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Updated · Daily Star · Jul 14

Tommy Fury Declines Earnings Question as £4,000 VR Headset Features in New BBC Podcast

Updated

Updated · Daily Star · Jul 14

Tommy Fury Declines Earnings Question as £4,000 VR Headset Features in New BBC Podcast

Q: Tommy Fury limits his kids' screen time. How does this clash with his own social media-fueled career?

It clashes because Fury is trying to keep his children away from the screen-heavy culture that has helped make him famous and wealthy. Fury has said his daughter only gets screen time on long flights or car journeys, and that he wants his children to grow up outdoors rather than with “screens, apps and things like that.” He has also said children should understand the responsibility of a phone before having one, reflecting concern about what he called the “whole new world behind a phone screen.” Yet his own career is deeply tied to that world. His public profile was built through reality TV and then sustained through Instagram, online fan engagement and digital media. He uses social platforms to promote projects such as his BBC video podcast, “What the Fury,” and he is reportedly able to command large fees for sponsored posts, though he declined to confirm any figure. His boxing career, celebrity brand and family updates have all been amplified online. The tension, then, is not that Fury rejects social media outright. It is that he appears to see it as useful and lucrative for adults, while potentially harmful or premature for children. That is a common parental position, but in his case the contrast is sharper because his income and visibility depend so heavily on the same digital ecosystem he wants to limit at home. So the clash is between a traditional parenting ideal and a modern influencer career built on constant screen-based attention.

3 articles · Updated · Daily Star · Jul 14

Tommy Fury refused to say how much he earns from Instagram posts after a fan asked the question during an impromptu live Q&A, calling it "nosy" and saying only that he was "blessed."
The exchange appears in the first episode of What the Fury, a new 10-part BBC video podcast with his father John Fury, where the pair debate modern life from sharply different viewpoints.
That debut episode focuses on technology, with Tommy showing off a £4,000 virtual-reality headset while John dismisses it as wasted money and names a pen knife as his preferred gadget.
Episodes are being released on Tuesdays and Thursdays across BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport's YouTube channel and BBC Sounds, with later installments set to cover topics including AI, finances, housing and masculinity.