United Kingdom, June 10 -- Perrie Edwards suffered "serious breakdowns" amid her "hellish" split from former fiance Zayn Malik - and she has claimed there was an "overlap" with someone else towards the end of their romance.

The 32-year-old Little Mix singer and the ex-One Direction star, 33, hooked up in 2011 - after both shot to fame on TV show The X Factor - and while they went on to get engaged in 2013, the pair went their separate ways two years later.

Now, in a rare interview about the break-up, Perrie has opened up about feeling "abandoned" and "ridiculed" at the time.

Speaking on Jamie Laing's Great Company podcast, she said: "Like when you go through heartbreak, it is hellish. It's the worst thing in the world. You can't eat. Y...