“Bali isn’t what Instagram makes it look like” – Molly-Mae Hague’s sister Zoe sparks backlash as she quits Bali after just 48 hours, claiming it didn’t live up to social media hype… and jets straight to Dubai with husband instead - suong

   

Molly-Mae Hague's sister Zoe Rae has revealed that she has left Bali after just 48 hours and jetted to Dubai, as it didn't live up to her expectations. 

The fitness influencer, 28, had planned the trip to Indonesia with her husband Danny to celebrate their first wedding anniversary. 

But Zoe explained that Bali looked completely different from what it did on social media, and that influencers had made it look more luxurious.  

In a new YouTube video, Zoe told the camera: 'Since landing in Bali, something for us wasn't quite right. 

'We came here with high expectations because we had seen on social media that everyone was having such a lovely time. Lovely places to eat and beaches, and lovely gyms and coffee shops. 

'But I don't think the reality of Bali is shown much at all, and I do think it is down to a lot of influencers posting the more luxury side of things.'

Molly-Mae Hague's sister Zoe Rae has revealed that she has left Bali after just 48 hours and jetted to Dubai, as it didn't live up to her expectations
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Molly-Mae Hague's sister Zoe Rae has revealed that she has left Bali after just 48 hours and jetted to Dubai, as it didn't live up to her expectations

The fitness influencer, 28, had planned the trip to Indonesia with her husband Danny to celebrate their first wedding anniversary
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The fitness influencer, 28, had planned the trip to Indonesia with her husband Danny to celebrate their first wedding anniversary

 

She added: 'Before joining the army, I spent five months travelling South East Asia. I did Thailand, Vietnam, China, Hong Kong, I did a lot and spent time in these countries. But there is something very different about Bali. 

'We got told Uluwatu where we are now is one of the best places to go, so if this is one of the better places, I'm not sure where the other places are like. 

'I wasn't going to sit down and say anything, but people want to know.'

Danny then joined the video and said: 'You either go on holiday to travel nd experience culture or you want to go away and relax.'

Zoe continued: 'Yeah, and we could have got a flight tomorrow as today is our anniversary, but time is precious and we just want to get out, and why delay it. 

'We missed the mark, maybe we didn't do our own research, maybe it is our own fault. I did a lot of research though. 

'I think it is just personal preference, and our preference was that this isn't for us, and we are making the executive decision to go enjoy our anniversary somewhere we know that we love and can relax and can drink the water.'

Fans were divided in the comment section, with many claiming they loved Bali and asking for specific reasons why she didn't like it. 

Zoe explained that Bali looked completely different from what it did on social media, and that influencers had made it look more luxurious
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Zoe explained that Bali looked completely different from what it did on social media, and that influencers had made it look more luxurious

In a new YouTube video, Zoe told the camera: 'Since landing in Bali, something for us wasn't quite right'
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In a new YouTube video, Zoe told the camera: 'Since landing in Bali, something for us wasn't quite right'

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Zoe's sister Molly-Mae previously 'fell in love with Bali' following her holiday in 2019

Zoe's sister Molly-Mae previously 'fell in love with Bali' following her holiday in 2019 

'I don't think the reality of Bali is shown much at all, and I do think it is down to a lot of influencers posting the more luxury side of things' (Amber Turner pictured left, Samie Elishi right)
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'I don't think the reality of Bali is shown much at all, and I do think it is down to a lot of influencers posting the more luxury side of things'
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'I don't think the reality of Bali is shown much at all, and I do think it is down to a lot of influencers posting the more luxury side of things' (Amber Turner pictured left, Samie Elishi right)

'We came here with high expectations because we had seen on social media that everyone was having such a lovely time. Lovely places to eat and beaches, and lovely gyms and coffee shops' (The cast of TOWIE pictured in Bali in 2024)
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'We came here with high expectations because we had seen on social media that everyone was having such a lovely time. Lovely places to eat and beaches, and lovely gyms and coffee shops' (The cast of TOWIE pictured in Bali in 2024)

'We got told Uluwatu (pictured) where we are now is one of the best places to go, so if this is one of the better places, I'm not sure where the other places are like'
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'We got told Uluwatu (pictured) where we are now is one of the best places to go, so if this is one of the better places, I'm not sure where the other places are like'

'I find this really surprising seeing as you travelled this part of the world. Everywhere there is like this - the 5* resorts are social media worthy but ultimately it’s a developing area of the world and lots of the people there live in poverty.';

'That is such a shame you didn’t have a good experience:( Bali is a truly magical place with incredible people! But it is a poor country and I think people forget that and expect it to be like Dubai when that isn’t the reality. Hope you have a good time in Dubai.';

'I’m interested to know what exactly you didn’t like about it? You didn’t really go into specifics? I travelled there last year and loved it!';

Others agreed with Zoe, adding: I’m just home from backpacking Australia, Bali, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore and I can hands down agree with the insta vs reality with Bali!! We tried to enjoy it as much as we could but it is 100% portrayed sooo differently by influencers,'

'Why is everyone hating? Bali isn’t for everyone, they arrived and didn’t like it? Why would they waste time & money somewhere they’re not enjoying?'

In 2019, Zoe's sister Molly-Mae shared with fans that she 'fell in love with Bali' as she shared a series of stunning snaps to Instagram. 

Zoe later shared a photo dump on Instagram, showcasing her lavish Dubai trip after leaving Bali. 

The couple stayed at Atlantis The Royal, with rooms starting from around £290 per night during July, which is considered low season.

Zoe shared on Instagram: 'Danny surprised me with a stat at @atlantistheroyal which I couldn't believe!!!

Fans were divided in the comment section, with many claiming they loved Bali and asking for specific reasons why she didn't like it

Fans were divided in the comment section, with many claiming they loved Bali and asking for specific reasons why she didn't like it

Others agreed with Zoe: I¿m just home from backpacking Australia, Bali, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore and I can hands down agree with the insta vs reality with Bali!!'

Others agreed with Zoe: I’m just home from backpacking Australia, Bali, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore and I can hands down agree with the insta vs reality with Bali!!'

Zoe later shared a photo dump on Instagram, showcasing her lavish Dubai trip after leaving Bali
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Zoe later shared a photo dump on Instagram, showcasing her lavish Dubai trip after leaving Bali

The couple stayed at Atlantis The Royal, with rooms starting from around £290 per night during July, which is considered low season
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The couple stayed at Atlantis The Royal, with rooms starting from around £290 per night during July, which is considered low season

Zoe shared on Instagram: 'Danny surprised me with a stat at @atlantistheroyal which I couldn't believe!'
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Zoe shared on Instagram: 'Danny surprised me with a stat at @atlantistheroyal which I couldn't believe!'

'Going at this time of year definitely helped as everything was a lot cheaper!! For a very special occasion it's perfect.' 

It comes after Zoe gave her followers an update on her botched Botox in a new clip posted to her Story.

The influencer was initially left with one eye partially closed from a severe reaction to Botox in February, telling her fans she 'could weep' at the state of her face.

But just a few months later she was back again to 'rock her forehead lines' despite vowing never to return - with Zoe suffering a botched Botox which she described as even 'worse than last time'.

The star has been left - once again - with one eye drooping below the other but on Wednesday reassured her followers it was getting better.

Showing off her healing eye area she penned: 'EYE UPDATE. Still not great but my GOD it's soooo much better!!!! 3 weeks post incident I'm actually quite happy!'

Zoe revealed she was brutally mocked for her latest botched B otox by a passenger on an airplane, resulting in an explosive row.

Zoe shared that during a recent trip to Portugal with a friend, she became embroiled in a dispute with one particularly rude passenger on their flight.

It comes after Zoe gave her followers an update on her botched Botox in a new clip posted to her Story
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It comes after Zoe gave her followers an update on her botched Botox in a new clip posted to her Story

Zoe seen before the Botox
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Zoe seen before the Botox 

Rocking a pair of sunglasses on her YouTube channel to hide the botch-job, she said: 'I actually had a really really upsetting experience just as we landed in Portugal.

'We were in a queue and there was another one going past us and there was this one horrible lady, I don't know if she was drunk - she must've been.

'She was trying to get past me and she said, "why are you just stood there like a d*******" and I was like, "why did you just call me that?"

'And her husband was like, "what's going on here" and I said, "your wife just called me that for literally no reason" and there was a bit of back and forth before he said, "sort your daft eye out, you c***."'

'But I actually agreed, I thought fair enough. I do need to sort it out.'

Later in the video Zoe lifted up her sunglasses to reveal that one of her eyes is still well and truly drooping a couple of weeks after her latest procedure.

She is suffering with a little-known side effect called ptosis which occurs when Botox treatment spreads beyond the intended injection area and effects the muscles that lifts these areas, causing the eyelid or eyebrow to sag and droop.

Zoe told her followers in the latest video: 'I recently had botox, it went wrong and it's given me ptosis. This has happened to me before and it's now happened a second time.

'People are saying to me, "why would you go back to the same place?" - I did the same for my wedding, she's done me a lot of times and I trust her.

'She's fully qualified, do you think I'm going to someone on the corner of the street? Of course not.

'We don't know why it's happened again and that's that, we've just got to ride the wave.'

She is suffering with a little-known side effect called ptosis which occurs when Botox treatment spreads beyond the intended injection area
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She is suffering with a little-known side effect called ptosis which occurs when Botox treatment spreads beyond the intended injection area 

At the time of her second botch-job, Zoe told her followers that it was 'worse than last time'
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At the time of her second botch-job, Zoe told her followers that it was 'worse than last time'

A passenger on a plane told Zoe to 'sort her daft eye out' after a disagreement when they landed in Portugal recently (seen with Molly-Mae)
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A passenger on a plane told Zoe to 'sort her daft eye out' after a disagreement when they landed in Portugal recently (seen with Molly-Mae)

Zoe's decision to have Botox once again comes after her sister Molly, 26, recently reflected on days of facial fillers and Botox in her Amazon docuseries.

In one of the episodes Molly unearthed a viral image of her flaunting an enlarged pout and defined jawline sparked an influx of trolling including being compared to an XBOX controller.

From the age of 16, Molly used makeup and facial fillers to alter her appearance and now admits her obsession to 'look like everybody else' was 'unhealthy.'

Molly explained: 'You think that all the makeup and the filler make you look better but actually it makes you look ten times worse.

'I was about 16/17 when I started getting filler. It was a slippery slope. People say I looked like an XBOX controller or a Quagmire, but I don't know what that is.

'It definitely felt like something that I needed to do to look like everybody else that was on Instagram which was really unhealthy.

'I look at those pictures and I feel quite sorry for myself. It just spiralled really. I tried to think it looked good, but it really didn't and then luckily, it was reversible.'