Just weeks after 2018 Love Islanders Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury were robbed of an estimated £800k worth of stuff from their Manchester home, another former Islander has taken to Instagram to reveal he’d also been burgled.
2017 favourite Chris Hughes – who’s currently big into golfing after going public with his pro golfer girlfriend Annabel Dimmock back in August – posted a picture of his car’s back windscreen smashed in along with some photos of his beloved golf clubs he alleges have been stolen.
“Friends/golfing friends, PLEASE keep an eye out,” he implored. “Car broken in overnight. Only reason I’m posting this is because these should almost be unsellable in the respect of the rarity of these just floating around for sale.”
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“Left Handed Cobra Copper Forged irons, driver, 3 wood and 3 iron, hardly any sets of these kicking around the country. Just hope you can all keep an eye out, appreciate it. 🤍 ps I really had a love affair with these clubs 😢,” he added.
Famous friends and fans took to the comments with messages of sympathy, with former Geordie Shore star and fellow golf enthusiast Gary Beadle writing, “Scum mate hopefully u get them back 🙌”.
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The most DRAMATIC forgotten moments from Love Island 2017 (slider)
1 of 15Nobody choosing Marcel
Will we ever recover from that heartbreaking moment in episode one when none of the girls chose to couple up with Marcel? Probably not.Mustn't have realised he used to be in Blazin' Squad.
2 of 15Craig (remember him?) and Camilla
Oh, there was so much potential. Until Craig said he wasn't 'ready for Pro Green/Millie Mackintosh part two' in potentially the most misjudged flirty joke ever. Things went downhill. Rapidly.
3 of 15The original couples
It's kinda hard to believe in hindsight, but the original Love Island couples were Kem Cetinay and Chloe Crowhurst, Amber Davies and Harley Judge, Marcel Somerville, Montana Brown and Dom Lever, Olivia Attwood and Sam Gowland and Camilla Thurlow. MADNESS.
4 of 15Olivia and Sam were a thing
Until Olivia famously got 'the ick,' that is.
5 of 15Oh, and so were Chris and Chloe
They didn't make it much further than a hot tub fumble, but for a very brief moment it looked like #Chroe could've happened.
6 of 15This iconic Jonny facial expression
Jonny was not impressed with Theo and then-bae Tyla's recreation of the infamous Dirty Dancing lift; and this image is ingrained in our brains forever.
7 of 15Marcel's Lion King mix-up
Marcel's musical background is Blazin' Squad, you see. They're a RAP COLLECTIVE. So it's no wonder he thought the lyrics to The Lion King's Circle of Life were, um, 'the future of life.' Amazing.
8 of 15That Montana/Jess/Dom love triangle
It was complicated af, but basically Montana liked Dom (who was kind of into her), but since Montana had had a thing with Jess's ex-boyfriend (still with us?) Jess then legit STOLE Dom from Montana. Christ.
9 of 15Also, Jason Staythumb Gate
Another Chris classic; this time with him sending the internet into a shit-fit after his misspelling of Jason Statham. Never forget, folks.
10 of 15The OG bromance
Way before Chris and Kem came Marcel and Harley, and it'd completely slipped our minds. Oh Harley, hun.
11 of 15Camilla and Jonny's fight over feminism
12 of 15Marcel drops the 'L' word to Gabby
Oh GAHD. It's always a tough one to predict, but it's safe to say Marcel gave Gabby the 'I love you' spiel slightly prematurely as she refused to say it back. So bloody awkward.
13 of 15...Then totally backtracks
Naturally. At least they're still very much together to this day, eh?
14 of 15'Garlicio' Gate
Remember when Chris Hughes, being abroad and all that, asked a Spanish local for 'garlico'? Said local's face says it all, tbh.
15 of 15Amber's fib ud83dudc40
During the whole 'truth or lie' debacle Amber claimed Chris had hit on her; causing a right ol' rift between Chris and BFF Kem.
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Lifestyle influencer Saffron Barker said, “My brother just had the same thing!! So so sorry 😢” and Jake Quickenden agreeing, “Scum bags”.
But some fans took to the comments to question why they’d been left in his boot overnight, with one saying, “Not good, sorry to hear this. Hope you find out who done it and justice is served as that is awful. 😢
“Many celebs put themselves at huge risk sometimes (not saying you) by putting everything online which doesn’t help.”
Another asked, “Hope you get them back. Why were they left in your car overnight as they are so valuable?”
The unfortunate news comes just weeks after 2019 finalists Molly-Mae and Tommy were blasted by some online for making themselves “targets” to thieves by “flaunting their wealth” online and broadcasting their trip to London on the weekend of the break in.
“I’ll be honest, I don’t feel bad for Molly Mae,” wrote one Twitter user at the time. “Flaunting that amount of wealth is pretty disgusting behaviour, and I can’t feel bad for someone who loses possessions when they already have so much.”
“Not Molly Mae and Tommy Fury always flaunting what they’ve got then getting robbed for 800k worth of stuff,” tweeted another, with one more adding, “The whole Molly Mae situation is her own fault I’m sorry but it is.. did she not learn from the Kim [Kardashian, who was robbed at gunpoint in Paris in 2016] situation?”
Of course, the fact the couple make a living from sharing their lives with followers is in no way justification for them being targeted by criminals, and it's never ok to victim blame.
Plenty of their fans took to Twitter to defend them over the accusations they'd brought it on their selves, with one writing "Don’t care what anyone says, the Molly-Mae and Tommy robbery is sh-t. Yes they show things they buy online but they should be able to without being scared of being robbed. Hope the robbers are caught and if you are saying it’s their own fault, please think and by sympathetic."
Another fumed, "Someone spiked your drink? “Shouldn’t have left it unattended!” Someone injected you with drugs? “Should have stayed at home!”Molly-Mae gets robbed? “Her own fault - shouldn’t have flaunted her goods about the internet!” The victim-blaming culture in this country is mind-blowing."