Mark Wright's cousin Elliott referred to the 'trials and tribulations' he went through with James 'Arg' Argent as the former TOWIE star took to the stage weeks after his domestic violence arrest.
“Never gonna make you cry… Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you,” crooned Argent as he shamelessly returned to the stage with a medley of gushing love songs after being arrested for domestic violence against his model girlfriend.
The disgraced TOWIE star sang a slew of romantic hits, danced with hen parties and spoke about his Towie past as he took to the stage at Olivia’s La Cala restaurant in Marbella, owned by Elliott, just days after girlfriend Nicoline Artursson's catalogue of injuries were revealed in full.
Argent had been arrested by Spanish police on May 5 after former an incident at the home they were sharing when a row turned violent. After accepting a plea bargain Argent avoided a jail sentence, and on Thursday night returned to the same Spanish resort the incident took place in to entertain diners.
Performing at the restaurant owned by Mark Wright's cousin Elliott, a newly-single Arg belted out a slew of gushing love songs from Madness’ It Must be Love to the Temptations classic My Girl.
“This is party season, it’s party time,” began the TV regular as he started his set. He later asked the crowd: “I don’t suppose any of you lot have seen a little show called The Only Way is Essex before?”
When approached by the Mirror if he had any words for girlfriend Nicoline, Argent replied that he could not talk about the incident.
However, his former ITV cast-mate Elliott did appear to allude to the recent controversy as he introduced Arg to the stage.
"He’s been there for me like a rock. And that’s what friendship is. That’s how I’ve been brought up. We stand strong together no matter what happens," said Elliott.
