The paradox of Molly-Mae Hague

Molly-Mae Hague rose to fame as a contestant on Love Island in 2019 .

She has 8.3 m Instagram followers, a bestselling autobiography and her own clothing line.

Now she’s the star of a six -part Prime Video docuseries, Molly-mae : Behind It All.

The “it all” in question is single motherhood, the launch of Maebe , and her break-up with boxer Tommy Fury .

Molly-Mae : Behind It All wants it to tell us a powerhouse businesswoman but also a girl.

The show at least attempts to tackle the backlash against Maebe last autumn .

The problem with all of this is that Hague is not an island.

Though she has deliberately shrunk her social life and avoids public speaking, she cannot escape the fact that she is part of a much bigger and uglier world.

Molly-Mae Hague reveals she has taken 211,000 photos on her year-old phone.

She wonders aloud, “Why am I stood there taking that many pictures of my bath before I get in the bath?” It’s reductive and often sexist to label influencers “self-obsessed” but the longer Hague remains incurious about the world around her, the more she earns this label.