Love Island UK’s Tommy Fury is setting the record straight on what went wrong in his relationship with Molly-Mae Hague.
“With my breakup with Molly, there’s been so much s— in the papers every single day for the past six months, but if it’s not come from my mouth or Molly’s mouth, it’s complete and utter bulls—,” Fury, 25, told Men’s Health UK in an interview published Wednesday, January 15. “All I’ve been seeing for the past six months is, ‘Cheater!’ ‘He slept with me!’ ‘He slept with this girl, he slept with that girl!’ Complete and utter bollocks.”
Instead, Fury explained that his mental health began to suffer after he sustained a boxing injury. As a way to cope, he self-medicated with alcohol.
“We broke up because I had a problem with alcohol and I couldn’t be the partner that I wanted to be anymore,” he shared. “It kills me to say it, but I couldn’t. I loved a pint of beer, loved to drink.”
Fury made it clear that cheating “was never a thing.” Instead, the issues in his relationship “was the drink, and the drink is not a good thing.”
“You need to get a grip of it,” he shared. “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.”
Fury and Hague, 25, fell in love while appearing on season 5 of Love Island UK in 2019. They got engaged in 2023, months after welcoming their daughter Bambi.
In August 2024, however, the couple called off their engagement and went their separate ways.
“Never in a million years did I think I’d ever have to write this,” Hauge wrote via her Instagram Story at the time. “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.”
In his latest interview, Fury said he wished more viewers questioned if more was going on in his life after the split instead of jumping to conclusions.
“Not once did anyone ask how I was. I checked my inbox. Millions of messages in there, all negative,” he said. “I’m not looking for sympathy. Whether I do the right thing or do the wrong thing, people are still going to hate me. As long as my family loves me. I just want to do my fights, earn my money and look after my daughter.”
As Hague prepares for the release of her new documentary series, Molly-Mae: Behind It All, on Friday, January 17, Fury is focused on getting back in the ring and doing what he loves so much.
“2025,” he shared. “Positivity breeds positivity.”
If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, contact the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).
