Little Mix fuel fall-out rumours after partying without Jesy Nelson again – and blame her new Towie boyfriend Chris Clark

LITTLE Mix stars Perrie Edwards, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall appeared to fuel rumours of a divide in the band after posting a picture of themselves partying without Jesy Nelson.

After Leigh-Anne posted a snap of the trio hitting the town during their US tour, fans were quick to question where their fellow singer Jesy was.

However Leigh-Anne hit back and clarified just why Jesy wasn’t there, hinting she was “pre-occupied” with her new boyfriend, Towie star Chris Clark.

Chris has jetted out to the US to spend time with his new girlfriend before the band’s tour continues stateside.

During his time there, Chris has spent as much time with Jesy as possible and admitted he was upset about having to fly home to Essex.

Posting a cosy selfie of the couple on Instagram, he captioned the picture: “All good things must come to an end. See you soon babe @jesynelson.”

Luckily the love birds won’t have to wait much longer to be reunited as Little Mix wrap up their tour on April 5 – with the girls being given a whole month off.

Rumours of a feud between Jesy and her bandmates started after Perrie cut Jesy out of the pictures she posted on Instagram from a Nickelodeon bash.

Jesy later posted seven pictures of her standing alone on the red carpet at the party.

However the girls later spoke out and, while mucking around on Snapchat with Perrie, Jesy posted a video to clarify what had happened.

She said: “So we just want to address the situation of the friendship between me and Perrie. Do you think I’d be lying alone in her bed if I wasn’t friends with her?”