JESY NELSON - PART 2: Why I Walked Away From Little Mix
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What challenges did Jesy face growing up?
Coming up in this episode of Great Company. When you decided to leave, that must have been hard, right?
It's Little Mix! We were best mates. Internally, I was so sad. I just felt like I was faking it the whole time. I could not handle it. I couldn't deal with it. I had my really shit times in Little Mix, but I also had some of the best times of my life.
Would there ever be a reunion tour?
How did bullying impact Jesy's confidence and health?
All right.
Hello, everyone. My name is Jamie Lang, and this is Great Company. Welcome back to Great Company, guys. Now, this is my part two of my conversation with Jessie Nelson. So if you haven't listened to part one, go back and listen to it. We released it on Wednesday. So in part one, Jessie spoke about her beautiful twins, Ocean Jade and Story Monroe, and their SMA diagnosis. SMA stands for spinal muscular atrophy. Now, in this episode today, in part two, we talk about Jessie's childhood. We talk about growing up, wanting to be an entertainer, losing her confidence and finding it again. We also talk about the X Factor little mix and her decision to leave the band. Before we get into it, I'm just going to ask you to do one quick thing for me, if that's possible.
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Okay, let's get into part two with the amazing Jessie Nussan.
Where the documentary starts is like right at the beginning, right? And there's this moment in the documentary which I was like, it's footage of you as a kid and you're on stage and you're singing and your voice cracks. And for you, you say that's the kind of moment that you became aware of like audience and things like that. And that for me, I don't know why, but this beautiful, sweet, gorgeous little girl singing and your voice cracks on stage. It was just like, oh my God. What were you like as a kid?
I just always wanted to entertain people. So whether that was like making people laugh, whether that was singing, dancing, acting, I always knew that it was when I got older, that was what I wanted to do, just entertain. Even when I was at school, oh, I was so shit at school. Like I was a little bit naughty in terms of I was a bit of a class clown. I liked making people laugh. But in terms of like really knuckling down and like getting all of my schoolwork, I was just shit because I just felt like I knew that I wasn't going to do any of that
Because you didn't want that. That's not what you agreed with.
And it's mad. I remember getting called in. I think it was around the time I was taking my GCSEs and the head teacher pulled me in and she said, you know, we need to have a chat because, you know, it's not looking great. And I was like, okay. She's like, so what is it that you want to do? Like what, you know, future wise? And I said, well, I want to be a singer. And she looked at me and she said, right, well, I don't think that's going to happen. And I was like, Okay. And she was like, I think you need to start, you know, really knuckling down and taking school seriously because that's... Because that's what you need to do in order to succeed, right? And then the funny thing was, was when I wasn't expecting, they wanted me to come back and give a speech.
And I thought, all right, well, I'll tell her what you said then. I'll give that speech, shall I?
Isn't that funny when that happens? I was the same at school. I was like, I just hated work. And also, if you're not academically smart, you're kind of seen as an outcast.
What was Jesy's experience auditioning for The X Factor?
And then also on yourself, you kind of think you're stupid. I remember my English teacher said to me, I went, he was great though. And shout out, Mr. Hindley, wherever you are in the world. But he was amazing. He really was amazing. And he was a teacher kind of really sort of leaned into mine because I was very naughty. And I said, Miss Honey, why can't I spell? And he said, Jamie, it's because you're stupid.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What challenges did Jesy face growing up?
0:00–0:24
2
How did bullying impact Jesy's confidence and health?
0:24–3:33
3
What was Jesy's experience auditioning for The X Factor?
3:33–6:26
4
What were the highs and lows of being in Little Mix?
6:26–11:43
5
Why did Jesy decide to leave Little Mix?
11:43–14:28
6
How has motherhood changed Jesy's perspective on confidence?
14:28–16:41
7
What does Jesy believe about the impact of fame?
16:41–20:24
8
What advice does Jesy have for those facing bullying?
20:24–42:49
Speakers
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