuff after 18 years. Wright's last show was broadcast on 14 June 2018, and various guest presenters took turns at presenting throughout the forthcoming summer. The show has continued with
Jeremy Vine hosting
Jeremy Vine.
Other broadcasting and media In 2007, Wright was announced as the lead presenter on
BBC One's
Inside Out programme in the London area. In September 2011, Wright joined the
Daily Star Sunday as a columnist, but was dropped by the newspaper in March 2012. In November 2013, Wright appeared in the 13th series of ''
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!. During this time on the series, The Wright Stuff'' was guest-presented by
Richard Madeley for almost a month. He was the fourth participant to be voted out of the series in a double eviction with campmate
Vincent Simone on 3 December. In September 2018, Wright joined national speech station
Talkradio presenting weekday afternoons. He left the station in March 2020. In November 2023, Wright replaced
Andrew Castle on Weekend Breakfast at
LBC. ==Personal life==