Boxer and reality star Tommy Fury opened up about the difficult year he had and reuniting with fellow Love Island star Molly-Mae Hague following their brief split last year
Tommy Fury candidly opened up about his struggles ahead of the release of his new documentary series, Tommy: The Good. The Bad. The Fury. The star had been hitting headlines in the last year following his split from Love Island co-star Molly-Mae Hague after five years together.
The couple became a fan-favourite after meeting on the ITV2 show in 2019 and went on to live together before welcoming a baby girl named Bambi, now two. In the summer of 2023, the boxer got down on one knee to propose to Molly-Mae while on a sunny holiday in Ibiza.
However, their relationship soon came crumbling down as Molly-Mae shocked the showbiz world with their breakup announcement in the summer of 2024. Rumours started swirling that Tommy was unfaithful, but he was quick to shut down the claims before revealing the real reason behind their breakup – issues with alcohol. It comes after Tyson Fury’s huge net worth is revealed as Morecambe face going out of business.
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He opened up about his drinking hell, hitting “rock bottom” and how he’s turned his life around to win back his fiancé and two-year-old Bambi.
Wake-up Call
Tommy discussed the harrowing moment he knew he needed to change or face losing his family forever.
Molly-Mae made the drastic but understandable decision to move out of their family home as Tommy grappled with his drinking struggles. “I had enough drink to last me a lifetime in 2024,” he confessed.
“Suddenly, one day, you find that all you can do is sit down and then a few of them (drinks), it takes the pain away. You forget where you are, you forget what’s going on. And sometimes you want that feeling all the time, and that’s where obviously it starts.”
While he hasn’t quit drinking, he says he barely touches alcohol. After working on himself, Molly-Mae and Tommy soon reunited.
However, it was her upping and leaving that really got Tommy into shape. Tommy recalled: “I woke up one morning and everything was gone, Molly and the baby had gone. That was the moment I thought, ‘wow, what’s going on?’ And that was the moment where I just started to try and change things around.”
Lessons learned
The opening episode showed his dad and boxing trainer, John, admitting that he urged Molly to leave Tommy, believing it was necessary to sober him up.
“I mean, I probably would’ve walked away from me too,” Tommy said. “It was a tough moment in my life, but everything happens for a reason.
“I’m not happy that I went through that, but I’m grateful for the lessons that I’ve learned, and I don’t think I would’ve known half of what I know about myself if I never went through that.”
Feud with Molly-Mae’s sister
Molly-Mae’s sister Zoe had expressed her fears that the relationship was doomed – with her damning opinion being aired in the reality couple’s Amazon reality show, Behind It All, in May.
On Molly-Mae’s Amazon Prime series, Zoe and Molly-Mae clashed in the car after Zoe admitted she didn’t feel “comfortable” not discussing Molly’s relationship.
She added: “Sisters need to be able to tell each other everything.” Before Molly-Mae fumed: “Right, then I need to be able to tell you the good, the bad and the ugly.” Zoe went on to say: “Your relationship and how you feel and how you are with Tommy is my only concern.”
This, however, appeared to touch a nerve for Molly who quipped: “Well what a lovely life you have, that, that is your only concern.” Pleading with her reality star sister, Zoe commented: “Nothing I do or say to you is going to change what you do, your opinion or how you feel towards him.”
“You know what Zoe, that’s the wisest thing you’ve ever said,” an annoyed Molly responded. Standing her ground, Zoe said: “I know at some point Mol, in the next year, however long it is, there will be a time, where unfortunately, and I hate to say it – you probably will be upset again.”
Now, three months on, it seems Zoe, Molly-Mae, and Tommy are all getting along swimmingly. Taking to social media over the weekend, the trio shared footage and photos of themselves working out in a gym together – alongside toddler Bambi.
Zoe and Bambi could be seen performing burpee exercises together, while further content showed the toddler watching her dad, Tommy, running on a treadmill in the same gym.
Molly-Mae shared content alongside an amusing caption, writing: “I think she may feel the same about the gym as I do,” drawing attention to Bambi’s unimpressed expression while watching her dad exercise.
Engagement update
Tommy and Molly-Mae only recently gave their romance another go after first heading on a family holiday together in April. On Tuesday’s edition of BBC Breakfast, Tommy provided an update on their romance.
The 26-year-old chatted to Jon Kay and Sarah Campbell regarding the current state of his relationship with Molly-Mae.
He revealed: “Me and Molly are in the best place that we’ve ever been in in our entire lives, even before all this. We’re do good now and it’s so nice to be in a healthy and loving relationship again.
“We’re keeping everything to ourselves and just enjoying what we’ve got and what we’ve created in Bambi.”
Yet the BBC presenter delved deeper into their present relationship circumstances, after Tommy’s proposal back in 2023. She enquired whether they remained engaged as Tommy playfully responded: “Who knows?”.
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