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Former Love Island winner Molly-Mae Hague has once again drawn criticism from bitter mum-shamers after letting her toddler swap her drink when getting a drive-thru Costa. The 26-year-old Maebe businesswoman and social media influencer can’t do right for doing wrong when it comes to the watchful eyes of the internet’s parenting experts.
Her latest YouTube vlog saw the reality TV star hit the Costa drive-through to get a sweet treat for her and her two-year-old daughter, Bambi. Grabbing herself a Strawberries and Cream drink, she got her daughter a hot chocolate and handed it back to her.
The mum-of-one told her fans: “I really have a sweet tooth right now, I need to fulfil my sweet tooth, so that’s exactly what we’re doing.” She sat in the car, before passing Bambi a “yummy” hot chocolate, telling her: “Bambi, you are gonna love that…Wow, girl. You’re gonna love that.”
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Holding up her own drink, Molly-Mae said: “I got a Strawberries and Cream Frappuccino – I don’t know what came over me, I need something sweet.” But, in true toddler fashion, Bambi instantly wanted what her mum had.
The tot demanded: “I wanna try mummy’s.” Social media star Molly-Mae tried to reason with her daughter, offering: “Try yours first and you can try mine.”
Realising resistance is futile, she told the camera: “She’s seen mine and she’s like, ‘yeah, I think I’ll have a bit of that.’” Picking her battles with the drink situation, Molly-Mae gave in, swapping her “milkshake” for the hot chocolate.
Bambi laughed triumphantly, with Molly-Mae joking: “Girl, you’re gonna be bouncing off the walls after that.” When she asked Bambi for a sip of her own drink, she responded: “No! I want it!”
Elsewhere in the vlog, Molly-Mae admitted to committing a “cardinal sin” as a mum – a crime most parents would admit to after a hard day. She explained: “We’ve had a bath, we’re nice and calm, we’ve had dinner, we’ve got our milk and now we’re watching a little bit of Barbie with a sun hat on.”
Predicting what her critics would have to say about it, Molly-Mae jumped in: “Screen time before bed probably seems a cardinal sin. I should be reading her a story.
“I did say to her before bed she could come and sit in my bed, so we’re watching a bit of Barbie on the phone, and then it’s bedtime. We’ve had a really, really long day today.”
As ever, her comments were awash with unsolicited parenting advice from viewers, with some telling her she shouldn’t be Bambi’s “best friend”. One wrote: “Stop spoiling her, that was your drink. She needs to learn she cannot have everything she wants, it’s ok to say no.”
Another added: “Being a parent is so important, stop being her best friend!!” Someone else said: “Everything about this is so so wrong.”
One fan typed: “She’s got her wrapped round her finger big time, no wonder she has tantrums.” Another warned: “You’re making a rod for your back girl.” One woman shared: “Feeding the kids Costa then wonders why the kid is wild.”
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Cliff Richard has heartbreakingly talked about the end of his life as he turns 85. The star hits the milestone age today but he has showed no signs of slowing down yet.
Despite this, Cliff has said that he is aware that as he gets older than he needs to be more careful. Earlier this year he said “I might be dead next year” in a sad admission.
Cliff has enjoyed a successful career making music and touring the world. He is still touring at the age of 85 and has managed to sell more than 250million records across his decades-long career.
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Speaking to Coast Radio in July: “The thing I would have to give up, probably, at some point is touring. It’s very wearing, and you never know when you wake up in the morning whether your voice is still there.” They then went on to ask if his 2025 Can’t Stop Me Now tour could be his last.
Cliff added: “I might be dead next year. So I don’t even think about it anymore. It’s one of those things. As I get older, maybe I’ll become less able to perform, so I can’t say.” He said he didn’t want to be an “85-year-old guy trying to be 18” as he explained that he likes to just sing now rather than acting and dancing.
The singer has reportedly been looking into how he is able to reach 100. Cliff follows a Blood Type diet, meaning he can’t eat dairy or wheat, red meat, crustaceans, mangoes, papayas, bananas, potatoes, tomatoes or aubergines.
Cliff landed 14 No.1s in the UK and is the only star to reach top five in the album charts in eight different decades. He became the first British musician to be knighted back in 1995, has two Ivor Novello awards and three Brit Awards, and has been wowing fans on stage and screen since 1958.
Over the decades, Sir Cliff has had huge hits including Move it, The Young Ones, Mistletoe and Wine and Millennium Prayer. Cliff discovered his passion for performing when he was just 15.
The A-lister was playing the role of Ratty in a school production of Toad of Toad Hall, and had reluctantly agreed to sing his first ever solo. He was nervous but found that on opening night he was left shocked by how much he enjoyed it.
This solidified his dream of working in showbiz and he made it happen. Cliff has been wowing fans on stage and screen since 1958 when he released his debut hit Livin’ Doll.
Abbey Clancy has slammed husband Peter Crouch’s spending habits, saying he’s “got cheek” after discovering his enormous clothing collection. The model and former Premier League striker have been wed for over 14 years now.
They regularly dish the dirt on married life through their podcast, The Therapy Crouch. In the latest episode, Abbey worried she might be battling Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).
This led husband Peter to suggest the 39-year-old mum-of-four should “save up and go on a nice holiday”. He said: “I don’t want to spend money on anything, but holidays I do.”
Peter continued by claiming there’s “nothing he really likes to spend money on”.
But their podcast producer Ross cheekily fired back that he splashes cash on Abbey. This prompted Abbey to take a swipe at Peter’s wardrobe obsession.
She said: “Did I tell you he’s got like 50 polo necks from Tom Sweeney, and that’s just on one rail. When I was cleaning out his wardrobe and they’ve all got the tags on.
“He’s got five of the same jumper in the same colour and he’s got the cheek to say, ‘I don’t spend anything’. I reckon there’s about £10 million of clothes in that wardrobe.”
Peter, who claimed the collection has accumulated over time, replied: “I didn’t know I had them.”
Abbey quipped the polo shirt salesman must “see him coming”.
Abbey and Peter have been together for nearly two decades, initially meeting in a bar back in 2006. Their romance endured a rocky start when Peter managed to rub Abbey up the wrong way mere moments after they first crossed paths.
Looking back on their initial encounter during a Good Morning Britain segment, Abbey disclosed: “When we first met, he begged me for my number and then I went to the loo or the bar, and when I came back, he was talking to another girl. I was like, ‘How dare you?'”.
Peter later clarified he was “just talking” to the other woman, although Abbey insisted on having her contact details returned. He added: “I said, ‘You can’t give someone your number and then take it back’.”
Despite this rocky beginning, the couple’s relationship blossomed and they tied the knot in 2011. According to OK!, the family call a “magical” Surrey estate home, complete with its own cinema room and sprawling grounds.
Not content with having one major young prodigy, darts has hit the bullseye again – as Beau Greaves’ win over Luke Littler demonstrates.
Greaves may be a new name to some but has been recognised for years within the sport as an outstanding prospect.
Appropriately nicknamed ‘Beau ‘n’ Arrow’ the 21-year-old from Doncaster beat PDC world champion Littler in a thrilling decider on Monday to become the first woman to reach the final of the World Youth Championship.
The venue was a leisure centre in Wigan, but bigger stages await for Greaves, with the Grand Slam, PDC World Championship and a professional tour card on the horizon.
Victory over Littler came a day after the 18-year-old had won the World Grand Prix, his seventh major title in under two years.
“It was no surprise to me,” says Deta Hedman, a three-time women’s world championship-runner up who has played darts with Greaves since she was aged 10.
“Once in a while you have a talent that comes through like you had Luke, and Beau is now showing what she can do.
“I’ve not seen another woman who can play darts like Beau can – she’s such a natural. If Beau is in a competition with the rest of the women, normally we are playing for second place.
“Nothing seems to faze her at all and she just does her thing, that’s what I love. When she is on that oche, she is just another being.”
It was no fluke, with Littler – who averaged 107.4 to Greaves’ 105 – calling her “some talent”.
The double irony of her win over the teenager is some thought his participation was unfair on other players, and Greaves had previously questioned her ability to compete against the top men in the World Championship at Alexandra Palace.
“Men’s and ladies darts should be separate. I don’t think any lady will ever go to Ally Pally and win that. If you think that, you’re being silly,” said Greaves last July.
“I just don’t think we will ever be good enough to play against the likes of Luke Humphries, Michael van Gerwen or Littler.
“When I go to the Grand Slam I don’t look forward to it because I know I have got to play men. I don’t fancy my chances at all – I am just realistic.”
That was part of the reason the three-time WDF women’s world champion had declined to take part in the PDC’s main event – plus rules prevented her playing in both – since her debut defeat in 2022.
Greaves started playing with her older brother Taylor, who had a dartboard in his bedroom, and quickly showed her aptitude for the game.
“When she was 11 she went to Jersey with her mum and I remember her beating top women’s player Lisa Ashton and me,” Hedman told BBC Sport.
“Even then, I knew she was someone very special.”
Hedman was the first woman to beat a man in a televised major when she defeated Aaron Turner in the 2005 UK Open and says Greaves can compete at the highest level.
“I do believe Beau will do some damage. Some men do not like playing women even in this day and age as there’s more pressure,” she said.
“Whether she will ever win one of the big majors remains to be seen. She has the game to beat them.
“And she’s such a sweet down-to-earth lady from a lovely family. You couldn’t find a nicer young person.
“Within darts there is always going to be back-biting, jealousies but what you see from Beau is what you get and she has time for everyone, whoever you are.”
World number one Humphries has been among those to praise Greaves, who made history in February as the first woman to reach the fourth round of the UK Open where she led him 7-5 before eventually losing 10-7.
“I think she’s an amazing player and she deserves it,” Humphries said during his run to Sunday’s World Grand Prix final. “I predict that she’ll flourish playing in it [PDC Pro Tour].
“She’s been a really great player on the secondary tours this year. She’s good on the challenge tour, good on the development tour and she’ll be a real threat going forward for all the players. Not just for me but for everyone.
“I think she’ll do really well. If she’s relaxed and she’s got no pressure on her shoulders yes, I believe she will be top 64 within the two years for sure.”
Greaves will face defending champion Gian van Veen of the Netherlands in the youth final at Minehead in November.
The next instalment of Greaves v Littler could potentially come as early as next month too at the Grand Slam in Wolverhampton.
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