DRAGONS' Den mogul Steven Barlett says Molly-Mae Hague is being "crucified" for her success because she's a woman. Multi-millionaire Molly-Mae, 22, has suffered serious backlash after insisting "we all have the same 24 hours in the day" while on The Diary of a CEO.
But businessman Steven - whose interview with Molly-Mae went viral - says no one cared when men made similar comments on the podcast.
Defending the PrettyLittleThing creative director, Steven said the "double standard that successful women face" is "crazy". He also blasted the "absolutely outrageous" level reality star Molly-Mae is held to at just 22 years old.
Steve wrote on Twitter: "Molly Mae did an interview on my podcast, yesterday a soundbite from that interview went viral, she trended No.1 on Twitter, every newspaper covered it and MP's weighed in. "I've had male guests say what she said.
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