Dan Osborne has issued a public apology to his wife, Jacqueline Jossa and his family following a string of cheating allegations in recent weeks.

Dan Osborne, who initially rose to fame after a stint on The Only Way Is Essex, shared a lengthy statement on Instagram this evening. Saying that he has "made mistakes", mistakes that almost cost him his family, the 28-year-old said that he has now realised the error of his ways. The Instagram post, issued on his official account, read:

"So after weeks, months, years of constant articles & rumours, some true, some very untrue. I want to publicly say, I know I have made mistakes, we all do as humans, but I've made some that have almost cost me my family.

"I have seriously learnt from these massively, so I want to publicly apologise to my beautiful wife and my family for the mistakes I've made.

"I am the luckiest man in the world to have what I have with Jacqueline and my three incredible children and I will spend the rest of my life being the best husband and dad that I can be.

"Jac, myself and our families are excited for the future, one filled with love and happiness together. We truly appreciate everyone that has supported us as a couple, we are ending this year stronger than ever."

Dan's apology comes after Jacqueline appeared on The Lorraine Kelly Show earlier today where she made reference to the allegations that have surfaced in recent weeks. Jacqueline is the winner of I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here 2019 and during her time in the jungle, her fellow campmate Myles Stephenson is thought to have made reference to Dan cheating. Myles previously dated Love Island star Gabby Allen and last year, rumours emerged that Dan and Gabby had become close after they both appeared as contestants on Celebrity Big Brother. Chatting to Lorraine this morning, former Eastenders actress Jacqueline said:

"The thing is, it’s really funny because we've been going it for two years - this isn’t new for me. "It got brought up again because of Myles but at the same time, I was glad it made me think about it, I didn't have a choice but to think about it... but it helped me. "I want to hit the restart button, it’s been two years of me giving him hell, he knows he’s done wrong, there's lots of stuff that’s not true that I can’t talk about for legal reasons, but we're OK".