Jess Wright Podcast Faces Backlash Over Thong Bikini Comments

Jess Wright Podcast Faces Backlash Over Thong Bikini Comments

The Jess Wright podcast, hosted by Jess Wright, Carol Wright, and Natalya Wright, has sparked significant controversy following remarks made about thong bikinis. The comments, deemed “degrading and disrespectful” by social media users, led to public apologies from the hosts.

During a recent episode, Jess Wright revealed that her husband, Will Kemp, “hates” thong bikinis, stating, “I cannot understand how she thinks that’s attractive. Put it away and leave something to the imagination. Who wants to see up their butts?” Carol Wright echoed this sentiment, mentioning that her husband, Mark Wright Sr., finds thong bikinis “unsexy”.

In response to the backlash, Jess Wright issued an apology, saying, “In response to comments we made on our podcast. We’ve listened, we hear you and we want to say sorry.” She further acknowledged that their “judgment was wrong” and committed to doing better in the future.

The controversy intensified when Dani Imbert responded with a TikTok video wearing a thong bikini, highlighting the perceived hypocrisy of the Wrights’ comments, especially given Jess’s past use of thong bikinis.

The podcast episode, which originally aired in November 2025, has since seen the clip discussing thong bikinis deleted from Instagram, although it continues to circulate on TikTok.

Jess Wright, now 40, rose to fame on the reality show The Only Way Is Essex (TOWIE) from 2010 to 2016. She married Will Kemp in 2021, and they welcomed their son, Presley, in 2022. Carol Wright, aged 65, is married to Mark Wright Sr., who wed actress Michelle Keegan in 2015, and they have a daughter named Palma. Natalya Wright, at 25, is also part of the family dynamic featured in the podcast.

As the situation develops, observers are keen to see how the Wrights will address the ongoing criticism and whether further actions will be taken to rectify the situation. Details remain unconfirmed.