Jesy Nelson: Former Little Mix star reveals she made suicide attempt days before exit from band as she admits she felt 'really alone'

The 34-year-old made the revelation in her new Prime Video documentary series Jesy Nelson: Life After Little Mix, which was released on Friday, February 13.

In the show, Jesy teared up as she claimed that her former bandmates Perrie Edwards, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, and Jade Thirlwall ignored her pleas for help in the lead up to her suicide attempt.

The singer said: “I sat everyone down to explain how I was feeling and I remember one of the responses being, "Are you done now? Is that it?" She [one of the girls] was like, "Can I go now?" That made me feel really alone. I felt like there was no point. That no one cared.”

Jesy’s mum Janice sounded the alarm on her overdose after she passed out while on the phone to her. Janice said: For a few days before, she had just been really down and not talking much. She wanted to be on her own quite a lot.

“I got a gut feeling that something wasn't right. I kept ringing and ringing, but there was no answer. She eventually answered the phone and the way she was talking was really slurry. I heard the phone drop and didn't hear anything else - I knew she'd done something.”

Janice also said that she could “see why they [Little Mix] did get angry at times”, but blasted Jesy’s bandmates saying that they weren’t there for her daughter during her struggles.

She said: “It's hard to work with someone who is always down when you are always happy. But I personally believe that at Jesy's lowest of low times, the girls were not really there for her and I think that's why she's so sad now.”

Jesy added: “I was so sad. I was so down. I knew after coming out of hospital that I mentally couldn't do it [be in the band] any more.”

While recovering in hospital, Jesy made the decision to leave. At the same time, Little Mix were scheduled to appear in the final of the BBC show The Search, with host Chris Ramsey informing viewers that Jesy was missing after taking ill.

The news of Jesy’s decision to leave the band was delivered to the rest of the band via lawyers after seeking legal advice, something which Jesy admitted probably “hurt” Perrie, Leigh-Anne, and Jade.

She said: “I think they felt really hurt about that and it should never have played out like that. I didn't get my opportunity to explain why I couldn't do this anymore. I feel mad that that was taken away from me.”

Jesy then claimed that while she was eager to sit down with her bandmates and discuss the situation, the remaining trio said that a conversation would only happen if a therapist was present.

She said: “I just remember being like, ‘What? I've just come out of hospital, like this is the time I need you the most’. I don't know, I just didn't feel like they were my sisters.”

Jesy explained: “Eventually there was a phone call. It was really awkward and so weird. It was like talking to strangers. It was the most uncomfortable phone call of my life. No one knew what to say. And that's the last time I ever spoke to them as a group. It's been five years now and every time I think about it, I think, was it them or was it the management? I'll never know.'

Jesy recently hit the headlines after she revealed that her twin daughters Ocean Jade and Story Monroe, has been diagnosed with Spinal Muscle Artophy (SMA)type 1. This is a rare genetic condition that causes muscle wastage, with the star told that her daughters may never walk.

She has now used her platform to pile pressure on the UK Government to introduce a blood test for newborns that monitors whether SMA is present. She launched a petition, back by SMA UK, which has now gathered more than 80,000 signatures from the British public.