Overview
- On Wednesday Edwards told Jamie Laing on the Great Company podcast that she suffered “serious breakdowns,” cried during performances and believes she became depressed after her high‑profile split from Zayn Malik.
- She said Malik moved on quickly and that there was “a bit of an overlap” with his next relationship, and described Gigi Hadid’s appearance in Malik’s Pillowtalk video as the “nail in the coffin.”
- Edwards confirmed she has cut former Little Mix bandmate Jesy Nelson out of her life, accused Nelson of failing to take accountability for past actions, and said news of Nelson’s twins’ SMA diagnosis nevertheless “broke” her.
- Edwards framed the experience as a lesson in what unhealthy love felt like and contrasted it with her current engagement to Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, which she called “healthy love” that makes her feel safe and content.
- Their relationship began on The X Factor and ended in 2015; Edwards’s new remarks revive long-running media attention about the personal cost of public breakups and the strains that contributed to Little Mix’s later fallout.