Mario Falcone: I've slept with over 500 women

Look out Mark Wright - there's a new Lothario strutting around Brentwood.

Yes, it's no secret that TOWIE stud Mario Falcone is rather easy on the eyes, but even we were a tad shocked when we discovered that he's slept with over 500 women, despite the fact he's only 24.

If he keeps this up, he'll even beat Corrie star William Roache's record of over 1000 women in no time - yikes!

In a frankly honest interview with Now magazine, Mario admitted that he is a recovered sex addicted and even confessed that he once slept with five girls in a single night. Classy.

What's more, he also revealed in the interview that he once slept with a staggering 23 ladies on a two week holiday in Crete.

He said in the interview: "I was 15 when I lost my virginity. I've had two serious girlfriends and was with each one for two years. But when we broke up, I'd go mental."

Despite his wild ways, the TOWIE pin-up is now adamant that his wild days are long behind him and that he is happy with his current girlfriend and reality TV star Lucy Mecklenburgh.

He said: "With Lucy, we have sex a lot. I get more of a thrill out of that than when I used to wake up and see a girl next to me and think, 'Get out of my house!"

Crikey - with charming words like that, we're surprised that he managed to get anyone to go home with him...

We can't help but wonder what his long suffering lady Lucy, has to say about Mario's promiscuous past - did she know about his womanising ways?

If she didn't, we have a feeling that this week's TOWIE episodes are going to be rather interesting...