REALITY BITES
Molly-Mae sparks huge fan backlash with ‘tone deaf’ comments on poverty saying ‘we all have the same 24 hours in a day’
MOLLY-Mae Hague has come under fire for comments she made about her success after insisting "we all have the same 24 hours in the day" on a recent podcast.
The reality star, 22, shot to fame on ITV2’s Love Island in 2019 when she and boyfriend Tommy Fury, also 22, finished second.
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Nearly three years on from her appearance on the series, Molly has seen her career as an influencer reach new heights, launched her own fake-tan brand and has also become the creative director of Pretty Little Thing.
The businesswoman is thought to be worth around £2million, with the PLT deal being worth seven figures.
Despite this, Molly has now been branded "tone deaf" by some after comments on podcast last month in which she hit out at past criticism.
She said: “You’re given one life and it’s down to you what you do with it. You can literally go in any direction.
"When I’ve spoken about that in the past I have been slammed a little bit, with people saying 'it’s easy for you to say that because you’ve not grown up in poverty, so for you to sit there and say we all have the same 24 hours in a day is not correct.'
"But, technically, what I’m saying is correct. We do," the TV personality continued.
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"So I understand that we all have different backgrounds and we’re all raised in different ways and we do have different financial situations, but I do think if you want something enough, you can achieve it.
"It just depends to what lengths you want to go to get where you want to be in the future. And I’ll go to any lengths.
"I’ve worked my absolute a**e off to get where I am now," she concluded.
In light of Molly's comments resurfacing online, many have taken to social media to air their grievances with her grafting sentiments, pointing out that she went on one of the UK's biggest reality shows and had endorsement deals waiting for her.
One tweeted: “She literally just went on a TV dating show and got brand deals, I’m not sure she 'worked here a**e off'".
"So funny that people have gassed her up so much that she feels comfortable to be able to say this," another remarked. "She’s always been well off and for her to say this is so tone deaf."
A third shared: "Ngl I like Molly Mae but if you’ve never been in poverty you’ll never know how hard getting out of poverty is, it’s an endless cycle.
"Yes life is what you make of it but it also helps when you don’t need to stress about what you or your family are having for dinner."
"I respect Molly Mae for making the most of her opportunity and grabbing it with both hands, but I DESPAIR at the quote about everyone having the same time in a day as Beyoncé," another posted.
"The reality is that social inequality means there’ll never be an even playing field."
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