MIXED EMOTIONS ‘I FELT REALLY RUBBISH IN MYSELF'

LITTLE MIX’S JESY NELSON TALKS ABOUT HOW SHE’S LOOKING AFTER HER MENTAL HEALTH IN LOCKDOWN AND OPENS UP ABOUT HER BIGGEST FEARS

- JOSIE COPSON

Being a member of an extremely successful girl band means that time off is a rare indulgence, but lockdown has allowed Little Mix’s Jesy Nelson to take a break.

The star initially relished the unexpected pause in our lives. “I was like, this is a dream. I can do nothing. I can be a slob at home. I can eat what I want. So I was literally living my best life for the first two weeks. I was watching Netflix, I was not even having a shower. I was being such a tramp.”

However, Jesy admitted that her mental health began to suffer. “I felt really rubbish in myself and thought, ‘I need to get my s**t together.’ I started exercising and when I exercise, that mentally makes me feel so much better,” she said during a Steths, Drugs & Rock‘n’Roll podcast. “If I don’t exercise and I feel a bit sluggish, I mentally don’t feel good.”