Little Mix's Jesy Nelson on marriage proposal: 'It felt like winning the X Factor'

Little Mix star Jesy Nelson has opened up about saying 'yes' to Rixton's Jake Roche.

The singer was proposed to on stage whilst Ed Sheeran performed at Manchester Arena on Sunday (July 19).

The '+' man travelled five hours on his day off to make the cameo appearance.

Speaking to Key 103, Nelson said that she was shocked by the proposal.

She likened the joyous feeling to winning the X Factor in 2011.

Nelson said: "To be honest, it was all a bit of a blur. I thought we'd finished soundcheck and then lo and behold, old Ed [Sheeran] walks on.

"I had my back turned to him and the girls were like, 'Jess, Jess' and then I turned around and he sang mine and Jake's song, 'Tenerife Sea'. And as soon as he sang that, I just bawled."

She added: "We've spoken about [marriage] but I never thought that it was going to happen, not today! It sounds so strange but it felt like the feeling of when we won The X Factor."

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