{"id":455294,"date":"2026-02-03T08:03:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T08:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/455294\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T08:03:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T08:03:14","slug":"jesy-nelson-and-zion-foster-split-months-after-daughters-devastating-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/455294\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesy Nelson and Zion Foster split months after daughters’ devastating diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Little Mix<\/a> alum Jesy Nelson<\/a> is facing renewed heartbreak, announcing that she and fianc\u00e9 Zion Foster<\/a> have recently split.<\/p>\n

This sad news comes only weeks after their twin daughters were diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) Type 1, a rare genetic condition resulting in muscle wastage.\ufeff<\/p>\n

The singer, 36, revealed that this “traumatising” development had significantly changed the pair’s dynamic, to the point where their relationship had begun to break down.<\/p>\n

\"JesyTheir twin girls were born healthy, before receiving a heartbreaking diagnosis six months later. (Instagram\/@jesynelson)<\/p>\n

Their romance eventually became unsalvageable, with the couple of four years officially calling off their engagement weeks after the heartbreaking announcement.<\/p>\n

Speaking to The Daily Mail,<\/a> Nelson revealed that co-parenting their twin daughters was now the pair’s “main priority and focus.”<\/p>\n

She went on to say that there had been a a distinct energy shift in their relationship<\/a>, which made giving daughters Story Monroe and Ocean Jade the “happy and uplifting” upbringing they both deserved impossible.<\/p>\n

“Because we have both been through such a traumatic experience, the energy wasn’t right between us, which is understandable,” she said.<\/p>\n

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\"LittleThe pair appeared excited to start their parenthood journey together. (@jesynelson via Instagram)\"SingerThe birth of her twin girls came two months early. (Instagram\/@jesynelson)<\/p>\n

“We are still friends and we are still united in co-parenting our daughters, they are our main focus, that’s all we can do, be the best possible parents we can right now.”<\/p>\n

Speculation of the pair’s split first arose after Nelson made a recent appearance sans engagement ring.\ufeff<\/p>\n

Speaking with This Morning, Nelson got teary as she detailed the ways in which “her whole life has changed” since the twins’ diagnosis.<\/p>\n

“My house looks like a hospital. My whole hallway is filled up with medical stuff and it’s just crazy how you can go from one extreme to the next,” she said.<\/p>\n

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She revealed that her daughters would likely never walk as a result of their condition.\ufeff<\/p>\n

“Bless little Story, she has to be on a breathing machine<\/a> at night because she isn’t strong enough to breathe by herself at night,” she continued.<\/p>\n

“I have to put feeding tubes down their nose and I’ve had to learn this within a few days of getting their diagnosis, and it’s so much while you’re trying to deal with this horrendous thing that’s just happened.”<\/p>\n

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The star underwent a complicated pregnancy, marred by revelations that her baby girls had twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS), a rare condition where both babies share a placenta.\ufeff<\/p>\n

While she had initially been “relieved” when both twins appeared to be born healthy, \ufeffthat relief was sadly short-lived.<\/p>\n

Their joint SMA diagnosis tragically came six months later.<\/p>\n

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