Jesy Nelson has reportedly split from her fiancé Zion Foster after four years together.
It comes after the Little Mix star shared the devastating news that her eight-month-old twin babies have been diagnosed with a condition that could result in them never being able to walk.
The 34-year-old gave birth to twin daughters prematurely in May last year, following a turbulent pregnancy.
Nelson and Foster began dating in January 2022 after years of friendship and, after a brief split in 2024, announced their engagement last September.
A source has now told The Sun that Nelson is no longer wearing her ring after the couple got engaged four months ago.
The source said: ‘She and Zion remain friends and are fully focused on their daughters.
‘They are fully united in co-parenting. Their priority continues to be the well-being of their daughters.’
The shock split comes after the girl group alum shared a heartbreaking video with her Instagram followers, detailing the diagnosis of her daughters Ocean Jade and Story Monroe with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1.
In the video, she described SMA as the ‘most severe muscular disease’.
‘The girls have now been diagnosed with a severe muscle disease called SMA type one. For those of you who don’t know what SMA type one is, it’s a severe muscular disease that a baby can get.
Symptoms of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)
The symptoms of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) affect everyone differently, but can include:
- bone and joint problems – such as an unusually curved spine (scoliosis)
- muscle weakness – such as floppy or weak arms and legs
- movement problems – such as difficulty sitting up, crawling or walking
- problems with breathing or swallowing
- twitching or shaking muscles (tremors)
‘It’s done for spinal muscular atrophy, which can affect, well, it does affect every muscle in the body, down to legs, arms, breathing, swallowing.
In the emotional video, she explained that her daughters were assessed at Great Ormond Street, where she was told that her daughters would both be disabled and ‘never able to walk’.
Her daughters were assessed at Great Ormond Street Hospital, where she was told that her daughters would both be disabled.
She noted that they have since begun treatment, telling her followers that without it, they would have died.
In 2024, Jesy and Zion released the R&B track Mine, following the Little Mix icon’s exit from Polydor Records.
Metro contacted Jesy Nelson and Zion Foster’s representatives for comment.
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