Last week, the news broke that Love Island favourite Chris Hughes and Little Mix star Jesy Nelson had parted ways after an 18-month-long romance. Whilst neither Chris nor Jesy have commented on the reports, they are said to have split over the phone when Jesy decided that their relationship had run its course.
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Unlike many other celebrity couples – including Iain Stirling and Laura Whitmore and Winter Love Island runners-up Siânnise and Luke T – Jesy and Chris chose not to isolate together whilst the UK is on lockdown during the coronavirus crisis and it seems that not seeing each other took its toll for the pair.
However, sources close to Chris have now said that he is hoping to win Jesy back once lockdown ends. The source told The Sun:
Chris is absolutely convinced that he is going to be getting back with Jesy just as soon as isolation ends and they can be together again. As far as he is concerned, this split is just temporary and actually it’s more of a break than a break-up. Chris is still madly in love with Jesy and is convinced she’s just struggling with being apart from him.
Chris and Jesy’s split last week certainly came as a shock to fans since the couple have been seriously loved-up on social media over the last eighteen months and haven’t been shy about discussing their future together. In November last year, they even hinted at wedding plans, calling each other ‘future husband’ and ‘future wife’.
This wouldn’t be the first time that Chris and Jesy split and got back together, as they briefly broke up in January 2019 as Jesy feared that Chris was using her for fame. However, they were back together within weeks. Let’s hope that this second split really is just another blip – and that our fave celeb couple will be back together again soon!
