Jesy Nelson shares cryptic post about 'gross' people after Perrie Edwards speaks out on their shattered friendship

Jesy Nelson has shared a cryptic post with fans after her former Little Mix bandmate Perrie Edwards reflected on the end of their friendship.

Singer Jesy quit Little Mix in Decemnber 2020, saying she found the 'constant pressure' of being in a girl group very difficult - she has since drifted apart from former bandmates Perrie, Leigh-Ann Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall.

After Perrie, 31, spoke about their friendship ending on a podcast, Jesy, 33, took to her Instagram Stories and shared a cryptic post.

The Boyz hitmaker shared text reading: 'The internet is gross and so are humans' over a black background. 

Speaking to Fearne Cotton's Happy Place podcast, Perrie admitted her shattered friendship with Jesy has inspired a new song. 

She said: 'I wrote a song about it - a friendship I had that I no longer have. We don't know how to talk about friendship breakups. 

'It's still as heartbreaking - when you go through all these things with someone all the highs and lows and then they're just gone. 

'But these things happen. Do we try and rectify things? Or just stay away?' 

The singer, who embarked on a solo career with the release of debut single Forget About Us in April, also revealed she has been plagued with panic attacks since finding fame with Little Mix. 

Citing one notable incident that took place while the band were in the United States, she explained. 'My anxiety started when we were in Vegas a few years ago when something happened. 

'I'd been having panic attacks for a while. I thought I was dying, my heart hurt and I went to hospital and they were like "what drugs have you taken?" and I said nothing! 

'I told them "something's happening to my heart, I'm going to die and I was having a panic attack." 

'Since that trip they just kept coming and it got so bad I had to ask my mum if she was going to put me in a mental institute.'

She added: 'Having therapy has helped me massively. I tried so many therapists and doctors. I catastrophize normal daily life things but when I'm on stage I'm fine.' 

Edwards also broke her silence on Liam Payne's tragic death as she spoke in the candid new podcast interview, released on Monday morning.

The Little Mix singer told of her heartbreak at his death and insisted that artists in the music industry 'aren't looked after enough'.

One Direction singer Liam died earlier this month aged 31 after falling 45ft from the third floor into the courtyard of the Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires, sparking an outpouring of grief from distraught leaving fans around the world.

Little Mix and One Direction both started their careers on The X Factor and Perrie dated bandmate Zayn Malik meaning the two bands had a close relationship.

She aid: 'I think it just feels weird. It's just so sad and heartbreaking and my heart hurts for his family and friends, Cheryl, his little boy.

'It's devastating I can't imagine how they must be feeling now. I didn't think it was real when I read it, it's in the air and everyone can feel it.

'Me and the Little Mix girls were messaging and Leigh-Anne (Pinnock) just said it feels very close to home. Our careers were very aligned, we had a close relationship with them. It's honestly so sad, it made my body feel so weird when I saw the headline.'

She also opened up on the price of fame during the interview, discussing online trolling and how people in the music industry aren't looked after enough.

Perrie said: 'There are no consequences for people's comments online. People are not looked after enough in this industry, people are put on a pedestal.

'They are treated like a god and then everyone jumps on this bandwagon of like 'let's tear them down'. But people are human. Can we make rules with social media?

'I can't bear it - I try to not look as I can go into a hole of just looking at negative comments. Success is good but fame is different - there is a dark side to it.

'It's intense. I bring my therapist to work with me sometimes as I can't cope with the panic attacks sometimes.'