Molly-Mae Hague admits she had a 'breakdown' after birth of Bambi
She welcomed baby Bambi in January 2023
Following her recent split from Love Island fiancé Tommy Fury, Molly-Mae Hague is keeping herself busy at the moment, recently launching her very own clothing brand Maebe, much to the delight of her fans.
Despite it being a very busy time in her life, Molly took the time out to take part in a Q&A with fans recently, alongside her beloved sister Zoe, where she opened up about the struggles she faced after giving birth to her daughter Bambi back in 2023.
In a new video uploaded to her YouTube page, Mol admitted herself and Tommy went through a 'breakdown', saying: “The only child I had held was Bobby, which is Fran's son (her best friend), that's the only child I'd been around, I really had no idea.
"Those first few weeks of Bambi's life… hell and back. We were having a breakdown."
The mum-of-one also confessed she took certain pieces of advice too literal, especially about keeping visitors away in the early days.
She added: “I basically said no visitors and I wanted to be able to say I had all this time with just me and her to bond. The first night with Bambi in the house, I was by myself. Now I look back, it sends shivers down my spine, I had no idea what I was doing.”
The 25-year-old is no stranger to opening up about the struggles she's faced during motherhood. Just a few months after Bambi's birth last year, the influencer took part in a Q&A with fans on Instagram.
When a fan asked: 'Is having a baby harder than you imagined?'
Molly-Mae honestly admitted: 'Yes. 100% yes. I'm not going to beat around the bush... I was not prepared.
'She's completely and utterly worth it all though. Every single hard moment!' (sic)
Despite this, it sounds like Molly is keen on Bambi having a sibling in the future, with her saying in her new YouTube video: “I really want Bambi to have a sister, because I would have had the most boring childhood, even though it would have been stress-free, it would not have been anywhere near as funny.
"All my best memories growing up we were together, crabbing on the beach.”
Check out Molly-Mae Hague's career below:
2015-2019: Molly-Mae's jobs before Love Island
Before shooting to fame in 2019, Molly-Mae earned a wage serving customers in her local Boots store, as well as working as a lifeguard at Hitchin Swimming Centre, in Hertfordshire. She'd also taken her first steps into social media influencing, telling fans years later that her first ad post, at just 16 years old, bagged her £25.
June 2019: Molly-Mae enters the Love Island villa
Model and social media influencer Molly-Mae Hague entered the Love Island villa on day four of series five, catching the eye of many of the boys, including boxer, Tommy Fury. She went on to come in a respectable second place alongside the hunk, after their love story unfolded; with Molly's return from Casa Amor being remembered as one of the most super cute moments in Love Island history.
After five years together, the couple split in August 2024.
2019: Molly-Mae became a brand ambassador for Pretty Little Thing
Not long after leaving the Love Island villa, brands were tripping over each other to work with Molly. Among her first collaborations was clothing company, Pretty Little Thing, who the social-media influencer became brand ambassador for.
2019: Molly signs partnership with Beauty Works
Another of Molly's early partnerships, Beauty Works joined forces with the blonde bombshell to create a range of hair extensions and styling tools which complement her signature long locks. Together, they designed a waver, a curling wand, straighteners and a range of hair clips.
2019: Molly launches self-tan brand Filter
The entrepreneur soon starts showing us what she's made of by bringing out her own range of luxury self-tanning products. They received great feedback from fans, bagging 4.4 star reviews on the Filter website. The brand has since expanded into selling a whole host of plush goodies, including dressing gowns, bags, drinks bottles and slippers.
2019: Molly-Mae joins forces with Look Fantastic
Another brand keen to work with Molly-Mae, Look Fantastic signs up to collaborate with the rising reality star. The online beauty shop started sponsoring Molly's make up vlogs showcasing their products.
2021: Molly-Mae becomes a millionaire
New accounts released for MMH Group holdings in 2021 revealed she had become a millionaire. This includes income from 2019-2020 from fake tan company, Filter, as well as brands FM Cosmetics and MMH International, alongside all of her assets.
2021: Molly becomes the official Creative Director of fashion retailer Pretty Little Thing
In 2021, Molly-Mae scaled up her position at Pretty Little Thing to become the brand's official Creative Director. She reportedly earned around £5million per year in the role — and called the move a 'huge moment in her career'.
April 2022: Molly buys her first house with Tommy Fury
Molly and then-boyfriend Tommy Fury announced in a post on Instagram in April 2022 that they'd bought their first house, in Cheshire. Never missing an opportunity to grow brand Molly-Mae, the social media guru soon set up an Insta account in the name of @mollymaison, giving followers all the home inspo they didn't know they needed.
2022: Molly-Mae collaborates with Cosmetips
Another business opportunity came Molly's way in 2022 when Cosmetips signed up to collaborate with the star. Molly-Mae's full beauty edits were soon available to purchase — complete with all the products the influencer recommends. Large volumes of limited-edition kits sold out immediately, due to Molly's ever-increasing popularity.
June 2023: Molly announced she's stepped down from Creative Director role at Pretty Little Thing
On 21st June 2023, not long after giving birth to a daughter, Molly revealed via a Q&A on her YouTube channel that she had decided to step down from her role as Pretty Little Thing Creative Director.
She said: "I'm only going to get this time once with my first-born child. I'm only gonna get Bambi being four-months old once, and yeah I just feel like I have had to just like rearrange my life a little bit, and like lose some commitments that I did have."
She did, however, confirm that she is still working with PLT, continuing with collections and edits, as she thanked them for elevating her career.
2023: Molly-Mae starts teasing 'big secret project'
Over the course of 2023 and into 2024, Molly has been spilling a little tea about an upcoming 'big secret project', which she says she had been working on daily. She didn't reveal too much, but followers of her YouTube vlog and Insta profile have been told to expect an announcement soon.
August 2023: Molly and Tommy appear in At Home With The Furys TV show
Molly and then-boyfriend Tommy Fury featured on the popular Netflix series At Home With The Furys, which was released on the streaming platform in August 2023. It focused on the life of brother, and fellow boxer, Tyson Fury, along with his wife, Paris, and six children.
March 2024: Molly becomes face of L'Oreal
In March 2024, it was revealed the fresh-faced influencer was scaling the dizzy heights of one of the world's leading cosmetics brands, becoming the new face of L'Oreal. Joining the likes of Kendall Jenner, Helen Mirren and golden balls himself, David Beckham — it's an accolade Molly's bound to be buzzing to have under her belt.
June 2024: Molly becomes a brand ambassador for Look Fantastic
After five years collaborating with Look Fantastic, Molly revealed in June 2024 that she was to become an official Brand Ambassador, saying: 'I have shopped on LOOKFANTASTIC for years and...I am proud to announce that I will be extending my partnership with LOOKFANTASTIC on a larger scale.'
July 2024: Rumours circulate of possible reality series
According to Mail Online, before their unexpected split, Tommy Fury and Molly-Mae Hague were in talks with Prime Video to star in a fly on the wall reality series.
A source told the publication: "Molly is fiercely business minded and she knows television is the perfect way to open her following up to a new audience and show any of her doubters she is the real deal."
August 2024: Molly announces 'big secret project' will be revealed on 8th September
In Molly's first vlog since her split with Tommy she told fans all will soon be revealed about the 'big secret project' she's been teasing. Telling fans they're "not ready for what's about to happen", she said an announcement will be made on 8th September, with something exciting happening soon after on 21st September. The unveiling was pushed back by a week, to help give Molly extra time to come to terms with the breakup.
She said: "My heart and soul has gone into this new project. There's absolutely no chance I've worked on this as hard as I have for as long as I have for it to just not happen when and how and where, and in every way that I want it to. Like I'm going to make it perfect. To be perfectly honest with you, would I have taken a little bit more time off social media if it wasn't for my project? Probably. But because this has been in the pipeline for years, I'm ready for it to launch."
September 2024: Fans convinced 'new project' is a clothing brand
As Mol built suspense to the unveiling of her new business, mega-fans turned super-sleuths believed they'd cracked it. In a TikTok in August 2024, fan @lifestylelouella showed followers an Instagram account she'd found under the name MaeBe Store, which matched up to details on Companies House, registered to sell clothing and accessories.
With Insta following just one person - Molly-Mae - many took that as all the confirmation they needed that this was the star's new enterprise.
September 2024: Molly-Mae launches fashion brand Maebe
After weeks of anticipation, and teasing on her YouTube that an announcement was coming on Instagram on 8th September, Molly stayed true to her word, launching her brand new business venture on Instagram - Maebe. In a short clip shared on the maebestore Instagram account, we saw clips of Molly getting stuck in to various clothing photoshoots, before being asked: "Have you ever thought about launching a fashion brand?", before the business mogul replies: "Maybe". We see what you did there, Mol.
Although the exact range of clothing was not disclosed at the time, clips shared to the store's official Instagram show items such as blazers, trousers and cardigans, in a range of neutral tones. The brand's Instagram hard launch also teased that the store would be going live on 29th September 2024 - with Molly thanking her fans for the uproar of love and support they had shown her, and her new venture.
Molly-Mae left her fans in complete shock back in August when she announced she'd split from fiancé Tommy, despite the pair in the process of planning their wedding.
She wrote at the time: '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.
'I am extremely upset to announce that mine and Tommy's relationship has come to an end.
'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 my priority.
'I want to thank you all for the love you have shown us over the last five years. You have all been a part of our journey and I feel it's right to share this with you all.
'Whilst I attempt to navigate the coming days and weeks please kindly respect my privacy over this difficult time, I'll be back when it feels right'. (sic)
After rumours were doing the rounds that boxer Tommy had 'cheated' on his girl, he later described the 'false allegations' as 'heartbreaking' in an Instagram post.
On Thursday 10th October, Tommy appeared in his first live interview since the split, when he appeared on This Morning to promote his new book Lightning Can Strike Twice: My Life as a Fury.
Despite adding an extra chapter to the book following his shock split with Molly, the boxer wasn't keen on publicly discussing things with hosts Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley, instead urging fans to buy the publication.
However, when asked if he'd like to get back together with Molly, he said: “It’s my family, at the end of the day I love them ’til the day I die.”
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