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Jesy Nelson opens up about suicide attempt over vile Little Mix trolls: ‘I physically couldn’t tolerate the pain’


Jesy Nelson has opened up about attempting to take her own life, after vile comments from trolls became too much.

The Little Mix star, who has fronted documentary Jesy Nelson: Odd One Out – about surviving cruel taunts – explained she was almost obsessed with reading critical social media posts about herself.

But she was at her lowest point after a performance with her bandmates on X Factor, in 2013, when she felt she ‘couldn’t take it any longer’.

In a candid chat, the 28-year-old said: ‘I felt that I physically couldn’t tolerate the pain any more’.

She told her family, her management and her bandmates about what happened, but ‘once it was spoken about, it wasn’t ever spoken about again.’

Jesy also revealed she would often ‘starve’ herself before events and photoshoots, hoping to see positive comments, before ‘binge-eating and hating herself’.

Despite being offered time off, she told the Guardian she refused to take it, out of fear she would draw attention to herself with the absence.

Jesy Nelson opened up about her mental health in new BBC documentary (Picture: Rex)

‘Our schedule was so gruelling. I was going to see a therapist at six o’clock in the morning, crying, and then going to a photoshoot,’ she continued.

‘I felt I had to be this person who was like … “I don’t care what people are saying about me, I’m this strong woman.” That was the role I had to take on in the group, when really I was an absolute mess.’

Jesy came to fame after winning X Factor with Little Mix (Picture: Getty)

Things changed a few months later, when Little Mix toured with Demi Lovato across America.

It was then a dancer urged Jesy to turn her back on Twitter, and delete her account for her own good.

Jesy revealed a turning point was when she deleted Twitter for good (Picture: WireImage)

‘Don’t get me wrong, I still have days when I feel s**t in myself but instead of beating myself up about it and being miserable, I think: “OK, I’m going to have my moment of being sad, and I’ll be over it”,’ she added. ‘Before, I didn’t let myself be sad.

‘Now I’m mentally a lot happier, I just think people are always going to have an opinion. But I only care about mine.’

Jesy announced her BBC documentary earlier this year, hoping to look at growing up in a social media-fueled age and how this affects mental health.

Confirming the programme in March, she told her huge Instagram following: ‘This is a project really close to my heart, and I’m delighted to be working with the BBC on a documentary that will both challenge me personally and also highlight a hugely important issue affecting young people today.

‘One if four men and women suffer with mental health and it’s a subject that I think we don’t speak about enough.

‘I’m making this film because I really, really want to make a change and a difference to other people’s lives.’

Jesy Nelson: Odd One Out airs on BBC One, at 9pm, on 12 September, and will be available to stream on BBC iPlayer.

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