<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12265357" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="little-mix" source="Orion">Little Mix</keyword> addressed criticism regarding former member <keyword id="12265358" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jesy-nelson" source="Orion">Jesy Nelson</keyword> and <keyword id="12280032" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="blackfishing" source="Orion">Blackfishing</keyword> <keyword id="12439920" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="accusations" source="Orion">accusations</keyword>.</li><li>Little Mix told Stella Magazine they approached Nelson about Blackfishing before she left the group.</li></ul>Members of Little Mix addressed former bandmate Jesy Nelson and her recent Blackfishing accusations. Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Jade Thirlwall, and Perrie Edwards spoke to <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/little-mix-set-record-straight-have-much-celebrate-three/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stella Magazine</a> for an interview in which they discussed Nelson. Earlier this month,<a href="https://www.insider.com/jesy-nelson-talks-blackfishing-accusations-after-debut-song-boyz-2021-10" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> fans suggested that Nelson engaged in Blackfishing</a> - when a non-Black person alters their appearance to seem Black or racially ambiguous for social or financial gain - in the <keyword id="11898471" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="music" source="Orion">music</keyword> video for her debut solo, "Boyz." The term was coined by freelance writer Wanna Thompson, who wrote a <a href="https://twitter.com/WannasWorld/status/1059989652487069696" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter thread </a>about the issue in 2018."Capitalising on aspects of blackness without having to endure the daily realities of the black experience is problematic and harmful to people of colour," Leigh-Anne, 30, told the outlet. "We think it's absolutely not OK to use harmful stereotypes. There's so much to say on that subject that it's hard to sum up in a sound bite." Thirlwall, 28, continued to say that "as a girl band coming from a show like The X Factor, it always felt like there was this point to constantly prove." She added that Little Mix is hesitant to speak about what Stella Magazine referred to as a "feud" between them and Nelson. <div type="image" title="Little Mix poses outside the Langham Hotel ahead of their performance of BBC Radio One Live Lounge" height="2400" width="4200" msid="87442912" hostid="261"></div>"We don't really want to dwell, because we have so much to celebrate as a three," Thirlwall said.However, the "Confetti" singers confirmed that they previously spoke with Nelson about Blackfishing before leaving<a href="https://www.insider.com/little-mix-jesy-nelson-leaving-group-perrie-jade-leigh-anne-2020-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> the band last year. </a>"We've dealt with it in the best way that we know how, and got each other through it. We don't want to talk about the video, or be critical, but one thing we will clarify regarding the Blackfishing situation is that Jesy was approached by the group in a very friendly, educational manner," the group said.Following the accusations, Nelson told <a href="https://www.vulture.com/2021/10/interview-jesy-nelson-boyz-nicki-minaj-little-mix-blackfishing.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vulture </a>that she meant no offense. "The whole time I was in Little Mix I never got any of that. And then I came out of [the band] and people all of a sudden were saying it," Nelson said. "I wasn't on social media around that time, so I let my team [deal with it], because that was when I'd just left. But I mean, like, I love Black <keyword id="11899151" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="culture" source="Orion">culture</keyword>. I love Black music. That's all I know; it's what I grew up on."This month, Nicki Minaj, a featured artist on "Boyz," <a href="https://www.insider.com/nicki-minaj-defends-jesy-nelson-blackfishing-claims-2021-10" target="_blank" rel="noopener">came to Nelson's defense during an hour-long Instagram Live video.</a><div type="image" title="Little Mix in 2019." height="1439" width="1918" msid="87442913" hostid="261"></div>"As long as you're not hurting anybody or speaking negatively about anyone's race or culture, you should be able to enjoy your body, your makeup, how you want to," Minaj said.Nelson gave a more detailed explanation for her appearance and sound in the music video, saying she grew up idolizing Black music. She added that the video showcased her natural hair and that she had been vacationing in Antigua before the shoot. "When I was in the video with you I didn't even have any fake tan on, I'd been in Antigua prior to that for three weeks," Nelson said. "I'm just really lucky as a white girl that when I'm in the sun, I tan so dark." Representatives for Little Mix and Jesy Nelson did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

Little Mix reveals that they confronted Jesy Nelson over Blackfishing accusations before she left the group

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12020147" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="nicki-minaj" source="Orion">Nicki Minaj</keyword> defended <keyword id="12265358" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jesy-nelson" source="Orion">Jesy Nelson</keyword> following "<keyword id="12280032" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="blackfishing" source="Orion">Blackfishing</keyword>" criticism of their new music video "Boyz."</li><li>Minaj and Nelson addressed the controversy in an hour-long <keyword id="12300435" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="instagram-live" source="Orion">Instagram live</keyword> video shared on Monday. </li></ul><a href="https://www.insider.com/category/nicki-minaj">Nicki Minaj</a> took to Instagram on Monday to defend Jesy Nelson amid backlash that <a href="https://www.insider.com/jesy-nelson-talks-blackfishing-accusations-after-debut-song-boyz-2021-10">their "Boyz" music video received</a> after its release on Friday.<a href="https://www.vulture.com/2021/10/interview-jesy-nelson-boyz-nicki-minaj-little-mix-blackfishing.html">Vulture reports</a> that some criticism from Black audiences said that Nelson was using a "Blaccent" in the song, which led to accusations that the singer was "Blackfishing."The term <a href="https://www.papermag.com/white-women-blackfishing-instagram-2619714094.html">Blackfishing was coined by</a> Wanna Thompson, a freelance writer who started <a href="https://twitter.com/WannasWorld/status/1059989652487069696" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">a viral Twitter thread</a> in November 2018 to describe white or white-passing women manipulating Eurocentric features <a href="https://www.insider.com/celebrities-blackfishing-accusations-racially-ambiguous">to appear more ethnically ambiguous.</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CU5vjVHpgaC/">In an Instagram video captioned "Baddie &amp; the Barbie"</a> that runs just over an hour and has over 3 million views at the time of writing, Minaj, 38, invited Nelson, 30, to discuss the allegations. "As long as you're not hurting anybody or speaking negatively about anyone's <keyword id="11899154" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="race" source="Orion">race</keyword> or culture, you should be able to enjoy your body, your makeup, how you want to," Minaj said.The pair also referenced unverified, leaked messages that Nelson's former Little Mix bandmate Leigh-Anne Pinnock purportedly sent to <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@nohun_">TikToker NoHun</a>, a fan who posted screenshots that appeared to show an exchange with the star in an Instagram Live video shared on Saturday. The unverified messages appear to show Pinnock calling Nelson a "horrible person" who practices Blackfishing and had blocked her, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/reviews/out?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirror.co.uk%2F3am%2Fcelebrity-news%2Fleigh-anne-pinnocks-leaked-dms-25184860">according to The Mirror.</a>In her Instagram video with Nelson, Minaj said criticism from Pinnock came from a place of "jealousy" over Nelson's solo debut <a href="https://www.insider.com/little-mix-jesy-nelson-leaving-group-perrie-jade-leigh-anne-2020-12">since leaving the band in December 2020.</a>Nelson addressed Minaj's 160 million followers in the Instagram video, saying: "My intention was never ever to offend people of color with this video and this song.""Growing up as a young girl this is the music that I listened to, these are the videos that I watched and thought were the best," Nelson added, noting that she wanted to pay homage to Diddy, whose "Bad Boy For Life" song is sampled by the duo in their new song. Nelson also said that her appearance in the video showed her naturally curly hair and a vacation tan."When I was in the video with you I didn't even have any fake tan on, I'd been in Antigua prior to that for three weeks," she said. "I'm just really lucky as a white girl that when I'm in the sun, I tan so dark."She added: "So many people have said to me before, like Leigh-Anne even said to me in the group, 'Are you sure you're not mixed-race because you go darker than me in the sun?'"Referencing Pinnock and bandmate Jade Thirlwall, Nelson said she was in the group with two women of color for a decade and that the issue was brought to her attention when they made their last music video together. At the time, Nelson said, Leigh-Anne messaged her saying she wanted to make her "aware," though Nelson did not elaborate on what else the message said.Nelson previously <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-43126568">faced accusations of cultural appropriation</a> in 2018, the BBC reported at the time. In a now-deleted post that garnered over 191,000 likes, the singer posed in dreadlocks but received a number of comments urging her to delete the post and issue an apology, the publication reported.Representatives for Minaj, Nelson, and Pinnock did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

Nicki Minaj defended former Little Mix singer Jesy Nelson from Blackfishing accusations after releasing their single 'Boyz'

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12265358" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jesy-nelson" source="Orion">Jesy Nelson</keyword> released her first solo single, "Boyz," on Friday. </li><li>Nelson, 30, denied criticism that she was "<keyword id="12280032" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="blackfishing" source="Orion">Blackfishing</keyword>" in the <keyword id="11898471" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="music" source="Orion">music</keyword> video. </li></ul><a href="https://www.insider.com/little-mix-singer-jesy-nelson-talks-body-image-2021-10" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jesy Nelson </a>denied accusations that she was <a href="https://www.insider.com/celebrities-blackfishing-accusations-racially-ambiguous" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Blackfishing" </a>after releasing her debut solo song, "Boyz." On Friday, the former "<keyword id="12265357" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="little-mix" source="Orion">Little Mix</keyword>" singer unveiled the new track and accompanying music video <a href="https://www.insider.com/little-mix-jesy-nelson-leaving-group-perrie-jade-leigh-anne-2020-12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">10 months after leaving the British girl group.</a> The <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u884fEIPY3g" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video</a>, which featured Nicki Minaj and a cameo from Diddy, gained more than 3.7 million views in one day - but also garnered some criticism from online fans.According to <a href="https://www.vulture.com/2021/10/interview-jesy-nelson-boyz-nicki-minaj-little-mix-blackfishing.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vulture</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/Skylar_Writer/status/1446359830906556419" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter posts</a>, some felt that Nelson engaged in Blackfishing - or when a non-Black person alters their appearance to seem Black or racially ambiguous - in the video. The term was coined by freelance writer Wanna Thompson, who wrote a <a href="https://twitter.com/WannasWorld/status/1059989652487069696" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter thread </a>about the issue in 2018. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u884fEIPY3g" frameborder="0"></iframe>As Vulture's Douglas Greenwood notes, Nelson "sing-talks, arguably in a Blaccent," with the lyrics "So hood, so good, so damn taboo / Know you know how to please me."Nelson shared her thoughts about the Blackfishing suggestions to Vulture. "The whole time I was in Little Mix I never got any of that. And then I came out of [the band] and people all of a sudden were saying it," Nelson said. "I wasn't on social media around that time, so I let my team [deal with it], because that was when I'd just left. But I mean, like, I love Black <keyword id="11899151" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="culture" source="Orion">culture</keyword>. I love Black music. That's all I know; it's what I grew up on." When asked if she had deleted Instagram comments from fans accusing her of Blackfishig, Nelson said she was unaware of the comments and "maybe it was my team." The article stated that Nelson canceled two follow-up calls with Vulture to discuss Blackfishing and identity in more detail. <div type="image" title="little mix march 2019" height="1828" width="3000" msid="86902944" hostid="261"></div>Nelson's publicist later told Vulture in a statement on her behalf: "I take all those comments made seriously. I would never intentionally do anything to make myself look racially ambiguous, so that's why I was initially shocked that the term was directed at me."Representatives for Nelson did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. Nelson isn't the first <keyword id="6355064" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="celebrity" source="Orion">celebrity</keyword> to be accused of Blackfishing. Recently, <a href="https://www.insider.com/iggy-azalea-denies-accusations-blackfishing-new-music-video-2021-7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rapper Iggy Azalea recently defended herself against criticism </a>while <a href="https://www.insider.com/rita-ora-race-blackfishing-twitter-realizes-parents-white-albanian-2020-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rita Ora faced backlash in 2020. </a>Insider's Dana Givens reported<a href="https://www.insider.com/activists-say-white-influencers-blackfish-to-profit-from-black-culture-2021-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> that Blackfishing could have real-world consequences.</a> While white influencers can "Blackfish" to gain profit, Black creators still struggle to meet the same financial compensation.

Jesy Nelson responds to Blackfishing accusations after releasing debut single 'Boyz'

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12265358" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="jesy-nelson" source="Orion">Jesy Nelson</keyword> spoke with Glamour UK about her <keyword id="11909826" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="body-image" source="Orion">body image</keyword> while in British girl group <keyword id="12265357" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="little-mix" source="Orion">Little Mix</keyword>.</li><li>She said she starved herself, wore painful corsets, got lip fillers, and more to feel accepted.</li><li>Nelson said she's now "in control" of her body, and feels better solo than she did in the <keyword id="12216256" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="band" source="Orion">band</keyword>.</li></ul>Singer Jesy Nelson is opening up about her time in <a href="https://insider.com/category/little-mix">Little Mix</a>, and the toll she says it took on her mental health and body image.During <a href="https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/jesy-nelson-digital-cover-star-october-2021-interview">an exclusive interview with Glamour UK</a>, the 30-year-old musician spoke about life after leaving Little Mix, the first-ever girl group to win Britain's 2011 season of X-Factor. She said she's recently "taken control" of her life after a decade spent "down a black hole of misery and real mental health problems."According to Nelson, that 10-year span included eating disorders, cosmetic surgery, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/09/entertainment/jesy-nelson-little-mix-attempted-suicide-trolls-intl-scli-gbr/index.html">a suicide attempt</a>, and more."I was a nightmare," Nelson said of her time in the band. "A lot of people who worked with me would have thought I was a pain in the arse and a real diva. The reality was I was a young girl going through trauma of people 24/7 slating me physically."<blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:800; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~800;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CUr4FcKD366" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank"></a> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by British GLAMOUR (@glamouruk)<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime=""></time></div></blockquote>In particular, it was events like Little Mix photo shoots that proved to be especially tough for Nelson. Speaking with Glamour UK, she described them as "a terrifying experience," and said she'd be "so anxious" about the clothes she'd have to wear and how she'd look "compared to the other girls" that she couldn't sleep at night."I look back and I think how crazy it got," she said. "I'd starve myself for days and I'd wear these corsets every single day, pulled so tight I could barely breathe. I used to wear corsets every single day to make my waist smaller, which is mental but I so badly just wanted to look like Jade, Leigh, and Perrie."Nelson added that she "couldn't breathe half the time" she was working, and that the corsets would leave her body covered in bruises."My first nightmare moment was our very first shoot when the stylist had all my clothes in a size 8 and I'm a 12," she said. "They didn't fit. I felt awful, I felt fat, and that was how I always felt."She also said she relied on makeup and other <keyword id="11915641" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="beauty" source="Orion">beauty</keyword> procedures to conceal insecurities after reading hate comments online."I did everything I could to not be myself," she said. "I tried ridiculous diets to lose weight. I changed my hair all the time. I got lip fillers. I did everything I could to be this girl people would accept."<blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:800; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~800;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CUr4V5fNI_D" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank"></a> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by British GLAMOUR (@glamouruk)<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime=""></time></div></blockquote>Nelson left the band in 2020 after having panic attacks about returning to the group following the pandemic, according to Glamour UK. As a result, the musician said she now feels "in control" of her life, without "constant anxiety" or pressures to be like anyone else.She also said she's stopped wearing corsets and getting lip fillers, and now wears less makeup than she used to."It's so completely liberating and that has been massive for my state of mind," she said.

Former Little Mix member Jesy Nelson says she starved herself and wore corsets that bruised her every day to 'be this girl people would accept'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>On Monday, it was announced that <keyword id="1692377" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Little-Mix">Little Mix</keyword> member Jesy Nelson was leaving the British girl group after nine years to focus on her mental health. </li><li>"The truth is recently being in the band has really taken a toll on my mental health," Nelson wrote. "I find the constant pressure of being in a girl group and living up to expectations very hard."</li><li>The remaining members, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Jade Thirlwall, and Perrie Edwards, said that they'll continue releasing <keyword id="6354530" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="music">music</keyword> as a trio. </li></ul><a href="https://www.insider.com/category/little-mix">Little Mix</a> singer Jesy Nelson is leaving the British girl group after nine years.The news was revealed on Monday, with a statement shared via the band's <a href="https://twitter.com/LittleMix/status/1338529447092346883">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIySkxPBfTn/">Instagram</a> accounts."After an amazing nine years together Jesy has made the decision to leave Little Mix," the statement began. "This is an incredibly sad time for all of us but we are fully supportive of Jesy. We love her very much and agree that it is so important that she does what is right for her mental health and well-being."<div type="image" title="jesy nelson february 2019" height="1521" width="2030" msid="79727675" hostid="261"></div>The remaining members - Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Jade Thirlwall, and Perrie Edwards - also vowed to continue releasing music as part of the group. "The 3 of us are not ready for it to be over," they said. "We know that Jesy leaving the group is going to be really upsetting news for our fans. We love you guys so much and are so grateful for your loyalty and continued support of all of us."<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Little Mix (@LittleMix) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1338529447092346883?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 14, 2020</a></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="none">—Little Mix (@LittleMix) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1338529449785110530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 14, 2020</a></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="none">—Little Mix (@LittleMix) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1338529453648060419?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 14, 2020</a></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="none">—Little Mix (@LittleMix) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1338529456076419072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 14, 2020</a></blockquote>Minutes later, Nelson posted a lengthy statement on her <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIySd94HlyZ/">Instagram</a> account, elaborating on her decision to exit the group. The 29-year-old singer said that "the past nine years in Little Mix has been the most incredible time of my life" and thanked fans for their support. However, Nelson said that she left the group in order to prioritize her mental health. "The truth is recently being in the band has really taken a toll on my mental health," she wrote. "I find the constant pressure of being in a girl group and living up to expectations very hard."Nelson added, "There comes a time in life where we need to reinvest in taking care of ourselves rather than focusing on making other people happy, and I feel like now is the time to begin that process."<blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~540;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIySd94HlyZ" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank"></a> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by @jesynelson<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime=""></time></div></blockquote>Little Mix rose to fame after making history as the first group to win the British reality competition series "The X Factor" during season eight. They released their debut album, "DNA," in 2012, which included their hit single "Wings." In the years after, the group released five more albums: "Salute," "Get Weird," "Glory Days," "LM5," and "Confetti."In addition to headlining tours, Little Mix won two Brit Awards, two Teen Choice Awards, and six MTV Europe Music Awards. Nelson herself opened up about how cyberbullying affected her mental health and body image during a 2019 documentary for BBC called "Jesy Nelson: Odd One Out."Fans speculated that Nelson was leaving Little Mix weeks ago when she was absent from the group's public appearances at the MTV EMAs and the reality show "Strictly Come Dancing."Her <a href="https://twitter.com/astainedwhistle/status/1324711903688536066">signature was also missing</a> from signed copies of Little Mix's "Confetti" album that fans received in the mail. <div type="image" title="little mix mtv emas november 2020" height="1939" width="3000" msid="79727683" hostid="261"></div>In mid-November, the same month that Little Mix released their "Confetti" album, it was revealed that she was taking "extended time off" from the group for medical reasons. "Jesy is having extended time off from Little Mix for private medical reasons," a spokesperson for Little Mix said in a statement shared by <a href="https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/little-mixs-jesy-nelson-is-taking-an-extended-break-from-the-band/">Us Weekly</a>. "We will not be issuing any further comment currently and ask media to please respect her privacy at this time."<ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/then-and-now-best-90s-girl-groups-2020-5">THEN AND NOW: The 5 most famous girl groups of the '90s</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/blackpink-the-album-review-tracklist-breakdown-2020-10">BLACKPINK's 'The Album' is a glossy 8-track party playlist you'll want to play in every area</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/everything-one-direction-has-said-about-each-other-since-breakup-2019-5">From throwing insults to talking about a reunion, here's everything One Direction members have said since their hiatus</a></li></ul>

Little Mix member Jesy Nelson is leaving the British girl group after 9 years

13 celebrities who have been accused of Blackfishing

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Several posts from UK TikTik star Rory "No Hun" Williams' Instagram have resurfaced.</li><li>The posts, which are still live, include Williams making racially motivated jokes.</li></ul>UK <keyword id="11894125" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tiktok" source="Orion">TikTok</keyword> star Ruari "No Hun" Williams has responded after several old Instagram posts appearing to show him making racially motivated jokes resurfaced. In a series of posts on his Instagram story on Monday evening, Williams said that "who I am now isn't who I was years ago."The posts were unearthed days after Williams came under fire for <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/reviews/out?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mirror.co.uk%2F3am%2Fcelebrity-news%2Fleigh-anne-pinnocks-leaked-dms-25184860">sharing purported messages</a> from Little Mix band member Leigh-Anne Pinnock during an Instagram live. The messages have not been verified and there has been speculation that they are fake. The purported messages refer to <a href="https://www.insider.com/jesy-nelson-talks-blackfishing-accusations-after-debut-song-boyz-2021-10">allegations of "blackfishing" against fellow band member Jesy Nelson</a> in the wake of the release of her latest music video in collaboration with Nicki Minaj. Blackfishing refers to people who are not Black altering their appearance, accent, or mannerisms to appropriate Black <keyword id="11899151" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="culture" source="Orion">culture</keyword> or appear racially ambiguous.<a href="https://www.insider.com/jesy-nelson-talks-blackfishing-accusations-after-debut-song-boyz-2021-10"></a>Birmingham-based Williams is 28, and has been creating content under the online persona "No Hun" on platforms like Snapchat, Instagram and - more recently - TikTok, since 2016, according to <a href="https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/how-one-man-birmingham-overcame-19891300">Birmingham Live.</a>Williams has amassed 343,000 followers on his Instagram account as well as 464,000 followers on TikTok. Known for his humorous anecdotes, rants, and short sketches, Williams' TikTok videos have over 15 million likes.Twitter account @UKGOSSIPTV shared <a href="https://twitter.com/UKGOSSIPTV/status/1447553390943346694">a thread</a> of Instagram videos on Monday that appeared to have been taken from Williams' Instagram account. Some of the videos appear to show Williams impersonating a stereotypical Asian accent while making reference to stereotypes about eating cats. The Twitter account also appears to show footage of Williams making a racial remark about his skin discoloration, as well as showing another video of what appears to be Williams spraying air freshener in the direction of what appears to be a sari - a garment mostly worn by South Asian women. A further video also appeared to show Williams pretending to say on the phone that he can "smell that fucking sari from here."The videos, which were posted between 2017 and 2018, were still live on the Instagram account at the time of writing.Insider also found further footage and images on the account with similar themes that were posted during the same time period.Multiple posts of Williams wearing what appears to be <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BaZygCDjDri/">a hijab</a> were found on the account. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BdnFItHDiP3/">One video</a> of Williams appeared to depict him wearing a ghoonghat (a headscarf worn primarily by women in the Indian subcontinent) and a bindi (a red mark usually worn by women in the Indian subcontinent for both cosmetic and religious reasons) on his forehead while dancing to Hindustani music.Several other videos appear to reference a character called "Sunita," to whom a person says the catchphrase "wash your dirty sari" in a strong accent. Insider found several videos of fans imitating the accent and saying the phrase reposted to Williams' Instagram account - including <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Bfbr7N4Dc69/">one video</a> of a person with a British accent wrapping a scarf around their head and imitating a stereotypical Indian accent. Responding to these posts resurfacing and the backlash for sharing purported messages from Pinnock, Williams made a series of posts on his Instagram story Monday night. "People have been saying things about me online today to try and invalidate the point that I've made over the last couple of days; saying that I'm racist, I'm colorist, and things like that because of posts that I've made years and years ago that have always been there on my Instagram for people to see," he said."At the end of the day, who I am now isn't who I was years ago, and just because I was one way at a certain time that doesn't mean that I don't have the right to speak out on things, and it doesn't mean that people can't change or be educated."He continued: "And, you know, the whole 'Sunita love, you need to wash your sari,' that's how I started, but it's not who I am now, you know what I mean? I've been through life experiences that have changed my life.He added, "Things have happened in the world that have changed my perspective, like how I see the world now is completely different, and I refuse to live in the shadow of my mistakes, because all that's gonna do is hinder me moving forward in life."When insider reached out to Williams for comment, someone claiming to be a representative said he was hospitalized Tuesday night. His team was not immediately available for further explanation or comment.<a href="https://www.insider.com/culture">For more stories like this, check out coverage from Insider's Digital Culture team here.</a>

Influencer 'No Hun' responded to resurfaced videos where he mocked Asian people after he posted purported Little Mix DMs

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Tesla CEO <keyword id="6355315" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="elon-musk">Elon Musk</keyword> announced on <keyword id="6354616" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Twitter">Twitter</keyword> that his girlfriend Claire "c" Boucher, AKA <keyword id="358602" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Grimes">Grimes</keyword>, gave birth Monday night to her first child, a baby boy. </li><li>Musk also tweeted two photos of the baby, one with a tattoo filter covering part of his face, and replied to one fan that the baby's name is "X Æ A-12," which a lot of people took literally.</li><li>Whether that's actually the baby's name or not (<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/x-ae-a-12-elon-musk-grimes-baby-name-meaning-2020-5">it's probably a clue</a>), the bizarre string of letters, numbers, and symbols prompted a lot of <keyword id="1605152" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Memes">memes</keyword> about the new parenting duo (Musk has six other sons already).</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>Twitter congratulated Elon Musk and Grimes on the birth of their baby boy with a trending hashtag that's fitting for the <a href="https://www.insider.com/grimes-elon-musk-replace-kimye-controversial-power-couple-of-2020s-2020-1">2020s power couple</a>: it's a confusing string of letters, numbers, and symbols. That's because Musk quietly announced the birth in a string of replies that included a photo of him holding his sixth son (it's his girfriend Claire "c" Boucher's first child), a picture of the baby <a href="https://www.insider.com/elon-musk-grimes-first-picture-newborn-baby-son-tattoo-filter-2020-5">with a tattoo filter</a> on his face, and also what Musk claims is his son's name: "X Æ A-12."<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1257508900812713984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2020</a></blockquote>Both Musk and Grimes are huge trolls, which <a href="https://www.insider.com/grimes-posts-new-pregnancy-picture-fueling-elon-musk-baby-speculation-2020-1">led to confusion</a> over whether the pair were even actually having a baby in the first place. Musks' eccentricities and erratic Twitter behavior have gotten him in trouble in the past, including in <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-los-angeles-homes-real-estate-portfolio-photos">the days leading up</a> to the birth of his sixth son. Grimes, to her credit, also loves to trick people, and once claimed <a href="https://www.insider.com/grimes-instagram-post-launches-adidas-campaign-2019-7">her Adidas-sponsored "training regime"</a> included "astro-gliding" to other dimensions. The name announcement is probably a joke about all the memes leading up to the birth of what crazy, tech-oriented name the duo would pick for their child – and it also <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/x-ae-a-12-elon-musk-grimes-baby-name-meaning-2020-5">might contain a clue</a> about what the name is actually is, since Musk liked a tweet that says the letters stand for "X Ash Archangel."Either way, people had plenty to say about "X Æ A-12," starting with their takes on how to pronounce it. One person referenced the Vine-famous clip of Little Mix member Jesy Nelson trying to speak in a Jamaican accent, and accidentally speaking gibberish instead. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Paul Kelly (@Paulkelllly) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1257667824237129730?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2020</a></blockquote>Another tweet compared the pronunciation to a popular TikTok that English listeners turned into a meme, even though it just features a particularly <a href="https://thetab.com/uk/2020/02/14/german-tiktok-translated-144019">sassy German teenager</a>.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Ben Yahr (@benyahr) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1257717428710248448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2020</a></blockquote>Barstool Sports podcast host Ellie Schnitt said the name sounds like a randomly generated wifi password. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—ellie schnitt (@holy_schnitt) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1257706029095190530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2020</a></blockquote>A lot of the memes referenced what Grimes and Musk would be like as parents. This one uses a popular dub of electronic noises over a person speaking to poke fun at how Grimes might ask her son to clean his room.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Tin #⃝ (@flawlessmorpher) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1257653546415280128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2020</a></blockquote>The memes played off the fact that Grimes is just as eccentric as her Tesla CEO boyfriend, and she dabbles in a lot of cyberbunk and futuristic fantasy aesthetics – her music is genre-defying, and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/oct/31/claire-boucher-grimes-art-angels">she says her personal life</a> is just as weird as her persona. A lot of Grimes memes about her and her baby use electronic bleeps and bloops as a stand-in for the English language, which is fair, because Grimes uses non-English phrases, characters, and gibberish in her artistry all the time.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—helen (@helen) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1257719753314992128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2020</a></blockquote>Others made jokes about how Grimes' and Musk's son would act, comparing him to the scary ficitional "Siren Head" cryptid <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/siren-head">created by artist Trevor Henderson</a> that has become a TikTok meme.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—damo (@mfdamo) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1257651665882275841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2020</a></blockquote>One Grimes fan used a TikTok of a girl dancing while crying to express her feelings about the musician having a baby with the controversial <keyword id="6358815" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tech">tech</keyword> titan. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—friendly pokemon that craves stability (@thequeenofmemes) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1257665679240593410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2020</a></blockquote>One tweet played off the famous "Substitute Teacher" Key &amp; Peele sketch.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—ziwe (@ziwe) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1257714542542557188?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2020</a></blockquote>And another compared Musk to the matriarch in "Parasite."<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—✨ Mallorie Jessica Udischas✨ (@SweetBeans99) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1257680828500328449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2020</a></blockquote>Boucher's hospital room in labor was compared to a burst of blinding light in the TV show "iCarly.:<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—jake faris (@fake_jaris) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1257686458128875526?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2020</a></blockquote>The baby boy himself was imagined as a tall masked creature running around the yard with his classmates. <blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Manila Clams (@baoofwao) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1257670494993735680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2020</a></blockquote>And finally, the "cat screaming electronic buzzing" meme returned to illustrate how baby Grimes would utter his first words. Congratulations to Musk and Boucher!<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—communal black turtleneck (@edenmp4) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1257573760540033025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2020</a></blockquote><ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/x-ae-a-12-elon-musk-grimes-baby-name-meaning-2020-5">Elon Musk said his and Grimes' new baby is named X Æ A-12, and no one can figure out what it means. Here are the best guesses we've seen so far.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/grimes-elon-musk-replace-kimye-controversial-power-couple-of-2020s-2020-1">Move over Kim and Kanye, Grimes and Elon Musk are poised to take their place as most controversial power couple in the 2020s</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/elon-musk-grimes-first-picture-newborn-baby-son-tattoo-filter-2020-5">Elon Musk put a tattoo filter over the first photo of his new baby with Grimes</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/elon-musk-girlfriend-grimes-instagram-feels-ill-prepared-for-pregnancy-2020-1">'I didn't even google it': Elon Musk's girlfriend Grimes describes her pregnancy and how she feels 'woefully ill prepared'</a></li></ul>Read the original article on <a href="https://www.insider.com/memes-x-a-12-reference-elon-musk-grimes-baby-name-2020-5">Insider</a>

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