Tommy Fury has revealed he was drinking to the point of “blackout” in the months leading up to his split from Molly-Mae Hague.
The 26-year-old boxer, who rose to fame on ITV’s Love Island in 2019, said he was downing as many as “20 shots a night” after suffering a hand injury which left him unable to fight.
Fury, who shares one-year-old daughter Bambi with Hague, opened up about the period in his new BBC Three documentary series Tommy: The Good, The Bad, The Fury.
He admitted that instead of focusing on recovery, he “started drinking excessively” and quickly spiralled. “I was going out and drinking 20 shots a night, getting blackout drunk, and just doing it all over again the next day,” he said.
Fury stressed that his behaviour was not linked to speculation that he had been unfaithful. The couple’s split in August 2024 — little more than a year after announcing their engagement — shocked fans and prompted widespread rumours that infidelity had played a part.
The boxer, who is the half-brother of heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, denied the claims. “People are always going to talk, but the truth is I was in a really dark place,” he said. “I wasn’t myself, and it had nothing to do with anyone else.”
In the first episode of the show, Fury’s father John says he urged Hague to leave his son, saying: “I knew from dealing with Tyson, when the drinking started to come into play I thought ‘Not again’.
“I did say to Molly, because she came to me, what you’re best off doing with him, Molly, is walking away, because if he’s not going to change himself, he doesn’t think that much of you.”
Discussing how it impacted him to be unable to fight, he said: “The only thing that made me feel like I was back in that moment of thousands of fans again was picking up and having a drink, but having a drink was what cost me my entire family.
“The reason why everything went to s***, I went through the worst year of my life, I went through a crisis, was because I couldn’t fight.”
He admitted he was drunk when Hague eventually walked out, taking their daughter with her.
He said: “I’ve never even said this before, but when they’d actually left the house, I was actually drunk at that point, so I don’t actually remember it that well, which was even more upsetting.
“I woke up. I was like s***, and I was listening to probably the silence of the house for like an hour. I was like, f***. And that was the last time they’ve been here.
“I’m not going to lie and say I knew the feeling of what it was like when they walked out – I didn’t because I was intoxicated.”
The couple have since rekindled their relationship, with Hague saying she believes their relationship is “worth saving”.
Part one of Tommy: The Good, The Bad, The Fury is available on BBC iPlayer and BBC Three, with part two scheduled for later in the year.
