Molly-Mae admits she maybe should have waited before starting a family

Molly-Mae Hague has admitted she should have ‘waited a few years’ before starting a family and now feels ‘pressure’ to give her daughter Bambi a sibling.

The TV personality, 26, shares two-year-old Bambi with boyfriend Tommy Fury, 26, whom she met on Love Island in 2019.

Speaking to Cosmopolitan, Molly opened up about becoming a mother in her early twenties, saying: ‘I felt like I’d lived so much life by 23, I felt really ready for a new chapter.

‘Tommy and I were in an incredible place, and to have something that was half him, half me, just felt really special.

‘I’ve never had any regrets about starting a family young, but if I could go back and maybe go again, would I have waited a few more years? Potentially.’ 

The star added that she would love more days to just ‘sit and do absolutely nothing,’ as they were great for her mental health. 

She also admitted that having a second child is something she constantly thinks about, and she feels a ‘real pressure around it’ because she wants Bambi to have a sibling. 

Molly reflected on her own close bond with her older sister Zoe, explaining her life ‘wouldn’t have been the same’ without her sibling, and she hopes Bambi experiences the same. 

However, she stressed that she would never ‘do it just for her,’ noting she would want a second child because it is ‘something I want to do’.

Molly also spoke candidly about the challenges of motherhood and shared her appreciation for Bambi now being a toddler. 

She confessed she would ‘take a toddler over a newborn any day,’ praising the communication, laughs, and understanding that come with this stage. 

The star described her daughter as very determined, with strong likes and dislikes, admitting she sometimes ‘loves to push the buttons’.

Yet, Molly said she loves that about Bambi, because she is ‘strong’ and ‘knows her mind.’ 

The interview comes after Molly left fans in hysterics last month as she addressed the viral moment her daughter Bambi ‘plotted’ to bite her nursery friends Emily and Dory.

The influencer was mum-shamed last month as fans accused her of being ‘too soft’ with parenting her two-year-old daughter.

And in a previous Instagram post, Molly shared a series of ‘life at the minute’ snaps showing off her lavish lifestyle from private jets, out and about in Paris and spending time with Bambi and partner Tommy. 

However, it was a snap of three cans of Heinz baked beans that caught fans’ eyes as the personalised tins featured Bambi, Emily and Dory’s names written on the label. 

Fans rushed to the comments: ‘It’s the Heinz beans for me; the beans ime crying; The 3 legends that are Emily Bambi & Dory; Not the beansssss; the beans i’m howling; 

‘Bambi the biter beanzzzz; Awwn our little biting princess; not emily’s beans looking like they’ve had a bite taken out of them;

‘Bambi, Dory’s & Emily’s beans I love this for BamBam; Not the Emily and Dory beans Hilarious!; The beans I’m dead;

‘The beans omg; The BEANSSSS!! Molly you are hilarious; THE BEANS I’M DEAD i love it hahahaha Bambi what an icon already; Not the beans.’ 

In a YouTube video last month, the former Love Islander left mums ‘concerned’ after Bambi listed all the people she wants to bite while speaking to Molly.

Molly, who was sitting on the floor of her £3.5million mansion, replied, telling her little girl ‘What do we use our mouths for? Your mouth is for food, we don’t bite anyone, OK’.

But it appeared that Bambi wasn’t totally on board, as she continued: ‘We bite…Emily. We bite… Dory.’

Chuckling, Molly replied, ‘No, no. I don’t know why I’m laughing at that, we bite croissants, we bite pasta, we bite pizza’.

The Maebe founder, who previously admitted she is ‘selfish’ and ‘not cut out’ to deal with the stresses of parenting, later added that she was ‘mentally exhausted’ by her daughter’s behaviour.

In a later section of the vlog, Molly added: ‘Just running the bath, last step of the day. I am mentally exhausted, I’m not gonna lie. 

‘I’ve held it together today, and I feel like I’ve definitely managed her mood today better than I would have a few weeks ago.’

Following sharing the vlog with her 2.4million followers, Molly’s clip chatting with Bambi about biting went viral and left many shocked by the toddler’s ‘wild’ behaviour.