Molly-Mae Hague has reacted to the praise she's received after wearing a bikini not long after she said she would never wear one again.
The Love Island star, 24, gave birth to her first child with Tommy Fury in January - a daughter named Bambi.
The new mum has been open about her motherhood journey so far and has kept fans up-to-date in regular blogs and social media posts.
In a vlog earlier this month, the influencer admitted she felt less confident about her body and could no longer see herself wearing bikinis in the future.
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In a video filmed while on holiday in Barbados, she told fans she has a 'real journey to start' if she ever wants to feel body confident again.
“I genuinely feel that with time my body confidence is actually getting worse. Like, it’s irritating me," she said.
“I really felt on this trip I was going to embrace it, like I don’t care. My new mum bod. I’m proud of it, whatever. And I am. But I’m finding it harder to accept that.”
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She continued: “I have a real journey to start if I want to feel more confident in my body.
“But I was speaking about it to my family and I just don’t ever picture myself putting on a bikini ever again.
“I mean, I never did in the first place. There’s just no way. Like, before I had a baby I didn’t feel confident in a bikini, so after having a baby I just don’t picture myself thinking ‘Oh, I’ll slip a bikini on and feel amazing'."
She added: “I want to come on here and say ‘I feel amazing’, but it’s just not how I’m feeling at the minute.”
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The family-of-three are now on holiday in Athens, Greece and the former PrettyLittleThing creative director shared a couple of holiday snaps with her 7 million followers.
One picture shows Molly-Mae taking off her white trousers with a blue bikini underneath. Her fans have shared supportive messages in her DMs praising the star for embracing her body.
Molly-Mae was evidently thankful for the kind responses as she shared one of the uplifting messages she received from a fan.
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It reads: “You made it into a bikini. Total inspo for a mam with a new baby.”
Molly-Mae responded by posting a picture of her stretch marks and part of her bikini bottoms. She wrote: “I spoke on my YouTube about how I don’t think I’ll ever want to reach for a bikini on holiday again/feel confident in one… I didn’t even bring any with me on this trip!
“But today I went to the shop here and bought one because I realised WHO ACTUALLY CARES! The thought of putting on a bikini before the holiday is always much more daunting than doing it in the moment and whilst on the trip… pack the bikini mama’s! And my girls who don’t normally! I promise that no one’s judging/cares.”
Social media can be so wholesome sometimes!
Topics: Celebrity, Molly Mae Hague, Parenting, Travel
Gregory Robinson