Molly Mae and Tommy

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They've broken up 💔

Absolutely true , I know a few girls from school who have shacked up with men of this ethnicity/culture and they are completely disrespected. They are expected to be the perfect housewife while the male does whatever he wants. You can only imagine the conversations between Tommy, Dyson & the father.

Also sorry to say but having a baby at such a young age was a wrong move. They got too deep too fast. They should have been living their lives to the full, then got married and had babies down the line. He obviously wasn't ready for that level of responsibility
Hopefully it'll be a lesson to her young fans.

@Zow , I remember that.

I didn't think she came from a particularly privileged background, but I'm guessing she does?

What is her background, please? Did she go to private school?

Wiki says her parents were both police officers

Edited to add: and she went to the local comp in Hitchin

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He is very good looking she strikes me more as the girl next door type. He probably has women throwing themselves at him. Rich, good looking, young, gf at home holding the baby. Maybe they did to much to soon. If he cheated he clearly couldn’t see what he had at home. But he comes from a culture that doesn’t respect women. I think she will probably be just fine without him.

He's much too young for me to fancy but wow, I'm really surprised that so many of you think he's very attractive! Takes all sorts I s'pose.

I don't like pretty boys or gym bunny types, but having watched him on the show, he came across as sweet and dopey, and the dynamic with him and Molly Mae made him loveable.

Not all photos are flattering, but he is a good looking bloke.

Not a surprise.
Poor Molly Mae.
But she'll be ok, she's well rid.

I don't think MM ever came across as posh, just bright, personable and clearly spoken. Puts herself across well as a girl next door talking to her followers. haven't watched in ages, just out of curiosity after LI.

(24 hour thing notwithstanding, I would assume that was probably due to not understanding the implications in full rather than being a neo Thatcherite. Not too damning for an early 20 something).

Someone compared her success to Anna Vakili (LI-er of Iranian descent). Attractive, intelligent woman who works as a pharmacist but not an equivalence. Very different personality, more fiery, reactive, opinionated and much older. I genuinely don't think AV would have had the same mainstream appeal regardless. Not as smiley and PG.

Amber Gill maybe would be a fair comparison but I don't even know whether she wanted to be an influencer per se as opposed to having various business ventures so it's hard to say.

I don't think she's ever claimed to be posh or acts particularly well to do, but like all influencers, even before LI her social media gave rich vibes even though most of it was fake. She struck a good balance I suppose of appearing 'aspirational' enough for brands to know they'll get a good return working with her, and down to earth enough (I mean she's pretty but no super model which actually increases relatability) that girls thought they could be like her.

There’s articles stating he cheated on her, not sure if true but I suppose if it’s not, his team will rebuff that

Both have asked for privacy, and should not be hounded out of it.

Some poor woman has already been forced to deny that T's the father of her baby. Did no-one on SM learn anything from KateGate?

There's a woman on Vinted saying she's taking a break because the split has affected her mental health.

I heard they moved to wilmslow 2 years ago. I don’t know if that true, Bowden nicer than wilmslow. The Fury’s are from styal right near the airport. Tommy has just stayed local to where he grew up. The Dad was/is regularly in Wilmslow causing mither.

Nah, it isn’t true.

Why? They both lived in Manchester before they went on love island and had obviously built good lives there so why would they suddenly move to London?

I agree. He has a greasy look about him and seems very dim.

He is really very Neanderthal looking with his low forehead and vacant expression

I saw a TikTok of him with the old-age filter on and he looks exactly like Paul Hollywood!

A bit off topic, but why do people behave like this?

Why the need to have a petty (in this case failed) "gotcha!" moment?

It's just relentlessly negative and tiresome.

Sorry @Onehappymam, was obviously quoting the original poster who didn't realise some children are indeed back in school.

Yep. I commented at the time saying the same - why tf would the poster have lied about that 😵‍💫

Oh man, this quote took me right back to the Love Island glory years!

”Molly Mae” is one of the most working class names you can get. Her parents (divorced) are PCs. She’s from Stevenage and went to the local comp. There is nothing posh about her and she’s never claimed to be.

It sounds like you’re confusing “posh” with being articulate. A lot of girls on LI like to put on this dumb girl persona and Molly didn’t. Using “categorically” is not unusual in the real world - it isn’t a big or complex word - but even if it was, having a good vocabulary does not make someone posh. The fact she didn’t pretend to be stupid is probably part of her appeal - it makes her more aspirational as a role model girls can look up to.

She built a career as an influencer herself by vlogging on YouTube before going on LI. She’s a similar “type” to lots of YouTubers popular with young people - sweet, positive and upbeat, relatable and attractive in a “girl next door” way.
She would have had to teach herself the video editing and marketing skills to build her following.

She obviously realised that going on LI would be a brilliant marketing tool to build her following even more so she went on there and she already knew when she came out of LI, after years of building up her following, how to capitalise on her new following and maintain it, which other LI might not.

Tommy is no “sportsman” and is not taken seriously by professional boxers but is a new kind of YouTube boxer. This career only took off after LI and his following is nowhere near as big as Molly’s. He’s capitalised on his brother’s fame and probably Molly to some extent who has helped to keep him in the spotlight.

She might have benefited from being in a relationship in general which again can be aspirational for young girls and many will have enjoyed following their romance.

As for Anna - I have no idea why you’ve singled her out from the many other more personable LIers of all races who never took of. As a fellow Persian I wanted to like her, but she came across very badly in the show. She was incredibly hostile and aggressive at times. It doesn’t surprise me at all that she didn’t have the mass appeal that Molly had.

Molly Mae (white British) and Tommy (traveller) came second in Love Island the year they appeared.

The winners were Amber Gill (biracial) and Greg O'Shea (White Irish)

And the big heart-throb of the series was Ovie (black American)

That Ana didn't go down that well is too simplistic a point - neither did many others.

Amber got the lion's share of the immediate post-series attention and contracts. It was MM and Tommy together who built a more enduring brand over time.