In an emotional interview with Men’s Health conveniently timed days before Molly-Maey’s much anticipated documentary is released, he became dependant on alcohol
He stated that his ‘mental health was in the pan’ during his recovery from surgery, which came off the back of ‘the best year I’ve ever had’ in 2023 which saw both his career and life with Molly flourish.
Explaining how a large part of his identity was snatched away from him when he could no longer train, Tommy said his diet and fitness were the first things he let slip before he turned to alcohol.
Molly-Mae announced her shock split from Tommy, also 25, in August five years after they met on ITV reality dating show, Love Island.
But according to pals, Molly-Mae has ‘never stopped loving’ Tommy and is mulling over a way forward with the professional sportsman romantically.
He was also snapped at an event at the Hungary Opera House with another brunette woman during the same boozy trip. The trip is said to have contributed to their split.
Tommy explained how his problems started when he underwent reconstructive surgery in January 2024, after snapping all the ligaments in his hand in 2019 (the couple pictured on the day Tommy proposed in 2023)
In an emotional interview with Men’s Health conveniently timed days before Molly-Maey’s much anticipated documentary is released, he became dependant on alcohol following a boxing injury and admitted his mental health was ‘in the pan’.
‘Cheating was never a thing,’ Tommy insisted. ‘You can ask Molly this yourself. It was the drink, and the drink is not a good thing. You need to get a grip of it.’
The reason why me and Molly broke up was because I got addicted to alcohol and I couldn’t be the partner that I wanted to be anymore,’ he confessed
‘The reason why me and Molly broke up was because I got addicted to alcohol and I couldn’t be the partner that I wanted to be anymore,’ he confessed.
It has been claimed that Molly-Mae and Tommy’s reunion will be a focus in her new reality series, Behind it All, which will also document their emotional break-up.
The pair, who were the runners-up on reality TV show Love Island season five in 2019, got engaged in 2023, months after welcoming their daughter Bambi.
