Perrie Edwards says there is “not really any going back” in her relationship with former Little Mix bandmate Jesy Nelson. Revealing she has cut Jesy out of her life following years of tension that emerged after the singer’s departure from the group, the singer, 32, addressed the pair’s long-running fallout during an appearance on Jamie Laing’s Great Company podcast.
Perrie Edwards says there is ‘not really any going back’ in her relationship with former Little Mix bandmate Jesy Nelson
Jesy, 34, left Little Mix in December 2020 after nine years in the chart-topping group, citing the impact fame and public scrutiny had on her mental health.
Perrie, Jade Thirlwall and Leigh-Anne Pinnock continued as a trio before Little Mix went on hiatus in 2022 to allow each member to pursue solo careers.
Perrie’s new comments come shortly after Jesy discussed the breakdown of her friendships with her former bandmates in a recent documentary, in which she said she had not seen them since leaving the group but did not completely rule out a future reunion.
The group remain one of Britain’s most successful girl bands, with hits including Shout Out to My Ex, Black Magic and Wings.
Speaking on Jamie’s podcast, Perrie said one issue continued to frustrate her more than any other.
She added: “What annoys me is the most, and again I have to be careful how I say this as I don’t want to seem like a b**** but for me what upsets me the most is when situations like this happen and the other person doesn’t take any accountability. That boils my blood!”
Perrie continued: “I am not blaming everything on you, I am not saying that she’s this f****** monster and everything was her fault blah, blah, blah but take some accountability for your actions and realise you were difficult, you did have difficult moments.”
She added: “Granted there were reasons for those moments but you can only pick someone up so many f****** times before you start losing track of your own sanity.”
The singer also said she felt hurt by Jesy’s public comments suggesting she had not received enough support from her bandmates during her struggles.
Jesy previously said she felt isolated towards the end of her time in Little Mix and described a final phone call with her former bandmates as awkward, saying she felt as though she was speaking to strangers.
Responding to those claims, Perrie said: “Don’t put the blame on me and make me out to be something I am not, yes I am not perfect and I might not have been there enough or I could have done better I suppose.”
She added: “But I thought what I was doing was enough, I thought that I tried everything and so then to sit there in further interviews and discuss it publicly and be like, ‘I wasn’t supported’, you were though, you know what I am saying? You were, so take some accountability.”
When Jamie asked whether the pair could eventually reconnect, Perrie suggested the prospect had become increasingly remote.
She said: “If I am being completely transparent part of me wanted to until the documentary and then part of me withdrew again.”
Perrie continued: “This is the thing I am not a horrible person, I haven’t got a bad bone in my body but I can cut you off. I can cut you out of my life like that, if you upset me and hurt me in a way there’s not really any going back.”
She added: “I don’t have the capacity for someone like that in my life anymore and that might make me sound like a b**** but I just don’t have the energy for it and as much as I will always love her I don’t think I can hack that energy in my space.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Perrie reflected on her highly publicised relationship with former One Direction star Zayn Malik.
The couple began dating in 2011 and became engaged in 2013 before ending their relationship in 2015.
Zayn later launched a solo career with the single Pillowtalk, featuring model Gigi Hadid in its music video.
Looking back on the split, Perrie described the intense public attention surrounding the breakup.
She said: “I think our personal lives being everywhere. Like that was a lot. And it was a lot to deal with because it wasn’t normal.”
Perrie added: “Like when you go through heartbreak, it is hellish. It’s the worst thing in the world. You can’t eat. You can’t sleep. You feel horrendous.
“You feel abandoned and you don’t feel good enough and you feel like you’ve been left for something better or whatever it is.
“And then what makes it even worse is, I felt like the world was then looking at me, laughing at me.”
Perrie also said: “Not my fans, my fans were like, ‘We love you, we’ll fight your corner no matter what’. But I felt embarrassed. I felt horrified. It was awful.”
