Jade Thirlwall says Little Mix approached Jesy Nelson about blackfishing before she quit

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Jade Thirlwall has revealed how she approached the subject of blackfishing to Jesy Nelson with the rest of Little Mix before she quit the band.

Jesy quit the band after nine years but, prior to her exit, she had been heavily criticised for her changing appearance as many accused the singer of blackfishing, which is when a non-black person tries to appear black, writes The Mirror.The 33-year-old was in Little Mix with Jade, Perrie Edwards and Leigh-Anne Pinnock.

However, Jesy quit in 2020, citing it was affecting her mental health.Since she left, Jesy hasn't spoke to her bandmates and Leigh-Anne previously branded Jesy's attitude "harmful and problematic to people of colour" following the release of the video for her debut solo tune called Boyz.

Jade sat down for an interview with Louis Theroux where he asked: "I think it was you, that said someone reached out privately to her [Jesy] to express a few things about the song?"Jade replied: "Oh, not about the song." Louis clarified: "About the video?"Jade explained: "When we were together, yeah.