23 January 2025, 14:12

By Emily Conn

For much of the UK, last Friday night came and went as it does on a cold January evening.

But not for fans of Molly Mae Hague, the influencer and vlogger with eight million followers on Instagram, who rose to fame on the reality show ‘Love Island’ in 2019 with her former partner, boxer Tommy Fury.

This was the day her documentary, showing a look behind the curtain of the normal girl beneath the glamour, landed on Amazon Prime.

As the evening drew in, the Instagram stories began to fill up. Takeaways, slippers, sofas.

Up and down the UK, people who hadn’t watched long form television since lockdown put down Tiktok.

They were poised and ready.

The documentary revealed more than expected.

It showed that within the beautiful, alluring, glittering symbol of success that is Molly Mae there is a nagging strain of loneliness and sadness, her life tainted by the pressures of social media and evergrowing beauty standards, that she herself perpetuates.

Molly’s regular vlogs have documented her heartbreak and her life as a single mum to her and Tommy’s........

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