Why did Perrie Edwards and Jesy Nelson fall out? Little Mix feud explained
10 June 2026, 14:28 | Updated: 10 June 2026, 14:30
Perrie Edwards and Jesy Nelson's friendship fall out was a hard one to accept for Little Mix fans but what exactly happened between them? Here's everything they've said about the end of their relationship.
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Little Mix officially split in 2022 but it was a few years before when the shock exit of Jesy Nelson happened that the group began to see the end in sight.
While Perrie Edwards, Jade Thirlwall and Leigh-Anne Pinnock remain close, they no longer speak to Jesy and Perrie has now go on to talk about their fallout. She's also said she doesn't think that she will ever be friends with Jesy again.
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So why exactly did Perrie and Jesy fall out? And what have they both gone on to say about their issues? Here's everything you need to know.
Why did Perrie Edwards and Jesy Nelson fall out?
The exact reasons why the two Little Mix members no longer speak is still unclear but their friendship came to an end when Jesy chose to leave the chart-topping girlband in 2020. At the time she explained she needed to leave to focus on her mental health.
The following year, Jesy released her debut solo single 'Boyz' with Nicki Minaj and sparked controversy during a viral Instagram live where she and Nicki appeared to mock Leigh-Anne.
What has Jesy Nelson said about her fall out with Perrie Edwards?
Jesy has refrained from speaking directly about her fall out with Perrie. However, she did discuss leaving the band on her documentary Life After Little Mix. Jesy said: "I basically sat everyone down and said how I was feeling, and I just felt like no one cared."
She added: "I didn’t feel like they were my sisters. It’s been five years now, and every time I think about it, I’m like, ‘Is it them? Or is it the management?'"
What has Perrie Edwards said about her fall out with Jesy Nelson?
As for Perrie, she's spoken directly about the fallout. Speaking on Great Company with Jamie Laing, she said: "What upsets me the most is when situations like this happen and the other person doesn't take any accountability, that boils my blood!"
She added: "I am not blaming everything on you, I am not saying that she's this f---ing monster and everything was her blah, blah, blah but take some accountability for your actions and realise you were difficult."
Perrie went on to say: "You did have difficult moments. Granted there were reasons for those moments but you can only pick someone up so many f---ing times before you start losing your own sanity."
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?"
Perrie made clear that she will "always love" Jesy but the friendship is over: "If I am being completely transparent part of me wanted to until the documentary."
She ended by saying: "I don't have the capacity for someone like that in my life anymore."
In a sparate interview Fearne Cotton, Perrie described the fallout as a "dagger to the heart".
She opened up: "When you've been in that person's life for many years and you've been through highs and lows, everything, all these experiences. And then poof, they're gone...I struggled a lot with that. It's really sad but sometimes these things happen.
"It's a really horrible dynamic but you can't force someone to be friends with you."
Perrie has also gone on to write songs about the break up of friendships. Talking to Glamour about her song 'Same Place, Different View', she said: "It’s about a friendship that I once had, that I no longer have anymore.
“We talk about breakups and heartbreak, but we don’t normally talk about friendships that break down. And it was like losing a limb. I was with her every day. We lived in each other’s pockets.”
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