Molly-Mae's personal reason for swearing off alcohol as Tommy Fury reveals secret struggle

Former Love Island star Molly-Mae Hague previously opened up about her mum's struggle with alcohol - years before on-off fiancé Tommy Fury would open up about his own issues with booze

The downfall of Tommy Fury and Molly-Mae's relationship following his struggle with alcohol is unsurprising given her own personal reason for cutting booze out of her life years ago.

Reality TV star and boxer Tommy, 25, this week blamed his dependency on alcohol after sustaining a boxing injury for the split last year and denies he ever cheated on the mother of his daughter. Slamming rumours and online speculation of him cheating, he branded it 'complete and utter b***ocks.'

Tommy and Molly-Mae met in the Love Island villa in 2019 and went on to welcome daughter Bambi Fury into the world in January 2023. Boxer Tommy popped the question a few months later but in August last year, fans were stunned when Molly-Mae announced the end of their engagement.

However, the pair were spotted sharing a kiss at a star-studded New Year's Eve party and it looks like a reunion is on the cards - just in time for the premiere of Molly-Mae's new Amazon Prime series. Amid speculation the split was a publicity stunt, Tommy has opened up about why he and Molly-Mae ended things last year.

"The reason why me and Molly broke up was because I got addicted to alcohol and I couldn’t be the partner that I wanted to be anymore," Tommy told Men's Health Magazine. "It kills me to say it, [but] it’s true, I couldn’t. I loved a pint of beer, loved to drink, and it is what it is. People go through different things in life and we all have our crosses to bear. I’ve got mine to bear."

It comes after Molly-Mae explained in her 2022 memoir how her parents' divorce when she was teenager could possibly be the reason she shuns boozy nights out and alcohol as an adult. The 25-year-old said watching her mother turn to alcohol to cope with the pain of a marriage break-up "sort of explains" why she avoids drinking too much to this day.

Molly-Mae was about 14 years old when her parents Stephen Hague and Debbie Gordon announced they were splitting up, leaving the former reality TV star "heartbroken" and feeling like her "greatest fear had come true".

"The period after my parents split was really, really hard," the star confessed in her memoir, Becoming Molly-Mae. She went on to explain how her mum began "playing catch-up in terms of what she missed out on", going on dating websites and going on nights out.

"In that first year after the divorce, Mum really struggled. For a very short while just after the divorce, she turned to alcohol to cope with the pain of the breakdown of their marriage," Molly-Mae writes.

"Which sort of explains why I am the way I am with alcohol - I pretty much avoid it. I associate these difficult times after my parents' divorce with alcohol being involved and my mum drinking too much - understandably, because her marriage had broken down."

The Instagram influencer went on to admit that she felt like she had to look after her mother for a while, describing that time period as a "kind of role reversal".

Molly-Mae continued to explain how things eventually did "calm down" and she now enjoys a "super close relationship" with her mother, who she classes as one of the members of her super-small inner circle.

Debbie remarried in 2021, with Molly-Mae and her sister Zoe Hague their mum's bridesmaids as she tied the knot with Jon Rayner.

"Wouldn’t want to be a bridesmaid with anyone else," Molly-Mae captioned a sweet snap of herself posing in her dress alongside her beloved sister.

In her new memoir, the former Love Island star's mum makes a cameo and shares her dreams for her daughter.

Debbie writes about how Molly-Mae was always a "strong-willed and adorable" as a child, and would prefer hanging out with her at at home rather than attending sleepovers.

Proud of her youngest child's achievements, she writes: "In the future, I would love to see her in a presenting role on TV. I would like her to use her platform to be a good role model for young women.

"I would like her to be financially secure for life. Most of all, I want her to be healthy and happy and have a long life!"

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