Molly-Mae’s ‘forced smile’ shows true feelings about Tommy split as she fights to ‘repair brand’, body language pro says
MOLLY-MAE Hague’s “forced smile” and “eyelid flutter” in her new YouTube video show her true feelings about her split with Tommy Fury, a body language expert has said.
The Love Island winners’ seemingly fairy-tale romance ended earlier this month, after Molly, 25 shocked fans with an emotional social media announcement.
The stars, who share daughter Bambi, one, were engaged to be married, and a distraught Molly said that she “never imagined” that their relationship would end like this.
The break-up has been shrouded with claims that Tommy, 25, cheated on his fiancée, whilst on a lads holiday in Macedonia.
And now Molly has posted a new YouTube video, addressing the split.
She said: “It’s not something I want to go into.
“He is Bambi’s dad and I will always value him, and respect him and always have a lot of love for him.”
On fan expectations, she continued: “This is real life, it is not drama, it is not tea, it is not a publicity stunt – as much as I wish it was.
“This is real life and it’s very sad and it’s very deep and it just doesn’t feel right for me to come on here and talk about it.”
Body language Judi James said that the video tells us a lot about Molly’s true feelings about the split.
She told Fabulous: “The video ‘chat’ seems to prove the fact that a celebrity split is often best left to PR releases, because Molly’s mixed messages about things being ‘blown out of proportion’ and the classic ‘I will always value him, respect him and have a lot of love for him’ are probably best served minus the body language signals, especially so soon after a split.
“A written line about ‘We remain best friends’ is often easier, but Molly Mae also has a brand to repair as well as an army of loving ‘best friend’ fans who have followed every breath of her relationship with Tommy to date and like all real best friends will be concerned for an intimate update.
“Molly also talks too much here to enable herself to look comfortable or congruent.
“Even her greeting smile of ‘Hey guys’ is clearly forced but with an attempt to look chirpy and back on brand upbeat.
“There’s no smile visible in her eye expression and her mouth looks keen to curl down at the corners, with the asymmetric hiking up of one side of her mouth suggesting an inner battle.
“She uses an incongruent beaked hand precision gesture when telling the camera she hasn’t ‘made a plan’. There is a dismissive air-quote gesture as she says she’s not ‘spilling the tea’ here.
“When she says ‘to be honest with you’ her dramatic eyelid flutter or stutter signals an acute desire to hide or hide her emotions from the camera.”
Judi added that Molly tried to use “mild humour” to raise the mood, but said that this comes across as nothing more than window dressing.
She added: “Behind the almost jolly smiles there are at least three moments when she pauses after referring to the ’last two weeks being very very real’ and her eyes roll upward with more of the eyelid fluttering as she does a very large swallow as though fighting back tears.
Timeline of Molly-Mae and Tommy Fury's split
After five years together, Molly-Mae and Tommy Fury split up in August 2024.
At around 4pm on Wednesday, August 14, Molly-Mae and Tommy suffer an explosive showdown and Molly-Mae announces her split from fiancé Tommy Fury, saying ‘ I never imagined our story would end, especially not this way’.
An hour later Tommy shares a separate and brief statement confirming they have parted ways, and thanks Molly-Mae for making him ‘a dad’.
The real reason they split emerges and on Thursday, August 15 The Sun reveals how Molly-Mae learned Tommy had cheated on her – leading to an explosive showdown.
On Saturday, August 17, The Sun reveals how Molly-Mae had been sent an upsetting video showing Tommy kissing a girl in a nightclub in North Macedonia on a lads holiday.
Exactly one week after the split a Danish woman accused of getting close to Tommy speaks to The Sun. On Wednesday, August 21, she denies she is the girl who kissed Tommy.
“Molly mimes ‘pushing forward’ to signal how keen she is to get back to business and go on with her usual day job.
“Her repeated clapping of her hands or slapping of her hands on her legs look and sound like a clapper-board announcement ritual to herself and her fans to finish with the past and move onward to the future. But she also performs a praying hand gesture that suggests sadder emotions.
“There is a micro-sneer of disgust or rejection when she says she doesn’t want to discuss things publicly.
“She does manage to hold her emotional responses or leakage together though when she talks about Tommy, using words like ‘respect’, ‘Value him’ and ‘I will obviously always have a lot of love for him’ without looking over-incongruent, which might even hint to fans of the couple that there is some chance of a re-kindle.”
Molly and Tommy both returned to Instagram this week, after keeping a low profile following their split.
In the picture posted by Molly, she is seen staring into the distance whilst relaxing at a log cabin.
“Thank you for being the best online friends I could’ve ever wished for”, the caption reads.
Shortly after this picture was posted, Tommy shared a similar picture, of him looking off into the distance whilst tying his shoes.
“These last few weeks have been heart-breaking.
“The false allegations about me have been horrendous, thank you to everybody who has stood by me through this.”
Judi said that the pictures almost “mirror” each other, and suggest the the former couple are missing each other.
She said: “Both Tommy and Molly are shown in a reflective mood with their eyes cast away from the camera. Both knew they were being photographed so this gesture must be deliberate. It suggests sad reflection.
“Molly looks lonely in her photo and Tommy looks chastened and upset. If they wanted to say they were missing each other this looks like a potent way to do it.
“Tommy has even posed looking sad lacing his trainers, as though he’s going through the motions of working out in the gym but his heart isn’t in it.
“This is a totally different vibe from his other poses carrying Bambi or walking with friends that appeared to show some resilience. Both these photos could be captioned ‘I’m miserable without you’.”
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