JESY NELSON - PART 2: Why I Walked Away From Little Mix
Great Company with Jamie Laing
Jampot
4.5 • 947 Ratings
🗓️ 6 February 2026
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
This is part 2 of my conversation with the incredible Jesy Nelson.
Growing up in Romford, Jesy always dreamed of being on stage. But years of bullying slowly knocked her confidence until she stopped believing in herself, right up until The X Factor.
Auditioning for The X Factor changed Jesy’s life. Her dreams came true overnight but fame wasn’t what she thought it would be.
In part 2 of our conversation, Jesy opens up about what fame was really like and the relentless trolling that followed her. She shares the real reason she left Little Mix and why walking away was her only option.
We cover:
- Being bullied as a child and how it led to alopecia
- Dancing with Diversity as a teenager
- Auditioning for The X Factor and Gary Barlow’s harsh comments
- The rollercoaster highs and lows of Little Mix
- Why leaving Little Mix was the best thing she ever did
- How motherhood has given her a new confidence
This is one of those rare, real conversations. Jesy opens up about the journey that’s made her who she is today and I’m so grateful she trusted me with her story.
Jesy Nelson is Great Company.
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up in this episode of Great Company. |
| 0:02.7 | When you decided to leave, that must be hard, right? |
| 0:06.0 | It's Little Mix! |
| 0:08.8 | We were best mate. |
| 0:10.7 | I was so sad. |
| 0:12.7 | I just felt like I was faking it the whole time. |
| 0:14.9 | I could not handle it. |
| 0:16.2 | I couldn't deal with it. |
| 0:16.9 | I had my really shit times in Little Mix, |
| 0:19.0 | but I also had some of the best times of my life. |
| 0:21.6 | Would there ever be a reunion tour? |
| 0:23.6 | Alright. |
| 0:24.6 | Hello everyone. My name is Jamie Lang and this is Great Company. |
| 0:33.6 | Welcome back to Great Company guys. Now this is my part two of my conversation with Jesse Nelson. So if you haven't listened to Part 1, go back and listen to it. We released it on Wednesday. So in Part 1, Jesse spoke about her beautiful twins, Ocean Jade and Story Monroe and their SMA diagnosis. SMA stands for spinal muscular atrophy. |
| 0:54.9 | Now, in this episode today in part two, we talk about Jesse's childhood. |
| 0:58.0 | We talk about growing up, wanting to be an entertainer, losing her confidence, |
| 1:01.5 | and finding it again. |
| 1:02.7 | We also talk about the X-Factor Little Mix and her decision to leave the band. |
| 1:07.6 | Before we get into it, I'm just going to ask you to do one quick thing for me if that's |
| 1:11.5 | possible. Please just follow and subscribe to great company. It's totally free and we want to keep it |
| 1:17.0 | that way. Okay? And it really helps us keep bringing the guests you love and making the show |
| 1:20.5 | bigger and better for you every single week. If you do that one thing, thank you so much. Okay, |
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