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Jesy Nelsonwas spotted cozying up with a familiar face toLittle Mixfans.
Over the weekend, Nelson, 30, was photographed cuddling with and nearly kissing Lucien Laviscount, theEmily in Parisactor who seemingly briefly dated Nelson’s former bandmate Leigh-Anne Pinnockin 2012. (The two were spotted on a dinner date at the time.)
In the photos, Nelson and Laviscount, 29, could be seen riding in a bicycle carriage with Nelson caressing and getting close to the actor’s face.The Sunreported that the two were heading home from anight out at Tabu nightclub in London.
A rep for Nelson did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Nelson last dated Harry James, whom she was spotted on a vacation with several months ago. As for Pinnock, 30, shewelcomed twinswith boyfriend Andre Gray over the summer.
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The new photos come just two weeks after Nelson tested positive for COVID and missed her scheduled first performance as a soloist. They also arrive weeks after Nelson and her former bandmates — Pinnock, Jade Thirlwall and Perrie Edwards — had a seeming fallout after Nelson released her track “Boyz,” which was criticized for blackfishing.
Speaking toStella Magazine, the group revealed that they approached Nelson about Blackfishing before her exit from the group last December. (The group’s membersunfollowed Nelsonon social media in October.)
Upon its release, the song — which samples Diddy’s “Bad Boys for Life” — and its music video faced criticism from Black social media users who accused Nelson of blackfishing, or tanning her skin and using her makeup to appear to be Black when she is not.
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While Thirlwall toldStellathat she, Edwards and Pinnock did not want to “dwell” on Nelson “because we have so much to celebrate as a three,” she did discuss blackfishing, and described it as “problematic.”
“Capitalizing on aspects of blackness without having to endure the daily realities of the Black experience is problematic and harmful to people of color,” she told the outlet. “We think it’s absolutely not okay to use harmful stereotypes. There’s so much to say on that subject that it’s hard to sum up in a sound bite.”
Also in October, Pinnockstood up for herselfafterNicki Minaj— who collaborated with Nelson on “Boyz” and has defended Nelson amid the blackfishing controversy — referred to an unverified screenshot where she seemingly criticized Nelson.
source: people.com
