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@shadecrave

1 year

“What happened between Jesy Nelson and Little Mix?” (A THREAD)

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1 year

After N*cki and Jesy’s Instagram Live, Leigh’s favourite Little Mix song, I Love You, shot to #10 on the Worldwide iTunes Chart. The then-6-year-old album track began charting across the world, reaching #1 in 5 countries, as people showed their love and support for Leigh-Anne.

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Leigh-Anne stayed quiet following the Instagram Live, but videos emerged of her crying at her 30th birthday party that same week. In a speech she said: “Everyone who meets me knows my character. That’s all I care about. I’ve found my voice now and I will continue to use it.”

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Despite N*cki saying that Leigh-Anne has “fucking ended herself” and “will not fucking go anywhere”, Jesy lost around 500,000 followers after the cruel Instagram Live, while Leigh-Anne gained hundreds of thousands of followers and mass support online and in the media.

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🚨 FACT CHECK 🚨 When Jesy announced that she was leaving Little Mix, she was met with an outpouring of love, support and goodwill from fans. The allegations that Little Mix’s fans turned on Jesy for leaving the group are totally, demonstrably false. It’s a lie told to deflect.

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On 23 October 2020, Little Mix’s Sweet Melody music video dropped. Jesy’s tanning had been getting excessively darker, and this time it was so extreme that she appeared darker than the two women of colour in the group.

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After Jesy and N*cki’s Instagram Live, Zach Campbell (who knows Little Mix and Jesy) addressed N*cki saying: “There is things that happened behind-the-scenes within that girl group that you don’t know about.”

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On IG Live, N*cki continued: “If that’s how you [Leigh] felt, why was you kiki-ing with her [Jesy] and being in the videos with her for 10 years. Now all of a sudden she’s not in a video with you, you have some negative, evil thing to say? You’re jealous.”

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3 years

jesy nelson has been kidnapped and replaced by a lookalike: a conspiracy thread

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But the internet was shocked to see Jesy, who’d made a documentary about the effects of cyberbullying, sit and laugh along while N*cki repeatedly called Leigh-Anne “a fucking clown”, “a big jealous bozo”, and told her to “shove it up her ass” online in front of thousands.

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1 year

After the Sweet Melody music video dropped, fans took to Instagram to gently inform Jesy that she was appearing more and more racially ambiguous, and to politely educate her about why this is problematic. They hoped that she would listen and learn – but instead, they got blocked.

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One last thing... Dragging @lidolmix (or other Little Mix's fans) for removing Jesy from Little Mix photos and videos makes no sense when she was the one who deleted all of her Little Mix photos and videos first. It's really not that deep.

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1 year

“Why are you bringing this up two years later?” Baby she was Blackfishing TWO MONTHS ago

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🚨 FACT CHECK 🚨 Little Mix claimed they ALL addressed Blackfishing with Jesy – not just Leigh, as alleged by Jesy.

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1 year

A few days later, Jesy contradicted herself on Instagram Live. She let slip that her Blackfishing was addressed after Little Mix filmed the Sweet Melody video in October 2020 – BEFORE she left the group. Jesy claimed it was Leigh-Anne who “made her aware” of it. HOWEVER (CONT)

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1 year

In December 2020, Jesy Nelson officially left Little Mix. Rumours had begun swirling that she’d be leaving the group when she stopped appearing and performing with them in November due to “private medical reasons”. But there was more to the story than anyone first realised.

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Meanwhile, a member of Little Mix’s glam team revealed that Jesy blocked the group before leaving and didn’t tell them she was quitting. “She didn’t show up for work. They were told by their team. She blocked them all. They called her and she had a huge go, slagged them all off.”

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1 year

N*cki’s cruel tirade about Leigh-Anne was viewed by millions on Instagram alone before N*cki eventually deleted it. At the time, Leigh-Anne had just become a new mother to twins and was struggling from sleep deprivation, which even caused hallucinations.

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1 year

In November 2020, just a few weeks after the Sweet Melody music video dropped, Jesy Nelson began her “extended break” from Little Mix due to “private medical reasons”.

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1 year

Jade Thirlwall told Stella Magazine: “One thing we want to clarify about the Blackfishing situation is that Jesy was approached by the group in a very friendly, educational manner” BEFORE she left Little Mix.

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After Jesy and N*cki’s Instagram Live, Zach Campbell (who knows Little Mix and Jesy) addressed Jesy saying: "It really hurts my heart to watch you sit there and let N*cki say all those things about Leigh-Anne when you know more tea than you're letting on."

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1 year

After Jesy’s single dropped, Little Mix’s long-time collaborator/producer MNEK tweeted: “From the heart, I just wanna take this time to promote some talented BLACK female artists who I feel deserve more of the shine than others (others being white people, yes, get uncomfortable)”

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@shadecrave

1 year

One of Little Mix’s main collaborators and producers MNEK also seemed to have an issue with Jesy’s Blackfishing. In May 2021, following her even more extreme Blackfishing, MNEK shared a post about the dangers of “people who Blackfish” and “blissfully ignore it” on Instagram.

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All too often, the disgusting “angry Black woman” stereotype is weaponised against Black women who have every right to be angry at the ignorance and racism they’re facing. Leigh-Anne fell victim to this. Thankfully, most of the public saw through the bullshit and took her side.

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1 year

Many people claim they have proof the screenshots were fake. However, even if they were real, I see no issue with them. Leigh clearly wasn’t ACTUALLY instructing that guy to make a video about Jesy. It was a sarcastic joke which would’ve been made out of valid frustration/hurt.

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🚨 NOTE 🚨 Regarding Jesy’s claim that she naturally “tans so dark” in the sun, note that this photo shows her working in L.A. during sunny weather...

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1 year

Jesy responded to Blackfishing critics by arguing: “I’m just really lucky as a white girl that when I’m in the sun I tan so dark”, adding that her tan in the Boyz video was from a holiday in Antigua – purposefully ignoring criticism about her excessive fake-tanning in general.

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🚨 FACT CHECK 🚨 Jesy Nelson said she didn’t have the confidence to wear crop tops in Little Mix. This is a (strange but harmless) lie. Jesy wore crop tops in 10 Little Mix music videos, and in many public appearances and performances with the group.

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@shadecrave

1 year

A few months after leaving Little Mix, Jesy Nelson started doing her first solo interviews to promote her upcoming music. This is when fans noticed that Jesy was starting to tell some strange white lies… but most of the lies were harmless, so people shrugged them off.

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Many fans were disappointed by Jesy’s response to the Blackfishing allegations, but many wondered whether she was mistaking valid criticism for ‘trolling’, which she’d been a victim of in the past. But fans would have to wait to see if Jesy had taken their feedback on board…

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🚨 FACT CHECK 🚨 Leigh has discussed race for years. She made a documentary about racism & colourism in 2020 (while Jesy was still in Little Mix), where she acknowledged her privileges as a mixed-race woman and discussed being whitewashed in photos in Little Mix’s early years.

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Discussing Leigh-Anne, N*cki also said: “You might be Black and white mixed, and now you’re attempting to be ‘Black this, Black that’. You may not have been doing it 8, 7, 6, 5 years ago, but now it’s convenient.” Jesy nodded along. This accusation is vile and completely false.

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🚨 FACT CHECK 🚨 Jesy Nelson told a confused interviewer that she was “always the one covered up as much as possible in Little Mix”. This is a (strange but harmless) lie. Jesy was often the member with the most skin on show, regularly opting for bodysuits and leotards.

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still not over jesy’s obvious lies about outfits saying she couldn’t wear trousers and a top cause the others didn’t so she’d stick out and saying she’d be the one covered up as much as possible when a simple google search shows you..

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After the IG Live, Little Mix also stayed quiet (except for the short quote they gave in Stella Magazine). However, they told an interviewer how group therapy sessions inspired their song Cut You Off, which is about letting go of toxic people. Many speculate it’s about Jesy.

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🚨 FACT CHECK 🚨 Jesy told Glamour Magazine in October 2021 that she’d stopped getting lip fillers. Based on photos taken around this time, this doesn’t appear to be true at all.

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To the people questioning my motive for making this thread: I JUST wanted to stop the misinformation and fake narratives. I’m not going to stand by and watch a Black woman get dragged for no reason. Now anyone can refer people to this thread if they don’t have all the facts.

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Perhaps it shouldn’t be surprising to anyone that Jesy Nelson dismissed Leigh-Anne’s feelings about Blackfishing. Watch and compare the differences in how Jesy talked about Leigh-Anne’s experiences with racism in an interview, vs how Leigh-Anne talked about Jesy in an interview.

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Do I want Jesy to stop Blackfishing? Yes. But I wanted her to stop because she listened to her Black bandmate all those years ago. Because she listened to her Black fans in 2020. Because she listened to the Black community in 2021. Not because it stopped benefitting her in 2023.

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Say it louder for the people in the back: "It really hurts my heart Jesy to watch you sit there and let N*cki say all those things about Leigh when you know more than you're letting on." This was weak, disgusting behaviour from Jesy after Little Mix spent years supporting her.

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One of Little Mix’s main collaborators and producers MNEK also seemed to have an issue with Jesy’s Blackfishing. In May 2021, following her even more extreme Blackfishing, MNEK shared a post about the dangers of “people who Blackfish” and “blissfully ignore it” on Instagram.

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Following the Sweet Melody music video in October and Jesy’s extended break from Little Mix in November, Jesy Nelson officially announced that she was leaving the group on 14 December 2020, citing mental health reasons.

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A few days later, Jesy contradicted herself on Instagram Live. She let slip that her Blackfishing was addressed after Little Mix filmed the Sweet Melody video in October 2020 – BEFORE she left the group. Jesy claimed it was Leigh-Anne who “made her aware” of it. HOWEVER (CONT)

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1 year

When Jesy was confronted about Blackfishing allegations in an interview in October 2021, she lied: “The whole time I was in Little Mix I never got any of that. And then I came out of [the band] and people all of a sudden were saying it.”

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Jesy Nelson had years to correct her behaviour and never did. After losing her record deal, her rebrand is merely a selfish, cynical attempt to win back all of the support she lost. Any apology now would be just as selfish and cynical. She should have just listened and learned.

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After leaving Little Mix, Jesy started appearing more racially ambiguous than ever, with a new curly wig, style, and darker tan. Naïvely, I’d expected her to take some time out and come back with a new, toned-down image after hearing fans out. Instead, she doubled down.

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1 year

After the Sweet Melody music video dropped, fans took to Instagram to gently inform Jesy that she was appearing more and more racially ambiguous, and to politely educate her about why this is problematic. They hoped that she would listen and learn – but instead, they got blocked.

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Jesy’s song and video immediately received backlash online and from the media, with The Guardian accusing her of treating Black culture as a costume. They said: “Jesy Nelson will dispose of her Black costume when it no longer serves her.” As you’ll see later, they were right.

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Jesy never apologised for dismissing the Black community/her Black bandmate/her Black fans. She never apologised for allowing N*cki to go on an abusive tirade about Leigh, or for laughing. She never apologised for trying to gaslight people into thinking she wasn’t Blackfishing.

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Where exactly did N*cki get the idea that Leigh-Anne only started talking about her race when it was “beneficial” or “convenient”? Did Jesy tell her this? 🤨 Why did Jesy even drag N*cki into her mess and get her to fight HER battles in the first place?

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Discussing Leigh-Anne, N*cki also said: “You might be Black and white mixed, and now you’re attempting to be ‘Black this, Black that’. You may not have been doing it 8, 7, 6, 5 years ago, but now it’s convenient.” Jesy nodded along. This accusation is vile and completely false.

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Two months after leaving Little Mix, Jesy Nelson returned to social media to tease that she was in the studio making solo music. Unfortunately, it was clear from her photos that she hadn’t taken the comments about her Blackfishing/racefishing on board.

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1 year

Following the Sweet Melody music video in October and Jesy’s extended break from Little Mix in November, Jesy Nelson officially announced that she was leaving the group on 14 December 2020, citing mental health reasons.

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A few months after leaving Little Mix, Jesy Nelson started doing her first solo interviews to promote her upcoming music. This is when fans noticed that Jesy was starting to tell some strange white lies… but most of the lies were harmless, so people shrugged them off.

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But what happened between the Sweet Melody video dropping on 21 October 2020 and Jesy Nelson leaving Little Mix on 14 December 2020? We’ll explore this later. For now, let’s fast-forward to February 2021.

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Jesy’s Boyz video recreated P. Diddy’s Bad Boys For Life, which parodied Black people moving into a “good neighbourhood” to poke fun at white panic. Jesy ‘moves in’ and most of the “bad boys” are Black. The video and styling heavily mimics stereotypical elements of Black culture.

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After the Instagram Live, Zach Campbell (who knows Little Mix and Jesy) told his audience: “I’m not a tea channel so you won’t get no tea, but I will say this: Leigh has been going through this for a WHILE behind the scenes. You don’t know what type of trauma she went through.”

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🚨 FACT CHECK 🚨 Jesy was aware of the Blackfishing allegations against her when she was in Little Mix. Little Mix approached her about it before she left the group. This contradicts accusations that they only brought it up because Jesy went solo.

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1 year

Jade Thirlwall told Stella Magazine: “One thing we want to clarify about the Blackfishing situation is that Jesy was approached by the group in a very friendly, educational manner” BEFORE she left Little Mix.

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🚨 NOTE 🚨 *Little Mix/Leigh-Anne literally already had a song and music video with N!cki

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N*cki and Jesy responded to the screenshots on Instagram Live, with N*cki saying: “You was in this woman’s group and you ain’t talk about this shit in years, and as soon as you see she’s got a video coming out with Nicki Minaj* and Puffy, now you sending text messages?”

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🚨 FACT CHECK 🚨 Jesy Nelson claimed that she didn’t receive Blackfishing allegations when she was in Little Mix. This is completely FALSE. 👇 It wasn’t a sudden campaign to sabotage her for leaving the group like she appeared to be trying to suggest.

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1 year

After the Sweet Melody music video dropped, fans took to Instagram to gently inform Jesy that she was appearing more and more racially ambiguous, and to politely educate her about why this is problematic. They hoped that she would listen and learn – but instead, they got blocked.

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Addressing an article about her Blackfishing in May 2021, Jesy said: “I would never want to offend anyone. That was really upsetting. I wasn’t aware that’s how people felt.” She allegedly sounded “bewildered” by the allegation. But as you’ll see in this thread, she WAS aware.

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Jesy really did dispose of her Black costume this year when it stopped benefitting her. After years of cosplaying another culture, she ditched the Black aesthetic, styling and sound that she claimed was so authentic to her at the click of a finger.

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Jesy’s song and video immediately received backlash online and from the media, with The Guardian accusing her of treating Black culture as a costume. They said: “Jesy Nelson will dispose of her Black costume when it no longer serves her.” As you’ll see later, they were right.

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🚨 FACT CHECK 🚨 We already know – as confirmed by Little Mix and Jesy herself, that Jesy WAS approached about Blackfishing WHILE she was in the group. N*cki’s allegations that Leigh only said something because she was “jealous” of Jesy going solo are demonstrably false.

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On IG Live, N*cki continued: “If that’s how you [Leigh] felt, why was you kiki-ing with her [Jesy] and being in the videos with her for 10 years. Now all of a sudden she’s not in a video with you, you have some negative, evil thing to say? You’re jealous.”

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🚨 FACT CHECK 🚨 Whether Little Mix mentioned Jesy’s Blackfishing not, it was already all over the news and social media, and even made BBC News (the UK’s biggest news show). The only person sabotaging Jesy’s career was Jesy herself – not Little Mix or Leigh-Anne.

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When Jesy was confronted about Blackfishing allegations in an interview in October 2021, she lied: “The whole time I was in Little Mix I never got any of that. And then I came out of [the band] and people all of a sudden were saying it.”

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1 year

If the alleged leaked screenshots were real, the ONLY mistake Leigh-Anne actually made was trusting that guy to keep private messages private. 🤷‍♀️

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1 year

Many people claim they have proof the screenshots were fake. However, even if they were real, I see no issue with them. Leigh clearly wasn’t ACTUALLY instructing that guy to make a video about Jesy. It was a sarcastic joke which would’ve been made out of valid frustration/hurt.

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Jesy shared messages showing her deciding to write Boyz, a song about “bad boys”. The song’s lyrics include negative Black stereotypes about being “hood”, “taboo” and “criminal” and fetishise stereotypes of Black men’s appearances (e.g. “I like them tattoos and them gold teeth”.

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Jesy said certain team members (“not the girls”) had never wanted her there. However, she admitted she could be a “nightmare” to work with and could seem like a “real diva”. Other members of Little Mix’s team unfollowed Jesy after she left the group, like her ex-manager Sam Cox.

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Many people claim they have proof the screenshots were fake. However, even if they were real, I see no issue with them. Leigh clearly wasn’t ACTUALLY instructing that guy to make a video about Jesy. It was a sarcastic joke which would’ve been made out of valid frustration/hurt.

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This is when alleged messages from Leigh-Anne talking about Jesy’s music video leaked. A Little Mix fan asked Instagram followers if he should post a video dancing to Boyz. Leigh apparently replied “no 😳” and sarcastically joked: “Do a video about her being a black fish instead”

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🚨 FACT CHECK 🚨 Jesy had already mentioned that she and Little Mix stopped talking in 2020, before her solo career and the release of Boyz. It’s clear that their issues began BEFORE she launched her solo music, contradicting N*cki’s claims.

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On IG Live, N*cki continued: “If that’s how you [Leigh] felt, why was you kiki-ing with her [Jesy] and being in the videos with her for 10 years. Now all of a sudden she’s not in a video with you, you have some negative, evil thing to say? You’re jealous.”

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Jesy later claimed it was her management team, not her, removing comments and blocking anyone mentioning her Blackfishing. She then cancelled two scheduled follow-up calls to discuss Blackfishing and identity in greater detail. This happened before the infamous Instagram Live.

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A year after the Boyz controversy, Jesy was seen playing and dancing to the song at her Halloween party last October, where she and a friend dressed as Pamela Anderson and Pamela’s abuser Tommy Lee.

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I wonder what @WomensAid make of this?

Women's Aid

@womensaid

1 year

In #JesyNelson 's new video, we see her character not explicitly leaving her abusive relationship. We know this is the reality for many women living with #DomesticAbuse . We thank Jesy for using her video to raise awareness & show survivors where to turn.

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What exactly is the issue with Leigh-Anne talking about racial issues? Is Jesy just salty that Leigh-Anne released a documentary about racism after she released a documentary about bullying?

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1 year

Where exactly did N*cki get the idea that Leigh-Anne only started talking about her race when it was “beneficial” or “convenient”? Did Jesy tell her this? 🤨 Why did Jesy even drag N*cki into her mess and get her to fight HER battles in the first place?

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Everyone makes mistakes, but Jesy neither listened to or learned from the Blackfishing allegations, continuing her behaviour and doubling down even harder after the controversy.

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This is when alleged messages from Leigh-Anne talking about Jesy’s music video leaked. A Little Mix fan asked Instagram followers if he should post a video dancing to Boyz. Leigh apparently replied “no 😳” and sarcastically joked: “Do a video about her being a black fish instead”

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So that’s Jesy’s interviews and departure covered. Now let’s specifically address the Boyz controversy…

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Jesy began teasing her solo launch in August 2021. Her first single was set to be released in September, around the same time as Little Mix’s first single from Between Us. After some backlash for this, she pushed it back to October – claiming “unforeseen circumstances”.

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Discussing Leigh-Anne, N*cki also said: “You might be Black and white mixed, and now you’re attempting to be ‘Black this, Black that’. You may not have been doing it 8, 7, 6, 5 years ago, but now it’s convenient.” Jesy nodded along. This accusation is vile and completely false.

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Jesy responded to Blackfishing critics by arguing: “I’m just really lucky as a white girl that when I’m in the sun I tan so dark”, adding that her tan in the Boyz video was from a holiday in Antigua – purposefully ignoring criticism about her excessive fake-tanning in general.

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Not only that, but even after Jesy was made “aware that’s how people felt”, she would continue her behaviour despite allegedly not wanting “offend anyone”.

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Addressing an article about her Blackfishing in May 2021, Jesy said: “I would never want to offend anyone. That was really upsetting. I wasn’t aware that’s how people felt.” She allegedly sounded “bewildered” by the allegation. But as you’ll see in this thread, she WAS aware.

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🚨 FACT CHECK 🚨 On the contrary, Little Mix were never angry at Jesy for leaving the group (even if they may have been angry at the “horrible” way she left). In fact, they encouraged her to leave to take care of her mental health in “the ultimate act of female empowerment”.

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@shadecrave

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On IG Live, N*cki continued: “If that’s how you [Leigh] felt, why was you kiki-ing with her [Jesy] and being in the videos with her for 10 years. Now all of a sudden she’s not in a video with you, you have some negative, evil thing to say? You’re jealous.”

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Ultimately, Jesy Nelson was happy for Leigh-Anne to be slandered online in front of thousands to try and save her own back.

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@shadecrave

1 year

After the Instagram Live, Zach Campbell (who knows Little Mix and Jesy) told his audience: “I’m not a tea channel so you won’t get no tea, but I will say this: Leigh has been going through this for a WHILE behind the scenes. You don’t know what type of trauma she went through.”

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1 year

(THIS also happened after Jesy’s Instagram Live but… let’s not even go there.)

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1 year

The (now former) Little Mix fan and TikToker who shared the screenshots has since claimed that Jesy "set up" and “manipulated” him into sharing them. He said he has voice notes proving this, but won’t release them because his involvement in the drama nearly ended his career.

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@shadecrave

1 year

When the fan told Leigh he thought things with Jesy were okay, she allegedly explained: “She blocked us. Cut us off. Horrible person. 🥺 It’s really sad.” He asked if he should remove his Boyz video, but she apparently replied: “It’s up to you babe.. I’m just raging today lool”

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After being dropped by her label, Jesy cleared her Instagram in March and returned with a new image and sound (despite claiming her image and sound for Boyz was the “real”/“authentic”/“natural” her.)

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1 year

Now onto Jesy Nelson’s more serious lies…

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When the fan told Leigh he thought things with Jesy were okay, she allegedly explained: “She blocked us. Cut us off. Horrible person. 🥺 It’s really sad.” He asked if he should remove his Boyz video, but she apparently replied: “It’s up to you babe.. I’m just raging today lool”

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1 year

🚨 FACT CHECK 🚨 Zach Campbell (who knows Little Mix and Jesy) further disputed accusations that Leigh-Anne only allegedly brought up Jesy’s Blackfishing due to “jealousy” when she went solo. He hinted that it had been an ongoing issue for a long time.

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@shadecrave

1 year

After the Instagram Live, Zach Campbell (who knows Little Mix and Jesy) told his audience: “I’m not a tea channel so you won’t get no tea, but I will say this: Leigh has been going through this for a WHILE behind the scenes. You don’t know what type of trauma she went through.”

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1 year

N*cki and Jesy responded to the screenshots on Instagram Live, with N*cki saying: “You was in this woman’s group and you ain’t talk about this shit in years, and as soon as you see she’s got a video coming out with Nicki Minaj* and Puffy, now you sending text messages?”

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1 year

oh this pissed me AWF

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@LMgotsynergy

1 year

generally, I don’t like tweeting about jesy but why is her spotify description mostly about LM, and then goes on to mental little mix’s work on racial equality OF ALL THINGS??

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1 year

In response to Blackfishing accusations, Jesy dismissed comments about her curly wigs, saying that she started wearing them because her hair is “naturally curly”.

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1 year

In 2019, Jesy had posted a video on Instagram of her best friend screaming the N-word while someone else did the same behind the camera. (It’s unknown whether this was Jesy or someone else.) Jesy deleted it after receiving backlash, but perhaps she never truly learned her lesson.

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On IG Live, N*cki continued: “If that’s how you [Leigh] felt, why was you kiki-ing with her [Jesy] and being in the videos with her for 10 years. Now all of a sudden she’s not in a video with you, you have some negative, evil thing to say? You’re jealous.”

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1 year

Things went quiet for Jesy after the Boyz controversy in October 2021, but she hoped to return and release a new single in early 2022. However, her label allegedly sent the music “back to the drawing board”. She denied this in June 2022… but they “parted ways” in August 2022.

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1 year

Jesy continued ignoring people telling her that her song Boyz was offensive, performing it on The Graham Norton Show and at Capital’s Jingle Bell Ball.

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1 year

(N*cki also ignored the nuances of Blackfishing, saying Jesy’s critics should: “tell ALL of these singers and reality people to take off their tans and their lips and everything they’re doing! That means the Black girls can’t wear a long, blonde wig down to their feet!”)

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Jesy ignored people telling her that her song Boyz was offensive, celebrating its release with her team.

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Jesy’s response: “My intention wasn’t to offend people of colour with this video/my song. Growing up, these are the videos I watched. I wanted to celebrate that. It actually does really hurt me that I may have offended people and hurt people’s feelings. It’s just hard for me.”

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1 year

Turns out that a lot of people are still discovering that Jesy Nelson is 100% white-British for the first time this through thread. No one can blame you!

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2 years

@heyheedie This isn’t Jesy Nelson, it’s her Black lookalike!! Leave Jesy alone!!!!

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3 years

jesy nelson has been kidnapped and replaced by a lookalike: a conspiracy thread

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1 year

Jesy Nelson had the nerve to question and shut down Leigh-Anne Pinnock’s fight for racial equality but she thinks she can have Little Mix’s advocacy for racial equality on HER Spotify page?!

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1 year

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1 year

The fact that Jesy seems to have told N*cki that Leigh only started caring about racial issues when it was “beneficial” is laughable considering, in an interview just a few days before that Instagram Live, Jesy mentioned that she knew how much racist abuse affected Leigh-Anne.

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@shadecrave

1 year

Where exactly did N*cki get the idea that Leigh-Anne only started talking about her race when it was “beneficial” or “convenient”? Did Jesy tell her this? 🤨 Why did Jesy even drag N*cki into her mess and get her to fight HER battles in the first place?

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Nobody’s mad she “stopped”. They’re mad that she ONLY switched up her look when she had new music to promote – not when her Black bandmate, her fans, and the Black community asked her to stop. She dismissed the validity of the Blackfishing allegations just to prove them right.

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1 year

Y’all were mad when she was doing it and now you’re mad she stopped?

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🚨 FACT CHECK 🚨 Little Mix began planning their hiatu BEFORE Jesy left the group in 2020. They were going to go on hiatus in 2021 (after their 10-year anniversary), but the final tour was postponed until 2022 because of Covid. They did NOT go on hiatus because Jesy left!

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1 year

I wonder if we’ll get any more tea… ☕️

Leigh-Anne

@LeighAnneMusic

1 year

I’m so excited to announce BELIEVE - my first ever memoir - out October 26, 2023 and available to pre-order now. Ever since we won The X Factor back in 2011, I feel like I’ve been in a whirlwind…

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I wrote this thread because I saw Jesy fans spreading misinformation about the situation. Jesy weaponised her white tears against her Black bandmate for speaking out on Black issues. She even chose to target Leigh specifically. That told me all I need to know about her character.

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3 years

how did “jesy’s” attitude to bad boys change so suddenly? the answer is obvious: she’s not the REAL jesy!

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1 year

This woman got such a barrage of hate for speaking out but she never let that stop her! Respect @LeighAnneMusic ✊

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1 year

Leigh-Anne stayed quiet following the Instagram Live, but videos emerged of her crying at her 30th birthday party that same week. In a speech she said: “Everyone who meets me knows my character. That’s all I care about. I’ve found my voice now and I will continue to use it.”

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while jesy nelson enjoyed her success in little mix from 2011 to 2020, a woman of a similar age became obsessed with how much she and jesy looked alike. they could almost be sisters – if it wasn’t for one big difference… their skin tones. (left: jesy, right: her lookalike.)

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Jesy orchestrated the whole thing to try and throw Leigh-Anne under the bus to boost her own career. She told N*cki a twisted version of events and took advantage of the fact that she knew N*cki would defend her so she could try to emotionally manipulate the public.

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@shadecrave

1 year

The (now former) Little Mix fan and TikToker who shared the screenshots has since claimed that Jesy "set up" and “manipulated” him into sharing them. He said he has voice notes proving this, but won’t release them because his involvement in the drama nearly ended his career.

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in 2019, jesy released an anti-cyberbullying documentary. in 2020, little mix launched a “choose kindness” campaign. in 2021, “jesy” sat and cackled as n*cki m*naj cyberbullied her ex-bandmate leigh-anne for no reason in front of millions. that couldn’t possibly be the REAL jesy!

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