X Factor girl band Little Mix are going from strength to strength on the show, but band member Jesy Nelson admits that while things are great on stage, she’s suffering from the online bullying about her weight.

Speaking exclusively to heat magazine (out now) about the nasty comments on the web, the singer, 20, admit she knew people would cruel about her size.

“The comments really got to me. I knew I’d get nasty stuff said about my weight from the start. These girls [her Little Mix bandmates] are a lot tinier than me, and I’m curvy, so I knew it was going to happen. Kimberley in Girls Aloud always got picked on for being curvier than the others, so I knew I would. But it’s not until you actually see it that it hits you. I thought I’d be alright and then I saw it and just burst out crying.”

“When you’ve got your own insecurities and then people… write them on websites for everyone to see, it just makes you feel really rubbish…Obviously, I know I’m a lot bigger [than the other girls].”

They’d picked me out specially
Jesy – who was seen crying on a previous episode of The X Factor because of the taunting on online - also revealed that extent of the horrible comments aimed at her,

“I found it more upsetting that they were only about me. They’d picked me out specially. Someone called me a “fat, ugly c**t”. I couldn’t believe it. I’m not a nasty person. At least, I don’t think I am! I just didn’t know people would go that far.

“It’s something I’d experienced at school before – about my weight and just generally how I look. And that’s also why I got so upset – I thought once I got older it would stop, but it obviously hasn’t. When’s it going to stop? People shouldn’t be allowed to do things like that. I think whoever called me that should feel bad about it.

“I’m a size 10/12. I know that I’m not fat. I’m not going to change. My mum told me to ignore it, so I’m going to!”

Little Mix Bandmate Jade chipped in: “We’re all different. If you’re curvy, you can relate to Jesy, and if you’re small you can relate to me. I’ve got no shape at all. I’ve tried absolutely everything to grow some boobs, but nothing works! Everyone has their own insecurities.”