Jesy Nelson’s ex-fiancé Jake Roche, who she dated between 2014 and 2016, has filmed himself reacting to the video for her recent single Boyz – and it is hilarious.
To be more specific, he’s actually filmed himself reacting to another TikTok user’s reaction video. In the original version, TikToker jadoregeorgia filmed herself watching the controversial video and wrote, “Jesy I love u girlie, but these are the bad boys you’re talking about?”
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Jesy Nelson reveals the 'breaking point' that really drove her to quit Little Mix
She edited in snaps of Jesy’s exes Chris Hughes and Jake, and added the caption, “They aren’t bad boys. They were just bad. Jesy u deserve the world and the song’s a bop btw”.
In turn, Jake posted his own #duetwith and evidently found the video hilarious, taking the mickey out of the notion that he himself was a “Bad Boy(z)”.
Jesy and Jake dated during the height of her Little Mix heyday, and he got down on one knee after just a year of dating (with the help of one Mr Ed Sheeran to make it extra special). But the young couple split shortly afterwards amid claims that Jesy was eager to start a family.
A source said at the time, “Jake feels that, at 24, he’s just too young to be a father.
“He feels they have their whole lives ahead of them to start enjoying kids when the time is right.
“Jesy completely disagreed. She is only a year older but is much more emotionally mature - and she was always very clear with Jake that, as soon as she got married, she would want to start the next big chapter in their lives together.”
Since splitting from Jake Jesy has gone onto have relationships with TOWIE’s Chris Clarke and Love Island’s Chris Hughes, but her most high profile split has been from her former band mates after she made the announcement she was leaving Little Mix in 2020.
Despite initially implying there was no bad blood behind the split, it’s since come light that the group parted way under acrimonious circumstances, and the release of Jesy’s first single (and accompanying video) as a solo artist has only deepened the riff.
In the aftermath of the video’s release, Jesy was accused of Blackfishing – where a white person adopts the image of a person of colour in order to appear as though they're from that demographic.
CHECK OUT: Jesy Nelson's relationship history
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1 of 132012-2014: Jordan Banjo
If you rewind your minds back to 2012, just as Little Mix were emerging off the back of their X Factor win, Jesy started dating Diversity dancer Jordan Banjo.
2 of 132012-2014: Jordan Banjo
Although his romance with Jesy didn't work out, Jordan is now in a happy relationship with his girlfriend Naomi Courts, with the pair welcoming a baby boy called Cassius into the world in May 2018.Jordan later announced in 2019 that the couple were expecting another baby later in the year!
3 of 132014-2016: Jake Roche
Jesy started dating Rixton frontman Jake Roche in 2014, with the pair meeting via mutual friends during a big show at the Manchester Arena.
4 of 132014-2016: Jake Roche
Planning one of the most romantic proposals ever, Jake popped the question to Jesy backstage at a gig, and he even enlisted the help of Ed Sheeran to perform one of Jesy's favourite songs in the moment. ud83dude0d
5 of 132014-2016: Jake Roche
Despite the epic proposal, Jesy and Jake didn't actually make it down the aisle, with the pair announcing their split in 2016.Jesy later described the split as 'horrendous', saying it is 'one of the worst pains!'.
6 of 132017: Chris Clark
Following a number of whispers that Jesy was dating TOWIE star Chris Clark in 2017, the Little Mix singer confirmed the news in March. The pair attended a number of events together and gushed about each other on their social media accounts for a number of months.
7 of 132017: Chris Clark
Things took a SERIOUS sour turn though, when Chris dumped Jesy during a phone call!Chris' former TOWIE co-star Myles Barnett told OK! Magazine, "He probably didn't do it as well as he could have, but he wanted to tell her as soon as possible, which meant over the phone as she was in America."Ouch! Obviously, Jesy's fans were quick to troll Chris over his treatment of Jesy online.
8 of 132017-2018: Harry James
Following her sour split from Chris, Jesy started dating musician Harry James in the summer of 2017, with the pair being spotted for the first time together on holiday in Mykonos. Things seemed to be going very well, with Harry even accompanying Jesy to the 2018 BRIT Awards where she was performing with her Little Mix girls.
9 of 132017-2018: Harry James
Their romance continued to blossom throughout 2018, with Jesy and Harry posting snaps on social media, and gushing about each other at every given opportunity. The pair even enjoyed a very luxurious trip to Dubai and the Maldives, whilst the rest of the Little Mix girls were in the recording studio.
10 of 132017-2018: Harry James
After 16 months of dating, Jesy and Harry's relationship came to an abrupt end in November 2018.
11 of 132019-2020: Chris Hughes
After weeks of rumours that Jesy was dating Love Island 2017 star Chris Hughes, the pair confirmed their romance during a trip to Ireland, posting this cosy snap to their socials.Although the pair briefly split after just three weeks of dating, they quickly rekindled their romance.
12 of 132019-2020: Chris Hughes
Jesy and Chris weren't shy in expressing their love for each other, with Chris calling Jesy his 'girlfriend' during a radio interview in March 2019. Chris gushed over his new love, saying, "I'm the happiest I've ever been. It's official, she's my girlfriend. I'm so happy, she's the nicest girl I've ever met, this is no exaggeration, she's got a heart like she was your mother or something. She's so caring. We just get on like best mates, and that's the beauty about it."Aww!
13 of 132019-2020: Chris Hughes
Jesy and Chris' relationship wasn't to be though and they split in April 2020.Speaking to Vicky Pattison on her podcast The Secret To, Chris admitted, "It was tough. Time's a healer, you don't believe it when you're in the moment. I don't think I've ever felt heartbroken or anything. "And then a couple of weeks down the line, you start thinking about it less and less. And the next thing, you're good as gold."
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Things got even messier when Jesy appeared on an Instagram live with Nicki Minaj, who features on the track, and openly laughed when Nikki called her former bandmates “clowns”.
Jesy responded to the claims by saying it had never been brought up before, with Little Mix later confirming that they had, in fact, brought up their concerns about Jesy’s Blackfishing while she was still in the group, in “a friendly and educational manner”.
Jesy said, “I personally want to say that my intention was never, ever to offend people of colour with this video and my song because like I said, growing up as a young girl, this is the music that I listened to. These are the videos that I watched and thought were the best. For me personally, '90s/2000 hip-hop, R&B music, was the best era of music.
“My intention was never, ever, ever to offend anyone and genuinely it actually does really hurt me that I may have offended people and actually, like, hurt people's feelings just by genuinely celebrating something that I love.”