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Tyson Fury has confessed that he was initially opposed to his younger brother Tommy Fury appearing on Love Island, saying that it may jeopardise his boxing career.
Tommy, 24, rose to national prominence four years ago when he entered the ITV2 competition, which is when he met his now-fiancée Molly-Mae Hague, 24.
Anyone who has followed the couple’s love journey will know that they are now parents to their newborn girl Bambi and recently celebrated their engagement in Ibiza with a sweet and gorgeous proposal.
In a recent interview, heavyweight champion Tyson, 34, and his wife Paris Fury, 33, discussed their new Netflix docu-series At Home With The Furys.
The documentary will take viewers behind the scenes of the couple’s tumultuous family life with six children (with a seventh on the way), as well as capturing Tyson’s retirement, mental health difficulties, and Tommy’s connection with Molly-Mae.
During our interview, Tyson confessed that, while he now sees the beneficial influence Tommy’s appearance on Love Island had on his life, he wasn’t initially on board with his sibling being a reality star in the early stages of his potential boxing career.
‘I believe in letting everybody do what they want to do in life,’ Tyson began.
‘Because there’s always going to be someone say, “Oh don’t do this. Don’t do that.” But who is anybody to give anybody the right advice, really? Many people told me I shouldn’t box or I was never going to make it.’
Paris then chimed in to add: ‘A lot of people told Tommy, “Don’t go on Love Island. What are you doing that for? You’ll ruin your career,”’ as Tyson added: ‘I was one of them.”
‘Was you?’ Paris asked, as Tyson explained his former point of view in greater detail.
‘Yeah I was one of them. When the Love Island thing first come out, I said to Tommy, “Look, are you a boxer or do you want to be a TV person?”’ he recalled.
‘At the time he was just turned professional and I thought he’s gonna take 18 months to a year – like he did – away from his boxing career. And I wanted him to be a professional boxer, which he was.’
However, as we all now know, going on Love Island marked a massive turning point in Tommy and Molly-Mae’s lives.
‘Well, it turned out to be, it was the best thing that could have happened to him because now he’s a professional boxer, but he’s also doing the influencing in boxing and all that,’ Tyson stated.
‘So he’s making 20 times the amount you could have done out of real boxing. So it’s fantastic for him and his family.’
After a four-year romance, Tommy and Molly-Mae announced their engagement in July, with the boxer dropping down on one knee on a magnificent cliffside as his girlfriend carried their six-month-old daughter.
The PrettyLittleThing spokesperson gave an important update about their forthcoming wedding in a recent YouTube video.
‘One thing I can say is the wedding will definitely be in the UK,’ she told her fans.
‘We have had some conversations about the wedding and what we have in mind but my sister’s actually getting married next year.’
At Home With The Furys premieres on August 16 on Netflix.
Source My Celebrity Life.
