British reality TV star found dead at 33 in Thailand drainage ditch

“The Only Way Is Essex” prima Jordan Wright has died. He was 33.

The British reality TV prima was recovered dead in a drainage canal successful Thailand connected March 14, Daily Mail reported Thursday.

The outlet reported that nan assemblage of a British man — who was later identified arsenic Wright — was discovered look down successful stagnant h2o by a Burmese worker adjacent to Bang Tao Beach, Phuket, astatine astir 12:30 p.m. section clip Saturday.

At nan clip of his death, Wright was wearing a grey T-shirt and achromatic pants, but was barefoot.

Authorities reportedly recovered his brand-new iPhone 17 connected a adjacent bank, and his pockets contained a edifice cardinal paper for COCO Phuket Bangtao, a 20-minute locomotion from wherever he was found.

Police main Sutthirak Chuthong of Choeng Thale territory position besides confirmed to nan Daily Mail that edifice unit had been trying to interaction Wright because he “never checked out” of his room connected March 13, for illustration he was expected to.

After searching his edifice room, they discovered “no signs of forced introduction aliases different irregularities.”

However, “CCTV footage showed that he appeared restless and was moving backmost and distant successful beforehand of nan edifice earlier leaving nan area. His movements yet led to nan location wherever his assemblage was later discovered.”

Chuthong added, “We are still waiting for nan autopsy results from Vachira Phuket Hospital to find whether narcotics were coming successful his system.”

Police Lieutenant Colonel Suthirak Chuthong of nan Choeng Thale Police Station said Wright is believed to person been dormant for nary much than 2 days earlier being discovered.

“The lawsuit remains nether investigation while we hold for nan charismatic autopsy results,” he added, noting that they cannot yet merchandise a origin of death.

Wright roseate to fame erstwhile he appeared successful 8 episodes of “Ex On The Beach” successful 2017 and 17 episodes of “TOWIE” successful 2018.

However, he was allegedly axed from ITV amid claims that he was taking sick clip disconnected from nan London Fire Brigade to movie nan show.

Wright later discontinue reality TV to return to his occupation arsenic a firefighter.

However, he precocious traded his profession to go a financial investor, per his LinkedIn, and moved to Thailand to commencement a caller life.

In December 2025, he shared an Instagram carousel featuring respective shots of him successful Phuket, which he captioned, “A very breathtaking twelvemonth up 😊🇹🇭🇹🇭.”

By January, he announced he had officially moved to Thailand and called it “home” in his past Instagram post earlier this month.