United Kingdom, Aug. 18 -- Jade Thirlwall wishes Jesy Nelson's departure from Little Mix exit had been "handled differently".

The girl group became a three-piece when Jesy quit in 2020 to focus on her mental health and Jade has now admitted her exit was "incredibly painful" for the remaining bandmates to deal with and it has taken a lot of "therapy" to move on.

She told The Guardian newspaper: "It was incredibly painful. For all of us that was the worst part, and it's taken a lot of understanding and therapy and all those things to work out how that can happen when you've devoted so much time and love to someone.

"My biggest wish for that whole period is that it was handled differently. I just would've loved us to all sit and chat abou...