Union J star George Shelley has clarified reports that he angered Little Mix's Jesy Nelson by destroying her birthday cake and throwing it photographers.

A story emerged recently that saw the X Factor 2012 star pictured holding Nelson's birthday cake following a night out at a London club on Wednesday (June 12).

He apparently threw bits of the cake at paparazzi before giving it back in pieces to the supposedly disgruntled Little Mix singer.

However, Shelley told Digital Spy that no harm was caused and the whole incident has been misconstrued. He said:

"I don't know if you saw on the Daily Mail this morning? It was Jesy from Little Mix's birthday yesterday. The other girls made her a birthday cake and we all left the club - me, Jesy and Sonny from the Loveable Rogues - and Sonny threw a bit of cake in my face. So I thought, 'Right, I'm going to get him back'. I picked up a bit of the cake and went to throw it at him in front of the paps."

The 'Carry You' man added: "They all took a photo of me with this cake in my hand looking really angry, and then another picture of Jesy hiding away from the paps. This story has come out of it like I'm some kind of cake-destroying maniac who throws cake at paparazzi! The best thing about it is that the paps took a picture of the cake on the side of the road and they were like, 'George later dumped it on the side of the road'. I'm like, 'No, I didn't see the cake!'."