Leave Molly-Mae alone: Everything she does as a mum gets dragged and it’s not fair

It feels like Molly-Mae can’t win as a mum.

Whether she’s talking about nursery drop-offs, admitting she has a nanny, or opening up about the everyday struggles of parenting, the internet is waiting in the wings ready to tear her down.

Her latest YouTube vlog has caused yet another round of criticism. She admitted she was struggling to juggle her busy career with raising her two-year-old daughter Bambi, explaining that nursery is great, but it doesn’t always guarantee childcare. Pretty standard mum stuff, right? But because it’s Molly-Mae saying it, people have piled on with the usual “unrelatable” and “entitled” comments.

She said: “Bambi’s at nursery today so I have a bit of ‘me time’, I’m so excited. I’ve had the most mental week. Life at the minute is like… I can’t. Every single day Fran [Molly’s manager] will send me my schedule and I’ll look at it and I’m just like, ‘Ok, so at what point in the day do I come up to breathe? Oh, that’s right, I don’t’.

“Molly continued: “Every Friday we try and leave it free in my diary, sometimes it doesn’t happen. But because Bambi’s at nursery we can’t book shoots or meetings just in case I get a call. If Tommy’s busy and I get a call asking me to pick her up, I can’t be away or on a shoot or something where I can’t leave.

“So as much as nursery’s great, for me, it’s not like definite childcare because they could call me and say they need picking up.”

Credit: Instagram/@mollymae

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Yes, Molly-Mae is rich. Yes, she lives in a £4 million mansion. And yes, she’s got a nanny. But why does that automatically mean she’s not allowed to admit that parenting is hard?

Becoming a mum doesn’t suddenly stop being challenging just because you can afford help.

And let’s not forget she’s essentially been solo parenting. Tommy lives elsewhere, spends half his time training or jetting off, and yet he somehow escapes any criticism. Molly-Mae, meanwhile, can’t even talk about Bambi refusing to eat without people accusing her of being out of touch.

The reality is, millions of mums across the country can relate to the things Molly-Mae is saying. The toddler tantrums, the exhaustion, the constant juggle of work and childcare: it’s universal. But instead of recognising that, people project their resentment onto her because she has money.

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It’s also worth pointing out that the rules for women in the spotlight are very different to men. When men become successful, they’re celebrated. When women do the same, they’re labelled as greedy, shallow, or “career-hungry”.

Molly-Mae has built a £6 million fortune, has her own Amazon Prime docu-series, and is one of the most successful Love Island alumni ever. That should be admired. Instead, every parenting choice she makes becomes a headline.

The double standards are glaring. Molly gets dragged for being a mum with help, while Tommy gets a free pass to post about fancy cars and triathlons. Society clearly just loves to hate successful women while applauding men for doing the bare minimum.

At the end of the day, Molly-Mae is 26, navigating life as a first-time mum in the public eye. She should be allowed to vent about toddler struggles without being shamed for it. Money doesn’t exempt her from the challenges of parenthood. It just means she’s doing it on a bigger stage.

So maybe we should all take a step back and remember she’s not “unrelatable,” she’s just human. And being a mum is hard, whether you’re Molly-Mae Hague or not.

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Featured image credit: Instagram/@mollymae