Sadly, Molly-Mae Hague is no stranger to criticism at this point in her career, but the Love Island winner has now come under fire following a seemingly innocent social media post.
She’s currently enjoying the sun in the Balearic Islands, temporarily free from childcare responsibilities as husband-to-be Tommy Fury looks after their one-year-old daughter, Bambi.
However, the 24-year-old influencer caught heat from her 7.9million followers by boarding a private jet for her short solo trip.
Sharing on Instagram on Friday (March 15), the internet sensation uploaded a selfie from the jet, displaying her glowing bare face before take-off.
'Solo trip☁️', she wrote simply in the caption, clearly not expecting backlash to her picture, which has been liked over 200,000 times.
Molly-Mae also posted a photo of her £2,600 Bottega bag on the luxury jet, with a separate Instagram Story reminiscing on Tommy’s proposal, reading: 'I just realized the last time I was here you asked me to marry you.'
In her comments, fellow Insta users became angry and criticized Molly-Mae as 'irresponsible'.
Others urged her to 'think about the environment', given how a 2021 report from the European Federation for Transport and Environment found that private jets are five to 14 times more polluting per passenger than commercial flights.
'Can’t get on board with the private jet for a ridiculously short flight 😢', wrote brownboots83.
'Ever thought about the deteriorating world your bringing you’re child into? We’re in a climate crisis…😫', wrote rubyfreewild.
'What is wrong with British airways', asked 6habin.
'Think about the environment @mollymae', implored buffetpapi.
User kentish_sheep added: 'Wow, and the carbon footprint for this is!?'
Meanwhile, janiecoomber declared the private jet a 'dreadful waste of money' and karenkaz.hutchings declared it 'selfish and stupid' to publicize the trip.
It wasn’t all negative, though, as Molly-Mae’s fans flocked to defend her, urging critics to 'be kind'.
'Some of these comments are awful just remember in a world where you can be anything be kind !! It costs nothing ❤️', commented jogorman86.
'man some of the comments on here, bitter, jealous people 😂 it’s not molly’s fault you hate your life so just save yourself the time wasted writing a message', said rose_m91.
'Molly-Mae was urged to 'ignore the haters' by jools70h, who wrote: 'You do you. If I could, I’d fly private as well 🤣''
Of course, Molly-Mae isn’t the first – and likely won’t be the last – star to receive backlash for splashing the cash on a private plane.
Most famously, US pop star Taylor Swift has faced a great deal of criticism for clocking up thousands of air miles, recently flying 20,000 air miles over 10 days amid her Eras Tour shows in Asia and travelling to support boyfriend Travis Kelce at the Super Bowl.
Taylor, Jay-Z, and Kim Kardashian were identified as major celebrity polluters in 2022.
The popular singer's travel plans also faced additional scrutiny after a request to stop a certain action was sent to Jack Sweeney – who manages a private jet flight tracker – regarding worries about 'stalking' because her flights were being publicly broadcast.
