‘I have never promoted this brand!’ Love Island’s Molly-Mae Hague hits back at YouTube prankster JaackMaate who accused her of falling for fake promo stunt
Molly-Mae Hague has hit back at YouTube prankster JaackMaate for implying she fell for a fake promotional stunt.
The reality star, 20, was furious when the influencer, 27, took to Twitter with an image of Molly-Mae as his video thumbnail to tell fans how he had duped Love Island stars into advertising a fake beauty brand.
Molly-Mae never featured in the video but Jack Dean plugged it with a picture of the television personality he had taken from her campaign with Tatti Lashes.
Unimpressed: Molly-Mae Hague has hit back at YouTube prankster JaackMaate for implying she fell for a fake promotional stunt (pictured on Monday)
Molly-Mae wrote on Monday: ‘I have never promoted this brand. You also do not have permission to use this imagery.’
While Molly-Mae wasn’t part of the prank, Siannise Fudge and Luke Trotman were tricked into promoting the fake beauty brand, JAQ Mait Cosmetics.
A representative for the comment has since denied the claims, telling MailOnline: ‘Neither Luke or Siannise promoted the product spoken about in the video.
‘They sent a private personalised video to one person which was made public, without their knowledge. They were in no way endorsing the product mentioned in the video’, they added.
Target: The reality star, 20, was furious when the influencer, 27, took to Twitter with an image of Molly-Mae to tell fans how he had duped stars into advertising a fake beauty brand
Not pleased: The influencer was met with backlash from Molly-Mae for using an image from her Tatti Lashes campaign as his video thumbnail
Joke’s on them: While Molly-Mae wasn’t part of the prank, Siannise Fudge and Luke Trotman were tricked into promoting the fake beauty brand, JAQ Mait Cosmetics
Unfortunate: The couple joined axed 2019 contestant Sherif Lanre (L), 21, and winter 2020 hopeful Ollie Williams (R), 24, as the online personality’s victims in the clip
Shut down: A representative for the comment has since denied the claims, telling MailOnline: ‘Neither Luke or Siannise promoted the product spoken about in the video’
The pair joined axed 2019 contestant Sherif Lanre, 21, and winter 2020 hopeful Ollie Williams, 24, as the online personality’s victims in the clip – currently viewed over 350,000 times.
JaackMaate said he also attempted to contact 2020 Love Island stars Eve and Jess Gale to promote his mock project, but was later blocked on Twitter.
Filming his response video from home, an enthusiastic Luke shared: ‘Hey Jack! Massive massive congrats on launching your new moisturising cream.’
‘We’ve heard it is absolutely amazing. We’ll have to try it out!’, beauty consultant Siannise added.
Jack also claimed he offered the duo more money to ‘mug off’ rival YouTuber Keemstar, who he claimed to be an elderly man.
Unaware of the prank, Luton native Luke cheered: ‘Also a massive Happy 70th Birthday to Grandpa Keem. Stay safe!’
In separate videos, Ollie and Sherif held up the packaging with delight as they hailed the product ‘incredible’ and ‘rare’.
MailOnline has contacted representatives for Sherif and Ollie for further comment.
On hold: Last month, Siannise and Luke said they were looking to move in together, but their plans were put on the back burner due to the COVID-19 crisis