MOLLY-Mae Hague is being back by PrettyLittleThing after critics have called for her to be sacked as creative director.
The 22-year-old has been viciously trolled after comments she made on a podcast went viral.
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Multi-millionaire Molly – who shot to fame on ITV2’s Love Island in 2019 – insisted “we all have the same 24 hours in the day” while talking about her success on The Diary Of A CEO hosted by Steven Bartlett.
Nearly three years on from her appearance on the series, Molly has seen her career as an influencer reach new heights, launching her own fake-tan brand and has also become the creative director of PrettyLittleThing.
But she’s suffered serious backlash over her interview on the podcast – with hundreds of thousands of messages and videos slating her released online.
Many have called for her to lose her her “dream job” at the online clothing brand over her “tone deaf” remarks.
But a spokesman for PrettyLittleThing has defended the reality star, insisting her thoughts have been taken out of context and quotes have been fabricated.
The statement said: “Molly did a podcast interview in December about her own rise to success. If you listen to the full conversation and interview Molly was asked about how the nature of her potential grows and how she believes in herself.
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“This part of the interview was discussing time efficiency relating to success. Molly refers to a quote which says “We all have the same 24 hours in a day as Beyonce”. She was discussing her own experience and how she can resonate with this specific quote.
“Her opinion on if you want something enough you can work hard to achieve it is how she keeps determined with her own work to achieve more in her own life. Molly is not commenting on anyone else’s life or personal situation she can only speak of her own experience.”
It goes on to say how Molly is fully aware that everyone comes from “different backgrounds”, but was simply discussing her own journey.
“She acknowledges that everyone is raised in different ways and from different backgrounds but her comments here are in reference to timing, hard work and determination in her own life.
Molly is fully aware that everyone comes from ‘different backgrounds’
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“If you listen to this interview you can see the whole conversation was about her own personal circumstances, how she has grown up and this small clip in the conversation was talking about a quote that inspires her.
“Social media users have shared a short snippet from this interview with words such as “if you are homeless buy a house” and “if you are poor be poor” these are absolutely not Molly’s words, these are not Molly’s thoughts and this isn’t at all the meaning or thought behind that conversation.”
Businesswoman Molly is thought to be worth around £2million, with the PLT deal being worth seven figures.
She and boyfriend Tommy Fury, also 22, finished second on Love Island in 2019.
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Molly-Mae Hague sparks huge backlash with ‘tone deaf’ comments about her success
