Tommy Fury has spoken, and he really shouldn’t have
Back in August, chaos erupted online as news of Love Island mega-couple Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury had split up.
For those lacking context, the two met as contestants on the wildly popular Love Island UK in 2019. Though they didn’t win the show, they subsequently cemented their place in pop culture as the reality it-couple, getting engaged and popping out super cute daughter, Bambi, in 2023.
Everything was hunky dory, until Molly-Mae took to socials and posted the breakup statement via stories.
“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. You have all been a part of our journey and I feel it is right to share this with you all.”
It was the “especially not this way” that broke the brains of fans, a salacious phrase that led the internet to believe something shady had definitely gone down.
While she didn’t share any personal details, she went on to thank fans for their support of her and Tommy over the years, asking them to respect her privacy while she processed. Later, Tommy shared his own statement on stories. While slightly more succinct, the sentiment echoed Molly-Maes, sans anything suspicious.
In the modern world of celebrity break-up statements, the fact that the two posted separately spoke volumes in itself.
Days after the stories, The Sun UK published reports that Molly-Mae dumped Tommy “after confronting him over claims that he cheated with a Danish woman he met during a holiday with mates.”
A source told the publication, “She didn’t want to believe it was true. When she confronted him and asked if he had cheated on her, Tommy didn’t deny it. It told Molly-Mae all she needed to know, and she ended it. He’s moved out of the house and she’s absolutely reeling from it all.”
Further to this, there was the inference that this infidelity wasn’t an isolated incident. “Molly-Mae thinks he’s done the dirty before and that cheating with the Danish woman could be the tip of the iceberg. She’s bracing herself for what is to come,” another friend told The Sun UK.
Not good, hey?
Now, weeks later, Tommy has spoken out via an exclusive with The Daily Mail UK.
“All the allegations that were made of me recently are completely false,” Tommy told the publication. “The truth will come out in time and when it does I think a lot of people might regret their actions and unkind words.”
“What the public thinks is going on isn’t what is going on. It’s not something I envisaged happening, but it didn’t come out of nowhere. It’s a thing that was there previously to all this happening, but the only people who know what is going on in our relationship is me and Molly,” he continued.
Be vaguer Tommy, I dare you.
When pressed on whether he actually cheated on Molly-Mae (thank god), Tommy answered: “Absolutely not. I think if you were going to cheat on someone you should just sit down and say, ‘I don’t love you any more’, clearly, because you want to go and pursue other people. When you get to that stage, I think you should just call it a day. If you want to go out there and have affairs with women then you definitely shouldn’t be with your partner. Definitely not. And have I ever reached that point? No.”
Definitely not, he reckons!
Tommy also shared that he thinks his relationship with Molly-Mae is salvagable. “Do I love my family very much? Yes. Do I want me and my family to be back together? Yes, 100%. I will always love my family.”
Well, that’s nice, I guess? A bit arrogant, maybe? I don’t know. Throughout the interview, Tommy had nothing but positive things to say about Molly-Mae. He praised her for holding down the fort and being “super strong” when he bailed just two weeks after Bambi was born to go fight YouTuber Jake Paul in a boxing match in Saudi Arabia (WHAT was that sentence?!), saying he “couldn’t have picked a better mother for Bambi.” He also responded with “Yes, 100% that,” when asked whether Molly-Mae was a perfect woman. So, bare minimum, I’m glad this dude didn’t drag his ex who he may or may not have cheated on (god the bar is low).
But if the two are trying to keep their heads down, focus on co-parenting and sort through the mess, I’m not sure how helpful these bold statements actually are. Then again, Molly-Mae did open the door for some sort of right of reply from Tommy by writing a breakup post that all but encouraged fans to jump to conclusions and speculate on any dirty dog behaviour.
We may never know the truth about this split, and I suspect that unless these two put on a united front (joint statements, my guys), the world will simply keep on speculating.
Written by Lil Friedmann, who definitely did not have sexual relationships with that woman. You can follow her at @lilfriedmann on socials.
Image credit: @tommyfury + Punkee