Tommy Fury reveals REAL reason behind Molly-Mae split & admits ‘I couldn’t be the partner that I wanted to be anymore’
TOMMY Fury has blamed his split from Molly-Mae Hague on his addiction to alcohol and revealed he would drink to get ‘black-out drunk’ most nights.
The couple shocked fans when they split after five years together, following allegations of infidelity on his part.
The Love Island 2019 couple shocked fans when they announced the end of their relationship on social media in the summer.
Tommy was accused of cheating on her before she called off their five year relationship, after being sent an “upsetting video” showing him on a lads holiday in Macedonia.
The professional boxer, who shares one-year-old daughter Bambi, has now broken his silence on the those cheating allegations during an emotional interview with Men’s Health.
He admitted he had became dependant on alcohol following a painful boxing injury – saying “my mental health was in the pan“.
The brother of Tyson Fury admitted he enjoyed the party lifestyle a little too much – spending nights drinking to “get black-out drunk”.
This soon took a toll on his relationship with fiancee Molly – but he insisted he never cheated on the mother of his child.
Tommy said: “Cheating was never a thing.
“You can ask Molly this yourself. It was the drink, and the drink is not a good thing. You need to get a grip of it.”
“If you’re in the same spot as me, where you just think that it’s going to cure all your problems, it doesn’t.
“You wake up even worse and you want to drink more to try and feel happy again. That’s the cycle of it.”
Tommy said: “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.
“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.”
Tommy snapped all the ligaments in his hand back in 2019 – which lead to reconstructive surgery in early 2024.
He went on to say: “I’ve only lived for training and my family, and that was all snatched away from me.
“So what I did for fun is I started to drink quite a lot. I found that’s what made me feel better.
“I wanted the endorphins that I’d get when I’d finish a good session, when I’d finish sparring, when I’d finish fighting.”
Back on?
Rumours that Molly reunited with Tommy privately have swirled since they were caught kissing on New Year’s Eve at a party.
Days later the couple – who share daughter Bambi – met up to watch horror movie Nosferatu at a cinema in Altrincham, Greater Manchester.
They were spotted sharing nachos and a drink before leaving at midnight to return to Molly’s £4m Cheshire home.
Molly is yet to address her status of her relationship with Tommy, but in a new interview with Grazia, she has opened up about “not getting everything perfect” ahead of the Prime Video documentary’s release.
“I’ve become really good at accepting the highs and lows of this job,” she told them. “My relationship breakdown being in the public eye was hard, but also, I have a young daughter, so she was my strength.
“It’s just waking up and pushing on because life has to. I’ve got businesses to run, a life to live and a daughter to raise.”
On the new doc, she added: “We’ve really delved into the good and bad days of growing Maebe, so it’s very real.
“I am just a normal person; I’m not always going to get everything perfect.”
The truth
In the documentary, Molly-Mae: Behind It All, the star is set to address the split – and potentially her and Tommy’s reconciliation.
“We were utterly obsessed with one another; all I ever wanted was to get married,” she tells the cameras.
“Suddenly, overnight, every part of my life changed. The last couple of months have been the worst of my life, I am angry at him and very hurt.”
Molly-Mae and Tommy, who got together on ITV‘s Love Island in 2019, split in August last year in a shock statement on social media – though neither had officially addressed why.
Both will appear in the show which drops on Prime Video next week.
A TV insider said: “The timing of them getting back together couldn’t be more convenient, as it will see their romance come full circle with fans watching on through the documentary.
“There was already huge interest in the programme, even before the events of the past week. But now there’s likely to be even more people watching.
“The trailer seemed to suggest there will be lots of detail about the stress Molly went through during their high-profile break up, but there was no hint of them getting back together.
“Which means the creators of the documentary – which is still being filmed – were either taken by surprise by the reunion or have had to keep it top secret for some time.”