Danny Dyer’s mate Inbetweeners star James Buckley wades into feud with Mark Wright
The TV made his unexpected outburst days after revealing he was a guest at the EastEnders star's wedding to Joanne Mas
THE INBETWEENERS star James Buckley has waded into the bitter spat between Danny Dyer and Mark Wright, slagging off the ex Towie hunk's acting and likening him to none other than Kermit the Frog.
The outspoken TV funnyman - a firm buddy of EastEnders actor Danny - made his comments after The Sun Online exclusively revealed details of the pair's bust-up at The V Festival in August.
Showing just whose corner he is fighting James, who partied with the east London lad at his wedding to Joanne Mas this year, said: "There are people in reality shows that you know have aspirations to be an actor or singer an they see it as a quicker route.
"Then someone takes them out of their comfort zone and, well, look at Mark Wright.
He added to : "I'm sure he's nice but he's like a Cockney Kermit the Frog."
James appeared on this weekend's episode of Channel 4 show Sunday Brunch, where he talked about his close friendship with Danny.
His comments will have only added to the bad blood between the TV duo.
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Danny, who plays Queen Vic landlord Mick Carter in the BBC soap and was said to have thrown the first punch during the shock brawl with Michelle Keegan's husband in August.
A bystander, aged 36, reveals it all started when 20-year-old Dani started shouting abuse at the three men when she spotted them walking from the VIP Mahiki area to the toilets.
“I saw a young woman shouting at the three men calling them c**ts cover and over again,” says the witness who was a guest of Mahiki. “She was screaming and shouting, ‘Mark Wright is a c**t!’
The eyewitness then saw one of Mark’s friends tell her to ‘shut up’ but claims Dani started getting more aggressive and abusive about Mark – even though he was nowhere to be seen.
“One of Mark’s friends tried to get her to go away and told her to ‘shut up’ but she wouldn’t stop shouting, it was like she was trying to provoke them as she was in their faces and getting louder and louder – it was then that Danny Dyer came round the corner to intervene and I saw him throw a punch at one of them.”
Danny, who had attended V Festival with his fiancée Jo and daughter Dani, 20, as part of their stag and hen weekend, confronted Mark’s friends with his EastEnders co-star Danny Boy Hatchard, after he saw them speaking to daughter, Dani.
Mark, who was at V Festival partying on a lads’ weekend with five pals, had been drinking with other celebrities in the Mahiki VIP area, and stumbled across the confrontation which unfolded behind the VIP area in a dark alleyway close the toilets.
The bystander added: “Mark reached out for Danny and shook his hand and they had a chat afterwards – it seemed like it was all water under the bridge as they both smiled, shook hands again and walked away. It seemed friendly in the end.”
Danny and Mark have never really seen eye-to-eye.
Just a week before their row, Danny stirred things up and Tweeted a snide remark about Mark's radio show.
He wrote: "My worst nightmare would be listening to Heart FM while eating an Oykos yoghurt. It would be like p***ing razor blades.”
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