James Arthur BREAKS SILENCE over ‘getting close’ to Jesy Nelson at The BRITs

James has denied the reports

James Arthur and Jesy Nelson

by Alex Ross |
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Following Wednesday night's prestigious BRIT Awards, rumours started to swirl around the showbiz world that former X Factor winner James Arthur and Little Mix singer Jesy Nelson had reportedly been spotted getting a lil cosy.

After a number of news outlets reported the story and revealed the pair 'couldn't keep their hands off each other', 'Empty Space' singer James has now hit back in a furious message on Twitter.

James wrote, 'Firstly we were not kissing we were talking closely because it was loud as f--- in a club, have you ever tried having a conversation when theres loud music, you gotta be tactile. sad state of a affairs when a guy and a girl can’t sit and chat without being romantically involved. [sic]

The Middlesbrough born lad then added, 'What kind of a person sneaks pics of people sitting and chatting at a party. Scruffy that.' [sic]

Fans of the singer were quick to reply to James' message, advising him to focus on his music.

One fan added, 'Focus on the music babes. We are all dying for the next single and Album 3! ❤️😘😍🔥', with another writing, 'A person that wants to make fake rumours about people saying that they were kissing 🙄nowadays you can’t talk to the opposite gender 😪'. [sic]

Following her split from her ex-boyfriend Harry James back in 2018, Jesy walked the BRITs red carpet with her childhood friend, whilst her fellow Little Mix girls posed with their boyfriends.

Sharing a number of snaps of the pair together on the red carpet, Jesy wrote, 'So last night this girl right here was my date for the evening 😍we’ve known each other for 15 years now and been best friends ever since! It felt so surreal to have her with me last night, it’s always been a dream of mine and last night it came true 🥰 you will never ever know how much I adore you and love you! You are the bestest friend anyone could wish for and I can’t imagine my life without you! We’ve come a long way since making up dance routines for time&envy in your bedroom to saving up our fivers so we could buy a Mali and coke to last us through out the night 🙈 your my queen and my soul mate and the best brits date I’ve ever had ❤️ p.s the glow up is real 👌🏻' [sic]

Cute! 😘

Check out the best looks from The BRIT Awards 2019 below:

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BRITs 2019 - Red carpet (stacked)

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Little Mix

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The Greatest Showman's Hugh Jackman

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The Greatest Showman's Hugh Jackman

Critic's Choice winner Sam Fender4 of 50
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Critic's Choice winner Sam Fender

DJ Steve Aoki5 of 50
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DJ Steve Aoki

Singer Dua Lipa6 of 50
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Singer Dua Lipa

Montana Brown7 of 50
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Love Island star Montana Brown

Singer Tom Walker8 of 50
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Singer Tom Walker

Singer George Ezra9 of 50
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Singer George Ezra

Singer and reality star Tallia Storm10 of 50
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Singer and reality star Tallia Storm

Singer James Bay11 of 50
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Singer James Bay

Actor Ncuti Gatwa12 of 50
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Actor Ncuti Gatwa

Singer Ramz13 of 50
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Singer Ramz

Actor Luke Evans14 of 50
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Actor Luke Evans

Singer Mabel15 of 50
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Singer Mabel

Daniel Lismore16 of 50
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Designer Daniel Lismore

Spice Girl Emma Bunton17 of 50
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Spice Girl Emma Bunton

Bros18 of 50
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Bros

Performer Matthew Morrison19 of 50
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Performer Matthew Morrison

Singer Jess Glynne20 of 50
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Singer Jess Glynne

'New Rules' singer Dua Lipa21 of 50
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'New Rules' singer Dua Lipa

Singer Rag'N'Bone Man22 of 50
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Singer Rag'N'Bone Man

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Singer Lily Allen

Singer Sam Smith24 of 50
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Singer Sam Smith

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The 1975

Model Abbey Clancey26 of 50
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Model Abbey Clancey

Ashley Roberts27 of 50
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Ashley Roberts

Florence & The Machine28 of 50
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Florence & The Machine

Love Island presenter Caroline Flack29 of 50
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Love Island presenter Caroline Flack

H.E.R30 of 50
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H.E.R

Former One Direction singer Liam Payne31 of 50
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Former One Direction singer Liam Payne

Line Of Duty star Vicky McClure32 of 50
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Line Of Duty star Vicky McClure

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American singer Khalid

Calvin Harris34 of 50
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Scottish superstar Calvin Harris

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2018's Critic's Choice winner Jorja Smith

Shawn Mendes36 of 50
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Singer Shawn Mendes

Louise Redknapp37 of 50
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Louise Redknapp

Paloma Faith38 of 50
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Singer Paloma Faith

Canadian singer Shawn Mendes39 of 50
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Canadian singer Shawn Mendes

Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean40 of 50
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Skating legends Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean

BRITs 2019 host Jack Whithall41 of 50
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BRITs 2019 host Jack Whithall

Years & Years singer Olly Alexander42 of 50
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Years & Years singer Olly Alexander

CLEAN BANDIT43 of 50
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Clean Bandit's Grace Chatto

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Sam Smith

Anne-Marie45 of 50
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Anne-Marie

Little Mix's Jade Thirlwall and her boyfriend Jed Elliot46 of 50
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Little Mix's Jade Thirlwall and her boyfriend Jed Elliot

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Little Mix

Perrie Edwards and her boyfriend Oxlade-Chamberlain48 of 50
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Perrie Edwards and her boyfriend Oxlade-Chamberlain

American singer P!nk49 of 50
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American singer P!nk

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James Arthur

As well as Little Mix performing at The BRIT Awards on Wednesday night, the popular group were also crowned the winners of Best British Video for their hit single 'Woman Like Me'.

We caught up with the girls on the red carpet, where Leigh-Anne Pinnock hinted that the group are set to release a brand new track that wasn't on the LM5 album.

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