Mario Falcone has revealed he has slept with more than 500 women in his 24 years.

The Only Way Is Essex star’s girlfriend and co-star Lucy Mecklenburgh won’t be happy with the Italian tailor’s candid interview in which he also claims to have bedded five women in one night.

And during a two-week boys’ trip to Malta, he says he slept with 28 holidaymakers, Now magazine said yesterday.

Mario posed in just his pants, before disrobing and posing with just a towel around his neck, in a saucy photoshoot for Now magazine.

When asked how many women he had been with, he replied: “Over 500” and added: “People might frown on it, but I was a single young man, so I think it’s acceptable. If one of my mates told me he’s only slept with six girls, I’d be like ‘What? You’ve clearly been in a relationship too long’.

“I’ve had two serious girlfriends – I was with them both for two years. But when we broke up, I’d go absolutely mental and make the most of being single.

“The best I’ve done was five in one night, but that was all individually.”

But he said he was faithful to Lucy and they had a lot of sex to keep things alive.

“Before TOWIE when girls used to throw themselves at me, I knew it was because of my good looks and because I had a lot of swag. Now I don’t know if they’re only doing it because I’m on TV.”