Molly-Mae Hague has spoken out about the backlash she received after making a remark about “having the same 24 hours in a day” as other people.Emma O’Neill Assistant Live News Editor and Hannah Roberts PA Senior Entertainment Reporter
22:09, 17 Oct 2025
Molly-Mae Hague attending the screening for series two of the Prime Video documentary series Molly-Mae: Behind It All(Image: PA)
Reality TV star Molly-Mae Hague has revealed that a comment she made about everyone having “the same 24 hours in a day” resulted in “hateful comments” and “death threats”.
In the second series of her show, Molly-Mae: Behind It All, the 26 year old influencer and businesswoman, who shot to fame on ITV’s Love Island, discusses the backlash that ensued following her appearance on a 2022 episode of the Diary Of A CEO podcast.
She also addresses the uproar caused by a statement she made in a YouTube video, claiming she hadn’t “done one social fun thing” over the summer, despite fans pointing out her trips to Dubai and Wimbledon.
Molly-Mae Hague (left) and her mother Debbie Gordon (Image: PA)
In the second episode of the Prime Video series, she admits: “I was so frustrated with myself when I saw the comments about me saying, ‘I’m going to get to the end of this summer and not have had any fun.'”.
“And I can completely understand why people had a problem with what I said. The days where the nation’s turned against you, they’re not the best days.”
She continued: “I get really frustrated with myself when I’ve said something that I think I could have worded better. I hate letting people down.
“It’s really embarrassing, and I just do my best to put on a brave face and look and act professional.”
Reflecting on her controversial remarks in 2022, Hague confessed she has “accepted and realised” that what she said “was wrong”.
“I have never spoken about that 24 hours scandal. I was so disappointed in myself that I’d made that mistake,” she admitted. “Twitter was huge at that time and I was trending for weeks.
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“I genuinely meant no malice or anything in that comment. I felt like I’d upset so many people that I needed to hold my hands up, because I’ve accepted and realised that that was wrong.
“To get so angry and to leave such hateful comments, send death threats, like, who’s got that level of anger inside of them? Some of the things I’ve read, sent in my inbox, is just absolutely wild. It would make you just really shocked to see.”
Following a brief excerpt from the chat becoming a sensation on Twitter, now X, Hague faced criticism from users who branded her “tone deaf” and “Thatcherite”.
Her representatives tackled the backlash at the time with a statement explaining: “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.”
The first three instalments of Molly-Mae: Behind It All series two drop exclusively on Prime Video on October 18.
The remaining three episodes will arrive in early 2026.
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