Maura Higgins shares adorable post wishing 'special girl' bestie Molly-Mae Hague a happy birthday as star celebrates turning 26

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7 days ago

They've had a special bond ever since their iconic appearances together on Love Island back in 2019.
And Maura Higgins was quick to share an adorable birthday post for her bestie Molly-Mae Hague on Monday.
The Irish reality star, 34, took to her Instagram Story to share an array of sweet snaps of her and Molly-Mae - who is celebrating her 26th birthday - over the years.
'HAPPY BIRTHDAY my special girl,' she wrote. 'Love you millions & forever proud of the woman that you are @mollymae.'
Among the snaps of the best friends included one from the premiere of Molly-Mae's Amazon Prime series Behind It All, to another of the pair at the YouTuber's PrettyLittleThing launch in 2021.
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Another snap showed the pair strolling through Paris hand-in-hand on a girls' trip while they were also seen in a cheesy selfie.
Earlier on Monday, Molly-Mae shared sweet snaps with her two-year-old daughter Bambi on Sunday during a fun-filled trip to Disneyland Paris.
The influencer and businesswoman was celebrating her 26th birthday on Monday in France and had taken a private jet there earlier in the day.
Molly-Mae donned sweet Minnie Mouse ears as she wandered around the park with Bambi in her arms.
She shared a cute video of Bambi on a merry go round and penned in the caption: 'Mummy I want to go on my own horse!'
Molly-Mae was joined by a pal for the trip who she posed with alongside as well as her little one.
For the day out she looked casually chic in a beige coat and light blue jeans teamed with a white T-shirt.
On Sunday the TV star took to her Instagram stories as she teased an array of snaps from her trip - days after the star returned from a Dubai getaway with Tommy Fury.
The influencer and businesswoman was celebrating her 26th birthday on Monday in France and had taken a private jet there earlier in the day
Capturing her daughter Bambi inside the airport ahead of their flight, she captioned: 'Let's go Disney!!!'
The Love Island alum followed up sharing a snap of Bambi inside a private jet, with the interiors embellished with plenty of balloons and a delicious cake.
Molly-Mae didn't scrimp on the decorations as she also snapped a customized birthday garland with her face on.
Another very sweet picture saw the influencer planting a kiss on her daughter as the duo posed in front of the stunning cake.
Later on in the day, the fashion entrepreneur informed her followers she had landed in Paris by sharing a look at her chauffeur-driven car and the city sights.
The ITV star appeared over the moon as she prepared to celebrate her birthday in style, not long after sharing an array of photographs from her stunning trip to Dubai with Tommy Fury, 26.
Earlier on Sunday the TV star took to her Instagram stories as she teased an array of snaps from her trip - days after the star returned from a Dubai getaway with her fiancé Tommy Fury
The influencer and the boxer have reunited after their shock split in August, with a source telling The Sun that they are in the 'honeymoon period again'.
They marked their reunion by jetting off for a week away with their daughter Bambi and Molly-Mae had been documenting the trip on her Instagram page.
In a post, shared to the platform on Wednesday, Molly-Mae showed off her incredible figure in an array of swimwear as she showed off her holiday wardrobe.
Molly-Mae and Tommy touched back down at Manchester Airport on Wednesday following their romantic holiday abroad.
The star later revealed though that she had been rushed to hospital shortly after arriving home.
The Maebe founder explained in her recent YouTube video on Saturday that she was suffering with 'severe pain' in her leg following the long-haul flight and was told to urgently go to A&E to get it checked.
Molly said she feared she had a blood clot in her leg after feeling a 'sharp, stabbing pain' in her leg which then moved to her knee and ankle.
She soon called 111, when she started to feel her leg go numb, and was told by a doctor to go straight to hospital.
She said: 'Basically yesterday I thought I had a blood clot and half of today I thought I had a blood clot in my leg.
'Obviously flying home from Dubai I was on the plane for like nearly eight hours… I didn't drink like hardly any water.
'You know when you're in mum mode and you're just not really thinking like you're trying to tame your child.
'I was in so much pain, like it was in the back of my knee, so so strong. Like it didn't feel like a dead leg, it was like a sharp stabbing pain…
'Then it's moving down into my calf, into my ankle, into my foot, like my whole calf is just in so much pain.'
'I was in A&E for absolutely hours. It was absolutely packed, it was such a sad environment, so many poorly people.'
But after waiting for four hours in A&E for a blood test, Molly was told she needed to wait another hour and then a further three for the results to see a doctor.
Worried about not getting back to take Bambi to nursery in the morning, Molly went back home.
She said: 'I need to leave. Like I can't stay here any longer… We had like nothing with us this morning.'
The next day, Friday morning, Molly woke up with a lot less pain until she was hit with a wave of dizziness, nausea, and shortness of breath later that afternoon.
She said: 'I had this awful awful like dizzy spell where the room was spinning. I thought I was going to vomit…
'I had this really really funny time where I was like I couldn't breathe properly… almost like a bit of a panic attack but like it was just horrible.'
Rushing back to hospital, Molly went back to the hospital to get a full round of tests - which came back clear.
She continued: 'They said that I'm completely fine, like all my vitals… my heart rate, blood test, everything was absolutely fine.
'Like there was nothing that showed them any sort of concern or anything about a blood clot.'
Molly later stressed to her fans the importance of taking blood clots and health seriously.
The Dubai trip marked Molly's sixth holiday of the year having already jetted off to locations including Switzerland, Paris and St. Moritz already in 2025.
She also flew to Dubai with Tommy in March with their daughter Bambi, and they then recreated the trip with another relaxing voyage to their favourite destination.
At the time, Molly-Mae referred to their first trip as 'the best holiday of her life' after fans were sent wild over whether she and Tommy had reunited.
She then confirmed in the second part of her Amazon documentary that they were giving things another go.