Tommy Fury has revealed that he hates social media despite his fiancée Molly-Mae Hague’s job as an influencer.
The boxer, 24, told in a candid new interview that Instagram ‘isn’t really his thing’ as he discussed the downsides to being able to constantly compare yourself to others’ lives online.
His future wife Molly-Mae, also 24, – who he met on Love Island in 2019 – is arguable the UK’s most successful influencer and has 7.8million followers on Instagram.
He told The Times of his attitude to the platform: ‘Social media isn’t really my thing. I can’t do it, I have to be up and about, doing something.
‘I’ve never understood it, because I’m not that way inclined. Some people are on Instagram to look at the life they don’t have, and that’s when they start to get upset and sad with their own lives.
Not a fan: Tommy Fury has revealed that he hates social media despite his fiancée Molly-Mae Hague’s job as an influencer
Fair: The boxer, 24, told in a candid new interview that Instagram ‘isn’t really his thing’ as he discussed the downsides to being able to constantly compare yourself to others’ lives online (seen with Molly and daughter Bambi)
‘But they shouldn’t be upset. It’s, like, there’s always a level above you. I could look on Instagram and see a billionaire driving 20 supercars, but that’s not going to make me unhappy.
‘If someone’s doing better than me, I think God bless you and good luck to you.’
He added that before being with Molly-Mae he had no idea how much work went into an influencer’s social media feed.
Tommy told how his ‘missus is very good at it’ and that he marvels at ‘seeing her putting the hours in’ and working ‘non-stop’ because it’s her passion.
He said despite him not liking Instagram he will still post in order to keep his fans updates as he ‘owes it to them’.
Tommy is gearing up to fight his rival KSI at the AO Arena in Manchester on October 14, after beating YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul in Saudi Arabia earlier this year.
And in the chat he also revealed his dreams to move into body building after his boxing career ends.
He told the publication he was ‘obsessed’ with the idea of it and that it would be his ‘next passion’.
Huge: Tommy is gearing up to fight his rival KSI at the AO Arena in Manchester on October 14, after beating YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul in Saudi Arabia earlier this year
Success: His future wife Molly-Mae, also 24, – who he met on Love Island in 2019 – is arguable the UK’s most successful influencer and has 7.8million followers on Instagram
Difficult: It comes just after earlier this week Tommy revealed that Molly-Mae Hague hates boxing and commended her for supporting his career
Tommy explained the he was to get ‘substantially bigger’ including 20inch arms as he professed: ‘I love it’.
It comes just after earlier this week Tommy revealed that Molly-Mae Hague hates boxing and commended her for supporting his career.
Tommy has followed in his brother Tyson’s boxing footsteps and Molly-Mae has made no secret of the fact that she doesn’t like watching him in the ring.
Now, Tommy has further opened up on Molly-Mae’s dislike of the sport and revealed she only ‘tolerates’ boxing because it makes him happy.
Tommy commended his fiancée for supporting his passion despite ‘hating’ it herself.
He said on BBC Breakfast: ‘She watches the ground while I fight. She only tolerates boxing because she knows how happy it makes me. That’s it.
‘Other than that she hates it. She doesn’t like talking about it, she doesn’t like watching it, nothing, which I can understand.’
Tommy admitted he understands how difficult it must be for Molly-Mae to watch him – the father of their daughter Bambi, nine months – getting punched in the ring.
‘She’s watching her partner, the father to her baby, getting in the ring, have a fight and get punched up,’ he went on.
‘It’s not a nice feeling to go through so I commend her, I do.’
Molly-Mae has previously made no secret of her dislike of watching Tommy in the ring and stayed away from the TV during his fight with Jake in February.
While she sweetly broke down in tears upon hearing of his win at the time, new mother Molly-Mae couldn’t bear to actually watch Tommy in the ring.
She stayed in the UK with their newborn daughter Bambi, who was born just weeks earlier, while Tommy jetted off for his much-anticipated showdown with Jake.
But she didn’t watch the fight on TV, with her sister Zoe sharing a clip of her taking shelter in her bedroom while her family and friends watched the clash.
Speaking last year after watching Tommy fight Daniel Bocianski, Molly-Mae admitted she finds it ‘horrible’ watching her partner get punched in the ring.
Supportive: Tommy opened up on Molly-Mae’s dislike of the sport and revealed she only ‘tolerates’ boxing because it makes him happy, praising her for doing so
Family: Molly-Mae and Tommy met on Love Island in 2019 and welcomed their daughter Bambi in January of this year. They then got engaged just months later in July
‘I don’t actually watch him – I watch the screen, that’s my way of dealing with it,’ she told BT Sport at the time.
‘To watch him in the flesh, it feels much harder. I watch him on the screen and that relieves a little bit of the stress, but I have got nail marks on my arm where they have been digging in.’
‘It’s just horrible. I would not wish it on my worst enemy honestly. The fear of watching your person in the ring is not nice. It really isn’t,’ she added.
Molly-Mae and Tommy met on Love Island in 2019 and welcomed their daughter Bambi in January of this year. They then got engaged just months later in July.
