Leigh-Anne Pinnock has been quiet about all the Nicki Minaj and Jesy Nelson drama that
recently went down, but she seemingly addressed it during her 30th birthday party speech,
and so did her fiance.
Let’s get into it!
On Saturday, Leigh-Anne celebrated her 30th birthday with a party filled with close friends
and family.
She shared some moments from her wonderful night to Instagram, looking stunning.
The celebration came shortly after weeks of public drama between her and her former Little
Mix bandmate Jesy Nelson.
It all started when unverified screenshots of messages from Leigh-Anne hit the web, where
she allegedly criticized Jesy for Blackfishing, especially in her music video for “Boyz”,
and called Jesy a “horrible person”.
So Nicki Minaj, who is featured on Jesy’s track-- called Leigh-Anne out during a livestream…
Without referring to her by name, Nicki made it pretty obvious she was talking about Leigh-Anne,
when she called her quote “jealous” of Jesy... and said that the messages sent, quote
“scream insecurity” in addition to many other things.
There was a lot to unpack from Nicki and Jesy’s live stream, and so if you want to get caught
up, we’ve linked that full video for you above.
Since those words were shared, Leigh-Anne has kept pretty quiet on the entire situation,
other than allegedly unfollowing Nicki Minaj on Instagram... that is, until now.
During an emotional speech at her 30th birthday party over the weekend, Leigh-Anne seemed
to address the drama between her, Nicki, and her ex bandmate Jesy, without naming names.
"I'm 30 years old, I know my character - you know my character, anyone that meets me knows
my f*cking character.
That is all I care about.
That’s all I care about.”
She went on to talk about her accomplishments and to gush over her fiance, Andre Gray, and
their beautiful two children, adding that she plans to continue to use her voice and
speak up for them.
"You best believe everything I f*cking stand for, everything that I am fighting for, it's
for them.
And I will never stop.
I have found my voice now and I will continue to use it.”
Leigh-Anne’s fiance Andre also seemed to address the drama himself while sharing his
own birthday tribute to his leading lady.
“Listen.
You can put this on Instagram or whatever and if you’ve anything to say, come and
find me.”
He went on to share that if anyone had a problem with Leigh-Anne, they had a problem with him
too
“If you’re going to try and disrespect my baby mother, my wife, my fiancée and my
children, there’s gonna be a problem.”
As Leigh-Anne seemed to try to take the microphone away joking that she didn’t like the word
“baby-mother”, Andre went on to share, quote “That’s how it is.
All I want to do is support you three.
Everyone in here knows their names.
When they grow up, I hope they’re just like you.”
So, will that be the last bit of news in this whole Little Mix, Leigh-Anne and Jesy drama?
It’s hard to say, but it seems like they’ve been at odds for a while now.
Jesy left the group in December of 2020, citing that she was quote “truly unhappy”, not
because of her bandmates of course, but because of the constant public scrutiny and pressure
she felt being in a girl group.
She even told Glamour UK that she no longer speaks to her former bandmates after the split,
sharing quote, "We've sent a few texts, but that's it.
I can't explain it, it's like there has to be this distance.”
However, she made it clear that at the time it was still all love for her former bandmates.
She went on to add, "We were so close so you can't do in-between, there has to be space
and hopefully at some point in the future, we can all come back together."
It’s also worth noting that the weekend Jesy released “Boyz” she was reportedly
unfollowed by Leigh-Anne and her other former Little Mix bandmates Jade Thirlwall and Perri
Edwards on Instagram.
We hope things settle down for all the girls soon so they can continue to focus on themselves
and what makes them happy.
We’re rooting for them all, whether they’re in or out of the group, and we will be sure
to keep you updated should this develop any further.
For more on Nicki Minaj defending Jesy Nelson against blackfishing claims, you can click
over here for another Clevver video!
Then, let me know what you thought of Leigh-Anne’s birthday speech?
Do you think it was directed at the drama?
And be sure to drop her some birthday wishes in the comment section below!
I’m your host Carly Henderson, you can find me on socials @carlyhenderson_, I’ll catch
you later, bye guys!