Perrie Edwards Talks Zayn Malik Moving on With Gigi Hadid After Their Engagement: ‘There Was a Bit of an Overlap’
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The Little Mix singer also addressed her frustrations with former bandmate Jesy Nelson.
Por Billboard | 10/06/2026
Perrie Edwards just gave what is arguably her most candid interview to date, opening up about her past struggles with ex-fiancé Zayn Malik and former bandmate Jesy Nelson. Related Jesy Nelson Says ‘Life After Little Mix’ Series Finally Tells Her Side of Leaving Group After Endless ‘False Narrative’ Little Mix’s Perrie Edwards Welcomes Second Child With Fiancé Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Here's What Jack Schlossberg Had to Say About Madonna's Recent Revelations on JFK Jr. as a Lover: 'All I Can Say Is…' On the Wednesday (June 10) episode of Great Company With Jamie Laing , the Little Mix singer first addressed the mentally draining experience of splitting from the One Direction alum back in 2015 after being engaged for two years. “When you go through heartbreak, it is hellish,” she began. “You feel abandoned, and you don’t feel good enough, and you feel like you’ve been left for something better.” “And then what makes it even worse is I feel like the world was then looking at me laughing at me,” Edwards continued, noting she believes Malik’s experience with the breakup was probably less difficult. “When you’re moving on with somebody else, you always get on better. When you’re the one left behind, that’s when it’s hard. Because it’s like, ‘Oh s–t, they’ve left me for someone more beautiful. They’ve met someone better than me.'” The British boy bander’s next relationship was with Gigi Hadid, with whom he’d have an on-off relationship for about six years years — and welcome daughter Khai in 2020 — before calling it quits for good in 2021. The model also starred alongside Malik in the music video for his Billboard Hot 100 -topping single “Pillowtalk.” “Let’s just say there was a bit of a — I’m just gonna say it — there was a bit of an overlap,” Edwards said of Malik and Hadid. “Then you have a song that they’ve written about you, but then someone else is in the video. It was one thing after the other after the other. I remember finding out about that … it was just the nail in the coffin.” Billboard has reached out to Malik for comment. As for where she stands with Nelson — who recently aired out her grievances with Edwards, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall in a new documentary and claimed that the group members didn’t support her through various mental health issues — Edwards said, “Sometimes you just don’t win with people.” “What upsets me the most is when the other person doesn’t take any accountability,” she continued. “That boils my blood. I’m not blaming everything on you. I’m not saying she’s this f–king monster, and everything was her fault. But take some accountability for your actions and realize you we