Molly-Mae and Tommy Fury split: Former Love Island contestant is ‘extremely upset’ as she announces split from fiancé

Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury have broken up after five years together. The formerly engaged couple, who share one child together, were runners-up during season five of Love Island.

On August 14, Hague and Fury each shared their respective statements on Instagram announcing their split. “Never in a million years did I think I’d ever have to write this. After five years of being together I never imagined our story would end, especially not this way,” Hague wrote on her Instagram Story.

The 25-year-old influencer said she was “extremely upset to announce” the split but maintained that their one-year-old daughter, Bambi, will “always be my priority.”

Hague thanked her fans “for the love you have shown us over the last five years,” adding: “You have all been a part of our journey and I feel it’s right to share this with you all.”

Fury, also 25, later made his own statement regarding the split, saying he was “heartbroken” but their daughter Bambi was “our priority.”

The former couple welcomed their daughter in January 2023. Fury proposed to Hague in July last year.

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Love Island stars Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury have announced their split after five years together.

The former couple met in 2019 while appearing on season five of ITV’s popular reality dating series.

In January 2023, they welcomed their first child together. Fury proposed to Hague in July last year.

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Molly-Mae shares social media statement about split

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The PrettyLittleThing brand ambassador, 25, took to Instagram on Wednesday to announce the split.

“Never in a million years did I think I’d ever have to write this,” Hague began the statement. “After five years of being together I never imagined our story would end, especially not this way.”

“I am extremely upset to announce that mine and Tommy’s relationship has come to an end,” she continued. “I will forever be grateful for the most important thing to me now and always, my beautiful daughter. Without us there would be no her, she will always be my priority.”

She thanked her fans “for the love you have shown us over the last five years,” adding: “You have all been a part of our journey and I feel it’s right to share this with you all.”

While Hague didn’t reveal a reason for their split, she asked her followers to “kindly respect my privacy over this difficult time” as she attempted to “navigate” the break up.

“I’ll be back when it feels right,” she concluded, signing off the statement: “Molly-Mae x”

Tommy Fury makes his own Instagram statement about Molly-Mae break up

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The professional boxer, also 25, posted his own statement to Instagram about the break up.

“I am heartbroken to share that Molly and I have decided to end our relationship,” Fury wrote. “The past five years have led to us having our beautiful baby girl, Bambi, and I will be forever thanksful to Molly for making me a dad. Bambi is our priority.”

He echoed Hague’s statement by asking for privacy as “we navigate our way through this difficult time.”

Influencer says she’s ‘extremely upset’ to announce news of their split

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Hague admitted she was “extremely upset” to announce she and Fury had ended their relationship after five years, though she didn’t give a reason for the split. However, rumors have recently swirled surrounding the couple.

Last December, Hague addressed speculation that she and Fury had split after he was filmed with a woman at a nightclub. The influencer was also briefly seen without her engagement ring, later admitting in a YouTube video that she has been “going through it.”

In response to the break up rumors, Hague simply told her fans at the time: “I really don’t care what is said about me, Tommy, my relationship.”

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Molly-Mae Hague announces split from Tommy Fury after five years together

Fans react to ‘Love Island’ stars break-up

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Following news of their split, many fans have taken to social media to share their heartbroken reactions to Hague and Fury’s break-up.

“Molly-Mae and Tommy Fury have broken up. This is the worst day of my life. My mental wellbeing is balancing on a knife edge,” one user wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

“Molly-Mae and Tommy splitting up is how I imagine it felt when Charles and Diana split up for our parents,” another fan wrote.

“Surely the Molly-Mae and Tommy break up calls for a bank holiday?” someone else jokingly asked.

Hague and Fury welcomed their daughter Bambi in January 2023

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In 2022, the former Love Island stars announced they were expecting their first child together after three years of dating.

Hague revealed her growing baby bump in a black and white video posted to Instagram, with the caption: “I can’t wait for the adventures that we haven’t even dreamed of yet.”

They announced the arrival of their daughter, Bambi, in January 2023 by sharing the first photo of their newborn to Instagram.

Hague and Fury captioned the post with their daughter’s birthdate, “23/01/23,” and a white heart emoji.

Hague and Fury break the internet with their daughter’s unique name

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Shortly after welcoming her first child, Hague revealed her daughter’s name was inspired by the classic Disney animated film, Bambi.

Hague previously suggested that fans would either love or hate the moniker she and Fury chose for their child. “It’s not made up, it’s totally not made up, I can’t explain it. It’s just not a name that’s ever been used before. It’s very very different and rare and you’re either going to love it or hate it,” she said in a YouTube video before giving birth.

While some fans adored Hague and Fury’s name choice, others questioned whether Hague had ever seen the Disney movie that her daughter was named after, given its themes.

“Imagine Molly-Mae’s baby wanting to watch Bambi one day to see why she was called that and just being absolutely traumatised,” one person wrote on X, as another said: “No hate to Molly-Mae, love you babe, but imagine being 40 years old and your name’s Bambi.”

Read more reactions to Bambi’s unique name from Kate Ng here.

Fury popped the question to Hague just one year ago

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The professional boxer and the influencer announced their engagement in July 2023, with a sweet black and white video shared to Instagram.

The proposal, which took place on a cliff in Ibiza, featured the couple’s then six-month-old daughter. The pair were surrounded by large flower arrangements and rose petals on the ground, as Fury got on one knee to propose to Hague.

On Instagram, Hague captioned the post: “Forever. 23/07/23.”

Hague hints at feelings of loneliness in recent YouTube video

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In a YouTube vlog posted last week, Hague admitted she was struggling with “solo parenting” while Fury focused on his boxing career.

“This week has just been a lot of emotions,” she told her 1.86m subscribers, revealing that Fury has been busy “recording his audio for his audiobook.”

“I have been solo parenting pretty much the entire week,” Hague said, adding: “I’ve been struggling a little bit with motherhood.”

“Some stages are easier than others. At the minute, I feel like were going through a little bit of a challenging phase.”

‘Love Island’ star previously addressed split rumors in December 2023

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Hague and Fury were most recently at the center of split rumors in December last year, after the boxer was seen at a club with a woman while Hague was spotted without her engagement ring.

In a YouTube video, Hague admitted that was “going through it” before she decided to subtly address the infidelity rumors in a subsequent YouTube video.

The influencer explained that “things aren’t always perfect” with the couple, before adding: “I really don’t care what is said about me, Tommy, my relationship.”

Hague and Fury purchased home together in 2022

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The former couple bought their first home together in March 2022 after three years of house-hunting.

They purchased a £4 million ($5.13 million) home in Cheshire, England, with six bedrooms. In October 2021, the couple’s apartment in Manchester was burgled in a “gang raid,” in which Hague said the thieves “took everything”.

“I need to be more careful now about the things I’m sharing, the things I’m talking about,” Hague said, following the burglary. However, she explained that she won’t let it “stop” her life and the way she wants to live.

“I can’t let this situation affect me to a point where I’m constantly thinking, ‘Well I can’t do this’ or, ‘I can’t do that’. I’m not going to let it change my life that much.”

Read more about the incident from Laura Hampson here.

Couple was ‘in shock’ after recent car crash

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Hague and Fury were recently involved in a car crash last April.

The pair were heading out on a date when the incident occurred, leaving Hague “flustered”, “in shock” and experiencing “flashbacks”.

She explained in a YouTube video: “I just drove down this little bit of road which has made me have a flashback that happened a couple of days ago. It was the weirdest thing ever and we kind of experienced our first little car crash.”

Hague confirmed that the couple were “completely fine” after the incident.

Hague and Fury seen weeks before split in adoring video

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The influencer shared photographs of her former fiancé holding her waist and spending time with their daughter, Bambi, in a TikTok posted weeks before their split.

The TikTok carousel post from July 28 showed the couple together as a voiceover said: “I love you more than everything.”

Hague has been open with fans about her mental health

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The PrettyLittleThing brand ambassador has been open with fans about her mental health and postpartum journey.

Hague admitted in a YouTube vlog shared in August last year that she “wasn’t sure she was ever going to feel happy again” following Bambi’s birth in January 2023.

She explained that she was trying to rush back to normalcy too quickly, and wasn’t giving herself the time to understand the massive changes in her life.

Hague reassured other mothers going through similar struggles, saying: “I promise you it gets so much easier.”

Footage of Fury and Hague meeting for the first time on ‘Love Island’ resurfaces after split

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The fateful moment that Fury met Hague for the first time on Love Island season five has resurfaced following news of their break up.

The pair met after Hague chose Fury for a date in the hot tub on the 2019 series of the ITV2 dating show.

Hague and Fury came in second place during the Love Island season five finale, followed by contestants Amber Gill and Greg O’Shea.

Hague has been supportive of Fury’s boxing career

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Since leaving the Love Island villa in 2019, Hague has been vocal for her support of Fury’s boxing career.

After Fury beat his boxing rival Jake Paul during a February 2023 match, he dedicated his win to their newborn daughter.

Hague celebrated Fury’s victory on her Instagram Story, writing over a photograph of the champion boxer: “Never a doubt in my mind.”

Meanwhile, Fury said after the match: “I want to dedicate this fight to my new baby girl Bambi at home and my Mrs. I love you.”

Fans were outraged that Fury was working while Hague was heavily pregnant

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Back in December 2022, Hague revealed that she and Fury were mainly communicating via FaceTime, just one month before Bambi’s birth.

“People have these dream pregnancies where they’re always with their husbands doing baby shopping and cute things, and me and Tommy literally just communicate through FaceTime,” the influencer said on social media at the time. “Because he’s been away so much, he sometimes forgets. I’m like, ‘You do understand I’m two months away… we’re going to have a child.’”

Fans were instantly upset over Hague’s admission, taking to social media to share their concerns.

“I feel so sorry for Molly-Mae spending her pregnancy alone even though Tommy can easily afford to put his career on hold,” wrote one X/Twitter user.

“Primarily communicating via FaceTime when you’re significant other is pregnant is shameful sorry,” said another.

“I actually feel so sorry for Molly-Mae. Say what you want about her but no woman deserves to do their pregnancy journey alone. It’s a time for love and gentleness – not isolation,” shared another.

Read more fan reactions here.

Hague says she thought relationship with Fury would last forever in resurfaced clip

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Hague said she believed her relationship with her Love Island co-star would last forever in a resurfaced clip following their breakup announcement.

In the video, taken from her 2021 appearance on the Diary of a CEO podcast, the influencer said she thought their relationship would “last forever” and stated that “trust” was the key part.

“We have that complete and utter trust in one another and in a relationship, that’s all you need to survive,” she said at the time.

Hague was open about her emotional difficulties during her pregnancy

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The social media star was previously praised online for how candid she spoke about her pregnancy in 2022.

While pregnant with their daughter Bambi, Hague admitted in a YouTube video that she cried “five times a day” and that it was the “emotionally hardest period” of her entire life.

“I just felt like every single day I was living an outer body experience, my emotions were something I’d never experienced before,” she said.

“I cried maybe five times a day for no reason. Just in tears over everything. Also just the shock for Tommy and I. It’s honestly taken up until now to sink in. Every time we talk about it, it feels like we’re talking about a situation that’s not our own because it was a complete shock, I can’t lie.

Hague’s pregnancy came as ‘complete shock’ to the former couple

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The former Love Island couple has also admitted that Hague’s pregnancy came as a “complete shock” to them.

“I literally just can’t explain how the shock literally overtook my body for the first month, 100 percent,” the influencer said in a October 2022 video blog posted to her YouTube channel. Hague explained that her pregnancy came at a “really tricky time” during Fury’s professional boxing career.

“To add into the situation, we were going through a really tricky time with Tommy and his work and fights happening then not happening, and situations being completely out of our control, and me trying to emotionally support him while also being in the emotionally hardest period of my entire life,” she said.

When she first found out she was expecting, Hague said she “didn’t cry” due to the shock and confessed that it was not a “magical” moment.

Fury recently called his ex-fiancée and daughter ‘my everything’

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The professional boxer recently gushed over Hague and their one-year-old daughter in a post shared to Instagram.

Fury shared a photo of himself holding Bambi in one hand and wrapping his arm around Hague with the other. He was dressed in a black and white pinstripe suit, while the influencer wore a navy blue floor-length gown with a leg slit.

He captioned the post, which was shared on July 8: “My everything in a photo.”

Hague wrote in the comments: “Love this pic so much.”

Hague celebrated the one-year anniversary of their engagement

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Less than one month ago, Hague paid tribute to the former couple’s engagement anniversary.

She reposted a clip of the special moment, which saw Fury get down on one knee with Bambi by their side, on July 28. In the caption, Hague recalled how Fury pulled off the proposal.

“One year ago today I was tricked into going on a fake brand trip on which the love of my life would ask me to marry him,” she said.

The video also marked her final social media post of Fury before announcing their split.

Fury shared birthday tribute for Hague in May

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Fury shared a special tribute to Hague last May in honor of her 25th birthday.

Taking to Instagram, the boxer posted a photo of himself and his former fiancé holding hands and gazing into each other’s eyes. The photograph appeared to be taken after their engagement in July 2023.

“Happy 25th birthday to my world, my rock, my everything,” Fury wrote in the caption. “Me and you forever.”

“I love you,” Hague replied in the comments section, along with a white heart emoji.

Hague opened up about ‘solo parenting’ struggles just days before announcing split

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Most recently, Hague revealed she’s been “solo parenting” their daughter Bambi as Fury was busy recording audio for his upcoming audiobook.

“He’s done it now, and I’m so proud of him because I know that was a really big deal to him, but I have been solo parenting pretty much the entire week,” Hague said in a YouTube vlog posted to her channel just one week ago. “Actually I’ve been solo parenting for like, two weeks now, basically because Tommy’s just been so busy.”

She continued: “When he’s home from doing work and stuff, he’s so incredible and so helpful. I can’t say any different. Like, he’s such an incredible dad. But I have been this week, like, just really… mum life has been mum life-ing.”

“I feel like we’re going through a little bit of a challenging phase. Not only with Bambi, but also just with me and trying to juggle a lot,” Hague said.

Read more from Olivia Hebert here.

Molly-Mae Hague was ‘solo parenting’ daughter before Tommy Fury split

Hague and Fury share respective social media statements announcing split

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Hague and Fury announced they were breaking up after five years together in separate statements shared to social media.

“Never in a million years did I think I’d ever have to write this,” the 25-year-old influencer wrote on her Instagram Story. “After five years of being together I never imagined our story would end, especially not this way.”

“I am extremely upset to announce that mine and Tommy’s relationship has come to an end,” she continued. “I will forever be grateful for the most important thing to me now and always, my beautiful daughter. Without us there would be no her, she will always be my priority.”

The reality TV star thanked her fans “for the love you have shown us over the last five years,” adding: “You have all been a part of our journey and I feel it’s right to share this with you all.”

While Hague didn’t reveal a reason for their split, she asked her followers to “kindly respect my privacy over this difficult time” as she attempted to “navigate” the break up.

Meanwhile, Fury wrote on his Instagram Story: “I am heartbroken to share that Molly and I have decided to end our relationship.”

“The past five years have led to us having our beautiful baby girl, Bambi, and I will be forever thanksful to Molly for making me a dad. Bambi is our priority,” Fury said.

He echoed Hague’s statement by asking for privacy as “we navigate our way through this difficult time.”