Tommy Fury, the 26-year-old boxer and reality TV personality, has never been one to shy away from the spotlight. But even for someone accustomed to public scrutiny since his 2019 debut on ITV’s Love Island, the past year has been a whirlwind of personal challenges, revelations, and a hard-fought journey back to stability. Now, with the release of the BBC Three docuseries Tommy: The Good. The Bad. The Fury, Fury is laying bare the highs and lows of his life—offering viewers an unfiltered look at the struggles that nearly cost him everything he holds dear.
Fury’s relationship with influencer and businesswoman Molly-Mae Hague, whom he met on Love Island, has been a staple of British pop culture headlines. The couple, who share a daughter named Bambi, seemed to have it all. But by August 2024, just over a year after their engagement, rumors swirled as they reportedly split, sending shockwaves through their fanbase and prompting speculation about what had gone wrong.
According to BBC, Fury attributes the breakdown of the relationship to his escalating alcohol abuse, which began after he suffered a serious hand injury that sidelined him from boxing. "The reason for our ending the relationship was alcohol," Fury confesses in the documentary. Unable to train or fight, Fury says he felt adrift: "I couldn’t train, box, lift weights, that was all gone. My right hand was messed up, I was in dire pain, it’s just what happens over years of impact on the hand. I had lost my entire identity, lost my life."
The docuseries pulls no punches when it comes to Fury’s admissions. He openly discusses the extent of his drinking, revealing, "I hold my hands up, drink got hold of me – 20 shots a night, 20 beers. Every day I would have a drink and I would drink to get blackout drunk, and that is what led to me not being the right partner to Molly." As The Mirror reports, Fury even admits that when Hague finally left, taking their daughter with her, he was too intoxicated to fully process the moment. "I’ve never even said this before, but when they’d actually left the house, I was actually drunk at that point, so I don’t actually remember it that well, which was even more upsetting. I woke up. I was like shit, and I was listening to probably the silence of the house for like an hour. I was like, f. And that was the last time they’ve been here. I’m not going to lie and say I knew the feeling of what it was like when they walked out – I didn’t because I was intoxicated."
Fury’s father, John Fury, who is no stranger to the complexities of a boxing family (being the father of heavyweight champion Tyson Fury as well), weighs in candidly during the series. He recounts warning Molly-Mae about the dangers of staying with someone struggling with addiction. "I knew from dealing with Tyson, when the drinking started to come into play I thought ‘Not again’. I did say to Molly, because she came to me, what you’re best off doing with him, Molly, is walking away, because if he’s not going to change himself, he doesn’t think that much of you," John Fury says, as reported by BBC.
Despite the pain and public speculation—including rumors of infidelity, which Fury flatly denies—the couple’s story did not end there. Over time, and following a period of separation and self-reflection, Fury and Hague have managed to rekindle their relationship. Speaking at the Manchester premiere of the docuseries, Fury told the PA news agency, "At the end of the day, we’re keeping everything between me and Molly private. Now we’re in the best place that we’ve ever been, and that’s just down to me and sorting me head out to be honest and becoming the partner that I always knew I could be and the partner she deserves." Hague, for her part, has said she believes their relationship is "worth saving."
The couple’s journey from reality TV sweethearts to parents navigating personal demons—and back again—has played out in the public eye, something Fury acknowledges has its own pressures. "We’ve gone from kids to adults in the public eye. We changed our life in the public eye. So we’re very used to it. But I think now it’s just about keeping a little bit of something private for us, having something special for us," he said.
Fury’s willingness to confront his lowest moments on camera was a conscious decision. "There’s no good bottling things up. And I thought, if I’m going to do a documentary I want it to be real. I want to do a real documentary. And that’s why I said, open the cameras up. Let people see, see me at my lowest. See me at my highest. See me winning. See the losses. I don’t want to shy away from that. Life’s not all glitz and glamour and great all the time, there’s ups and there’s downs. And I want people to see that, and if they can take something away from it, amazing. It was tough for me to open up and do that at the start, but I just thought by me doing this, being a young lad in a limelight, all this sort of stuff, I might be able to help somebody. So it’s not all bad. It’s tough to do at the start, but then once you get used to it, once you have said things openly, it gets a lot easier."
But just as Fury seemed to be regaining his footing, another setback loomed. In August 2025, as detailed in The Mirror, Fury sustained another hand injury during a fight—an event that left him visibly shaken and fearful for the future of his career. "After I [won] the fight, I took the glove off and it was massive. So that’s when the worry started to seep in. Ah f, my career is over," he confided to the cameras. The injury, which left his hand swollen and bruised, echoed the very crisis that had derailed his life before. "It doesn’t feel great, to be honest. It feels exactly the same as it did when it was bad. I can’t stop it shaking and it’s killing me. I’m just praying that I’m not in the same boat as I was. The hand is still badly swollen and badly bruised. I’m praying that all the surgery that was done and performed is still intact. I’m praying that nothing has come out or come loose or that nothing is torn or damaged."
As he awaited MRI results, Fury tried to resist the spiral of negative thinking. "I won the fight but hopefully I ain’t lost the war," he said, capturing the fragile optimism that has become his trademark. Off-camera, he focused on the essentials—going shopping to welcome Molly and Bambi back into their home, striving to rebuild the life he nearly lost. "At the end of the day, my sole purpose was to get Molly and Bambi back here, back under one roof, back like before. I’ve had to sort myself out and put my a*** in gear. They’ve stuck by me through thick and thin, and I’m so grateful for it."
Looking to the future, Fury is candid about his fears and hopes. "To lose Molly and Bambi again, that’s the biggest fear for me. Without training in my life, everything will fall down again. It’s like Jenga, so I guess we will just have to wait and see."
Part one of Tommy: The Good. The Bad. The Fury is now available on BBC iPlayer and BBC Three, with the second installment scheduled for later this year. For Fury and Hague, the journey continues—one step, one fight, and one day at a time.
