Conor McGregor and fiancée Dee Devlin issued a defiant display of unity on Monday as they shared a family snap amid concerns that their relationship could be on the rocks.
This month has seen the Irish MMA fighter embroiled in more controversy after being accused of cheating on Dee as well as sending nude pictures to rapper Azealia Banks.
Amid the scandal, those close to Dee have expressed their fears, telling The Mail over the weekend that they are 'concerned with how much she can take'.
While rumours continue to swirl about the state of their relationship, Dee and Conor, both 37, shared a picture of themselves cuddled up alongside their children.
Beaming at the camera, Conor was seen with an arm wrapped around Dee while at a water park with Conor Jr, eight, Croia, six, Rian four and Mack, 20 months.
The family have been on holiday in Sardinia in recent weeks amid the latest raft of controversy to surround the MMA fighter.
Dee has been posting several snaps from their holiday, yet sources have claimed not all is as it seems between the pair.
Someone familiar with her situation told The Mail: ‘We are being told to believe that this is a happy, loving relationship behind all the headlines. I think a lot of things clearly point to the fact that she is not.
‘From early on in the relationship, she has had a great deal to cope with. I would be very concerned with how much she can take.’
A close family friend of Dee added: ‘It’s impossible not to like Dee. She’s your typical girl next door. She is a very bubbly person and she always puts a positive spin on things.
‘I believe she truly does love Conor. But what woman wouldn’t be humiliated by his behaviour. It has not been easy for her.’
Conor was embroiled in controversy this month when he was photographed kissing a mystery brunette woman on a beach in Fort Lauderdale.
With his partner Dee - whom he has been engaged to since 2020 - nowhere in sight, questions were raised about their relationship.
Rapper Azealia Banks then added to the furore as she took to X - formerly known as Twitter - to accuse Conor of sexual harassment.
Last week, Azealia, 34, shared nude photos which purported to show Conor, which she claimed he sent to her unprompted.
Amid the storm, Conor and Dee have firmly brushed off the criticism by continuing to show their affections for one another, and put on a very cosy display in one outing.
The couple have been enjoying time in Sardinia together to celebrate Conor's 37th birthday - which was on July 14.
Dee shared a gushing tribute to Conor on the day and they have both been posting loved-up content to social media in the days since while enjoying their trip.
Their united display comes after concerns when Conor was seen smooching a mystery brunette in full view of fellow beachgoers in Fort Lauderdale.
Conor was spotted enjoying a cold beverage while the woman, who was dressed in a leopard print bikini, shared his sun lounger.
The pair chatted away in the shade as the sportsman cosied up to her by wrapping his arm around her back.
However, Dee brushed off the scandal as she simply posted a loving tribute to Conor to her Instagram page.
Dee shared a post from a fan account on her Instagram story which read: 'Happy Birthday to the person who always keeps Dee entertained and makes her smile.'
Just hours later, Azealia set the internet ablaze after sharing alleged nude photos of Conor that she claims the disgraced star sent unprompted.
She accused Conor of sexual harassment when she shared nude photographs purporting to show the MMA star.
'How you gonna send a b**** a some crooked d*** pics then threaten her not to tell,' she wrote alongside the screenshots.
'@TheNotoriousMMA n**** do you know who the f*** I am? This is HARAM.'
Azealia continued: 'Like how are you really going to sexually harrass me with the potato farmer d*** then threaten me not to tell???? Honey…… ain't u trying to be the president of Ireland what is it giving fam? Use some f***ing sunscreen damn.'
As well as the alleged nude selfies, the screenshots also showed a message from what purported to be Conor's account reading: 'Don't be a rat cos all rats get caught.'
Alongside one image which seemingly shows his manhood strapped to a dumbbell, the Irish fighter apparently wrote: 'Lifting weights.'
Azealia shared another screenshot of the alleged pictures suddenly being 'hidden' on X because she does not follow Conor's account.
Although it is unclear if he had anything to do with that alleged change, she commented: 'The motherf***er woke up early LOL.'
DailyMail.com reached out to the last-known attorneys on record for Conor, his agent and Azealia's agent for comment at the time.
It is the latest embarrassment to hit the sportsman's relationship with his partner Dee, who was ever-present by his side throughout his sexual assault court case last year.
In 2024, Conor lost a civil case as jurors at the High Court in Dublin found him liable of raping Nikita Hand, 35, in a Dublin hotel on December 9, 2018, with the judge awarding Hand €250,000 in damages.
But despite the verdict, Dee emphatically made it clear that she intended to back Conor - attacking Nikita in a series of posts on Instagram at the time.
In the posts, she wrote: 'Conor and I dealt with these issues privately many years ago, as should be done in a relationship and we have come out stronger than ever.
'We have four beautiful children now whose smiling faces and happy hearts are a testament to who he is and who we are!'
The pair have been together for 15 years and got engaged in August 2020 after Conor proposed while they were celebrating his birthday.
The couple met as teenagers at a nightclub in 2008 and Dee has been a key player in the MMA star's story, supporting him when he was jobless and focused on making it as a professional fighter.
