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Liam O'Dell
Feb 01, 2023
Molly-Mae reveals the Disney-inspired name of her baby girl
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Love Island star Molly-Mae Hague probably used up all of her 24 hours coming up with a name for her new-born daughter with boxer Tommy Fury, and now she’s finally announced her first child is called Bambi – after the Disney character.
Hague gave birth to the child on 23 January, sharing the news on her Instagram page a week later.
On Wednesday, accompanied with a picture of a yawning baby resting in a cot with cloud lanterns above her, a Bambi plushie beside her and a yellow neon light on the wall in the background, she wrote the name “Bambi” in the caption.
In a series of posts to her Instagram Stories, Hague praised her “perfect tiny angel” and said was “obsessed with being your mum”.
Meanwhile, Fury posted his own snap of him cuddling Bambi, describing her as “Daddy’s little girl. Forever.”
Adorable, but over on Twitter, people were a bit confused by the name choice – especially considering what happens in the classic animated film:
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\u201cMolly mae is the prime example of \u201cRemember you are naming an adult human not a baby\u201d like poor Bambi is gunna have to go to Starbucks or into an interview or apply for a mortgage one day with that name \ud83d\udc80\u201d— Lucy (@Lucy) 1675185115
\u201cYou\u2019d think with 24 hours in a day Molly Mae would come up with a better name for a human than Bambi\u201d— Dave Aloo (@Dave Aloo) 1675185501
\u201cSomeone in the comments under Molly Mae\u2019s baby name reveal post said \u201coh deer\u201d lmaooooo\u201d— Hanna (@Hanna) 1675185513
\u201cBambi Fury sounds like a fucked up sequel to Bambi where he goes and kills the hunter that shot his maw\u201d— Lauren (@Lauren) 1675184960
\u201cDoes Molly-Mae not know what happened to Bambi\u2019s mum\u201d— Jason Okundaye (@Jason Okundaye) 1675187002
\u201cEvery time I hear \u2018Bambi Fury\u2019 I just picture this\u201d— Iz (@Iz) 1675199583
And news of Hague and Fury’s new arrival hasn’t exactly gone the way they expected it to, as controversial influencer Jake Paul came under fire for apparently leaking the news before Hague had chance to do so.
On Friday - four days after the baby was born, but another four before the reality TV star shared the news – Paul tweeted: “Tommy has no excuses now… Baby’s born.”
When Hague shared the birthday of Bambi on Monday, Paul went further and said in a “tasteless”, since-deleted comment: “Just in time to watch your dad get knocked out.”
The pair were set to fight in late 2021, but Fury withdrew from the bout due to an injury and illness. He also had to cancel a rescheduled fight in August due to travel issues preventing him fighting in the US.
They are now set to fight at the end of February in Saudi Arabia.
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