Love Island winner Molly Smith in hot water over huge social media rule break
MOLLY Smith has been rapped by the UK advertising watchdog after receiving a complaint about a “misleading” Instagram post.
The Love Island All Stars winner was referred to the Advertising Standards Authority when selling a half-priced subscription to her fitness platform, Move With Molly.
Molly Smith sparked a complaint to the Advertising watchdog over a Black Friday post[/caption] The influencer and model landed in hot water after a glitch in her fitness app[/caption]A fan complained that when they tried to access this offer, they had to pay an additional monthly charge on top of it.
Molly, 30, posted a promotion on November 25 with a special offer stating: “@mwmplan Black Friday All of this is included in the VIP subscription which is where you can get 50% off!! Don’t miss out #mybrand”
Molly’s team put it down to a technical glitch, which they say has now been resolved – and has promised ASA it won’t happen again in the future.
A spokesperson for the ASA gave the full details, adding: “We received a complaint about a Black Friday promotion for mwmplan.com on Molly Smith’s Instagram.
“The promotion offered participants 50% off the annual subscription price to have ‘Full access’ to the app ‘including the Home & Gym plans, Run Club & Challenges’.
“A complainant challenged whether the ad was misleading as they found that it wasn’t possible to have full access to the app content without paying an additional monthly charge.
“Upon approaching the advertiser, we found that the complainant’s inability to access the app content was due to a technical issue during the subscription process.
“The advertiser assured us that they’d been in touch with the complainant to rectify this issue and that they’d taken steps to ensure similar issues wouldn’t reoccur in the future. On that basis, we resolved the case informally.”
The Sun has contacted Molly’s rep for comment.
The stunning influencer is the latest in a long line of reality stars – especially Love Island ones – who have fallen foul of ad rules.
It became such an issue that ASA had to bring in a campaign to “name and shame” repeat offenders.
In 2022, a host of big names were added to the influencer “naughty list”.
They were called out for “routinely” failing to tell millions of followers that their posts were adverts.
The list included Billie Faiers, Chet Johnson, Charlotte Crosby, Scotty T and Charlotte Dawson.
Molly signed a six-figure deal with fashion brand retailer Boohoo shortly after being crowned All Stars champ with Tom Clare.
An insider told us at the time: “Molly has landed deal after deal off the back of the show.
“Molly is quickly becoming the next Molly-Mae and could easily eclipse her in terms of money and brand opportunities.”
Molly was also an ambassador for US-based supplement brand Alani Nu[/caption]‘I feel like a broken woman’ – Emotional mum of Gareth Hutch holds back tears as she remembers ‘horrible’ shooting
THE emotional mum of Gareth Hutch, who was shot dead in 2016, has remember the “horrible” call she received.
Heartbroken Vera Hutch watched yesterday as assassin Thomas ‘Nicky’ McConnell sat emotionless in the dock at Dublin’s Special Criminal Court.
McConnell, who was also a person of interest in the murder of Real IRA boss Vincent Ryan, was handed down the mandatory life sentence by Mr Justice Alexander Owens over the callous murder of Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch’s nephew in 2016 after he was convicted in December.
He is the fourth person to be convicted of murder in relation to Hutch’s killing, with siblings Jonathan and Regina Keogh along with Thomas ‘Tossy’ Fox already serving life behind bars.
Speaking tonight with RTE’s Prime Time, Vera was overwhelmed with emotion as she recalled the day in 2016 she received the call no parent wants to get.
HORROR CALL
She said: “My phone rang, it was my niece, I couldn’t hear her. As I went to pull in, Johnny was there in the middle of the road and he was waving his hands.
“I said ‘what’s wrong?’ He said ‘Gareth’s after getting shot’.
“We drove in and Gareth was on the ground. I’ll never forget it as long as I live, horrible.”
Following Gareth’s death, footage began circulating online showing the exact moment he was shot.
This was later played in court, while Vera and her children were present.
She said: “Even when it was playing in court, I couldn’t look at it.”
SECOND ATTACK
Vera described her late husband Johnny, who died following a fall at home in 2019, as “broken” following their son’s death.
Gareth’s death was followed by an attempt on Johnny’s life, with gunmen shooting into their family car and later garden.
The couple’s two daughters Amy and Carol, who has special needs, were also in the home at the time.
Vera said: “I was looking at a man fire shots into the back [of the house].. there was that many shots that they got fired, I didn’t know was Johnny dead or her alive, [or] was Carol dead or alive.”
‘BROKEN WOMAN’
She added: “I feel like a broken woman, you know, since that. They don’t know what they’re putting people through.”
Amy added: “I wouldn’t wish that on anyone, between cars getting burned, houses getting burned.”
Despite not being involved with the Hutch-Kinahan feud, the family have found living with the now infamous surname difficult.
Vera said: “You mention the Hutch name and everyone looks around. Don’t get me wrong. I’m proud of the name, I’m proud of Johnny, like but once you mention the name, everyone looks around.
“I don’t think it’s as bad now as what it was when the feuds were on.”
Gareth Hutch was killed in 2016[/caption]