Molly-Mae Hague has candidly spoken out about the ‘savage’ online trolling she receives about her weight and appearance – something that leaves her ‘devastated’
Everything Molly-Mae Hague does seems to garner huge attention these days. But one thing she has spoken out about rarely until now, is how vicious online trolling about her weight has affected her.
Trolls are one of the dark sides of fame – and something the 25-year-old discusses candidly in the latest episodes of her Amazon Prime Video docuseries. Molly, who sky-rocketed to fame on Love Island in 2019 alongside boxer Tommy Fury, with whom she shares daughter Bambi, two, reveals that trolling about her weight can be “savage” and leaves its mark.
As she attends a L’Oréal fashion event, Molly is seen telling make-up artist Val Garland, who is coaxing her to hit the catwalk, “I just couldn’t, these legs aren’t cut out for that – maybe next year.”
Later, when asked how confident she feels in her own skin, Molly admits she’s been on a “journey” after giving birth to Bambi. “I’ve got a lot of stretchmarks. My hips are a lot wider now. Every day, there’s pressure to look a certain way. What’s hard is I see a lot of comments online. When you see hundreds of people writing really negative things about you, my appearance, my weight – it can be a bit savage sometimes.”
And now, a source has claimed to new, “Molly-Mae is very successful but underneath it all, she’s just a very normal girl. It’s overwhelming being in the public eye sometimes, everything is under such scrutiny. She understands it’s the price you pay for a successful career in the spotlight but it does, of course, have an effect on her, the comments about her appearance hurt.”
They added, “She’s been broken-hearted so her confidence took a knock, but her main focus is her daughter and family – not her weight.
“She’s a down-to-earth person and doesn’t try to hide who she is, but that means she knows people will comment on what they see as the good and the bad, but it doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt. It’s devastating when people write horrible things about her appearance. No one would sign up for that.”
But Molly also knows how to look confident, even when she’s not feeling it, revealing on the show, “I can walk into a room and pretend that I am.” Admitting as she watched models on the catwalk that she didn’t have the confidence yet, she added that it’s something she’s “really going to work on”.
“A lot of these women walking the catwalk have had children, and they really owned their bodies. When is the cut-off point, where I can’t use the baby as an excuse any more, as to why [I’m]not in shape? I’ll use it forever!”
Body confidence is a lifelong journey, and one that Molly’s touched on before, particularly since welcoming Bambi. She revealed after having her that she was “struggling massively” with her body image – and last summer, confessed her worries about the warmer weather meaning it was “too hot” to cover up in baggy clothes.
Something else that has fans eternally intrigued about the multi-millionaire is Molly’s tumultuous relationship with Tommy – and in the show, she confirms that they’re not only back on but could even be gearing up for baby number two.
Admitting that things are looking “so much better” but predicting there’ll be “bumps” in the road, she says her ultimate hopes are unchanged.
“The dream is still the same – that we will get to the place one day where we’ll all be happy in that house together – have more children hopefully, and just have a nice, happy life together. That’s all I ever wanted.”
Last Wednesday, Molly doubled down on her rekindled romance, sharing a sweet tribute to Tommy on Instagram as he celebrated his 26th birthday.
It’s fair to say, the pair rocked the world of showbiz when they announced their split last summer after five years together – but got tongues wagging after they shared a kiss on New Year ’s Eve, then went on a romantic trip for Valentine’s Day this year.
The news of their reunion follows months of speculation about the true nature of their relationship – and Molly’s intriguing admission in a YouTube video last month that she and Tommy were “figuring things out”, as she revealed she was spending time in both her own home and the new house where Tommy is living.
In one scene of the Prime Video docuseries, Molly’s sister Zoe admits she’s “hated” seeing her so sad, and that all she’s ever wanted for Molly is for her to be “treated right”. “I’ve been there through everything. The upset calls because he’s out in the middle of the night and you haven’t heard from him. He’s proved me wrong so far, but I think to be fair that at some point it’s going to happen again.”
Molly admits in the show that she and Zoe are having the “trickiest time ever” due to her relationship with Tommy.
The challenges ahead, from her own body insecurities to her relationship with Bambi’s dad, seem inevitable. But what Molly’s documentary also shows is her positivity for the future, and the love that remains between her and Tommy.
In one touching moment, as Molly videocalls him from a photoshoot in St Moritz, she asks if he wants to see the view. “I’m enjoying the view I have right now, actually,” he replies. “I want to see that face for eternity.”
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