Jesy Nelson split with him last week over the phone, after 16 months together.
And Chris Hughes has broken his social media silence following the break-up, as he took to Instagram on Saturday to wish fans a ‘Happy Easter.’
The former Love Island star, 27, shared a sun-soaked selfie as he spent time at his family home during the UK’s lockdown amid the coronavirus crisis.
Glad tidings: Chris Hughes broke his social media silence to wish followers a ‘Happy Easter’ on Saturday, following split from Little Mix star Jesy Nelson
Chris wore a contented expression as he posed in front of a black car, before taking his pet pooches out for a walk.
He kept things casual for the outing by wearing a simple grey T-Shirt, while he wore a pink baseball cap to cover his chocolate-brown locks.
His outing comes after it was confirmed Jesy had split from Chris one week ago.
Split: Insiders revealed to MailOnline Jesy broke up with Chris, 27, in the midst of their separate self-isolation amid the nationwide coronavirus lockdown
Sweet: Chris also shared videos of his pet pooches enjoying a walk and basking in the sun
On Saturday, Jesy showed no signs of heartache as she took to Instagram on Saturday to share a racy snap of herself lying in bed.
The Little Mix singer, 28, put on a sultry display as she wrapped herself in a white duvet with the straps of her red bikini, which she had worn earlier on Friday, visible.
Jesy gazed into the camera and captioned the photo: ‘Afternoon you beauties’.
Earlier on Friday, Jesy sent temperatures soaring as she showed off her toned abs and physique in the plunging scarlet bikini top and matching bottoms.
Captioning the image, she penned: ‘Caught a bit of ray today’, with the post garnering several comments from fans and celebrity pals.
Parting ways: Sources said Jesy ‘split up with him last week in a phone call, as she thought the relationship had run its course’
The songstress’ slew of sexy snaps comes after it was confirmed Jesy had split from Chris one week ago.
Insiders revealed to MailOnline Jesy broke up with Chris, 27, in the midst of their separate self-isolation amid the nationwide coronavirus lockdown.
Sources said: ‘She split up with him last week in a phone call, as she thought the relationship had run its course.
‘There are no hard feelings. Jesy said he was surprisingly fine about it and thinks she will stay friends with him.’
MailOnline have contacted representatives for Jesy and Chris for comment.
Jesy and Chris, who had been together for 16 months, had been living separately during the nationwide lockdown.
Last week, the songstress said: ‘Chris isn’t with me right now because he is in isolation with his flatmate, so I haven’t seen him for a while.’
The songstress also spoke to MailOnline about how she was keeping in touch with Chris, giving no hint to the fact they were set to split, or had in fact, broken up.
She said: ‘Now it’s just strictly FaceTime. We just FaceTime, WhatsApp, all that jazz. I’m used to [being away from Chris] as we’re apart when I’m on tour, I’m always travelling.’
Let down: In January, Jesy won the Factual Entertainment Award at the NTAs earlier this year for her documentary but her victory was marred when Chris had a brawl later that evening
Chris has stood by Jesy through what was a difficult time, as he starred in her award-winning documentary Odd One Out, which followed her battle against cruel internet trolls and showed Chris helping boost her confidence.
In January, Jesy won the Factual Entertainment Award at the National Television Awards for the documentary – which was released in November.
Her victory was marred with scandal however as Chris became embroiled in a brawl with a photographer following the triumphant evening.
When asked about the prospect of having children, Jesy confessed: ‘Yeah in the future, one day. I’m a kid myself right now so I’m not even thinking about having a kid right now. I want to get married, that’s for sure. When that will be, I don’t know.’
The couple confirmed their relationship in January last year when they were seen enjoying a steamy date in a kebab shop, after weeks of rumours around the union.
Jesy had broken up with her boyfriend Harry James in November 2018, before going public with Chris during their kebab outing two months later.
Throwback: The couple confirmed their relationship in January last year when they were seen enjoying a steamy date in a kebab shop, after weeks of rumours around the union
Jesy Nelson’s love life: A timeline
Jordan Banjo
2012-2014
Jordan Banjo
At the start of her career, Jesy dated Diversity star Jordan.
During the height of their romance, her bandmate Jade Thirwall revealed their boyfriends were banned from their tour bus to avoid distracting the band.
The couple’s conflicting schedules eventually ended their relationship after two years of dating.
————————————————————————————————-
Jake Roche
2014-2016
Jake Roche
Jesy began dating Jake shortly after her split from Jordan. He is the son of Coleen Nolan and Shane Richie and frontman of indie group Rixton.
After a year of dating, Jake popped the question in 2015 during a Little Mix soundcheck and had Ed Sheeran surprise her on stage with her favourite song Tenerife Sea – from Ed’s 2014 album X.
They split in November 2015. His mum Coleen revealed they remain friends and the break-up was amicable between the pair.
————————————————————————————————-
Chris Clark
2017
Chris Clark
Chris Hughes was not Jesy’s first reality star romance after she dated TOWIE star Chris Clark in 2017 – much to fans’ surprise.
Things ended very badly however when Chris admitted he broke up with Jesy over text – and used his ex-girlfriend Amber Dowding’s phone to send the text.
He said at the time: ‘I used Amber’s to do it. I was never going to escape it. I had to just deal with it. She was on the other side of the world. I am happier now than I ever have been.’
————————————————————————————————-
Harry James
2017-2018
Harry James
Jesy dated musician Harry for 16 months before parting ways in November 2018.
Their romance first came to light when they holidayed together in Mykonos in July 2017.
The following year – and just two months before she began dating Chris – a source close to the star said: ‘Jesy and Harry enjoyed their time together but have decided to call it a day.
————————————————————————————————-
Chris Hughes
2019-2020
Chris Hughes
Jesy began dating Chris in January last year, when they confirmed their romance over a steamy date at a kebab shop.
He stood by her through the release of her groundbreaking documentary Odd One Out and featured in the documentary.
Sadly however, it was revealed in April that after self-isolating separately, Jesy split from Chris over the phone.
————————————————————————————————-