Molly-Mae Hague has explained how her parents divorce when she was teenager could possibly be the reason she shuns boozy nights out and alcohol as an adult.
The PrettyLittleThing creative director, 23, says watching her mother turn to alcohol to cope with the pain of a marriage break-up "sort of explains" why she avoids drinking too much to this day.
Molly-Mae was about 14-years-old when her parents Stephen Hague and Debbie Gordon announced they were splitting up, leaving the former reality TV star "heartbroken" and feeling like her "greatest fear had come true".
"The period after my parents split was really, really hard," the star confesses in her memoir, Becoming Molly-Mae.
She goes on to explain how her mum began "playing catch-up in terms of what she missed out on", going on dating websites and going on nights out.
"In that first year after the divorce, Mum really struggled. For a very short while just after the divorce, she turned to alcohol to cope with the pain of the breakdown of their marriage," Molly-Mae writes.
"Which sort of explains why I am the way I am with alcohol - I pretty much avoid it. I associate these difficult times after my parents' divorce with alcohol being involved and my mum drinking too much - understandably, because her marriage had broken down."
The Instagram influencer goes on to admit that she felt like she had to look after her mother for a while, describing that time period as a "kind of role reversal".
Molly-Mae continues to explain how things eventually did "calm down" and she now enjoys a "super close relationship" with her mother, who she classes as one of the members of her super-small inner circle.
Debbie remarried last year, with Molly-Mae and her sister Zoe Hague their mum's bridesmaids as she tied the knot with Jon Rayner.
"Wouldn’t want to be a bridesmaid with anyone else," Molly-Mae captioned a sweet snap of herself posing in her dress alongside her beloved sister.
In her new memoir, the former Love Island star's mum makes a cameo and shares her dreams for her daughter.
Debbie writes about how Molly-Mae was always a "strong-willed and adorable" as a child, and would prefer hanging out with her at at home rather than attending sleepovers.
Proud of her youngest child's achievements, she writes: "In the future, I would love to see her in a presenting role on TV. I would like her to use her platform to be a good role model for young women.
"I would like her to be financially secure for life. Most of all, I want her to be healthy and happy and have a long life!"
*Becoming Molly-Mae by Molly-Mae Hague is out now.
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