Love Island’s Chris Hughes and Jesy Nelson from Little Mix are the power couple we stan but never saw coming, who are sharing all the insights into their relationship on Instagram. If you’re wondering where it all began, here’s a look back at how the couple first started dating, and the milestones since.
6 September 2019 – In the fourth episode of MTV’s Geordie OGs, Chris tells friend Gaz Beadle that he plans to have babies with Jesy very soon.
He reveals that once he proposes to Jesy, he wants to be married within the next two months. When Gaz then brings up the topic of babies, he predicts “I reckon in about a year and a half”.
Oh, these two.Â
16 January 2019 – Chris and Jesy are first spotted on a date, “enjoying a night mixing cocktails together” at Harry Potter themed bar The Cauldron, London. A source told MailOnline: “This was a first date for Chris and Jesy. Someone slid into the other’s Instagram DMs.”
21 January 2019 – Pap pictures emerge from their date a week earlier which show Chris and Jesy snogging in a kebab shop in Elephant & Castle, London. A source tells The Sun they were all over each other, commenting, “They couldn’t keep their mitts off one another.
“They kept pausing mid-sentence to snog, and were really affectionate. It may be early days but there’s definitely a real spark.”
22 January 2019Â – Chris is coy when asked about his blossoming romance with Jesy, refusing to confirm or deny whether he’s still single at the National Television Awards.
“It’s a tough one,” he told The Sun. “I’m just enjoying what I’m doing. There’s no updates, nothing you haven’t seen. I’m just happy with myself at the minute.”
6 February 2019 –Â Jesy reportedly calls time on their short romance, due to her desire to be single and Little Mix’s hectic schedule.
“Chris has been upset by the break-up,” sources told The Sun. “But Jesy has explained that she needs to protect herself and her career, and taking their romance any further was proving a massive risk. Out of nowhere their relationship became public and they were photographed snogging. Some of Jesy’s pals are asking how the paparazzi knew they were there. For now she’s going to enjoy being single until the right man comes along.”
1 March 2019Â – But wait! Did the break up really happen? Apparently not, because Jesy and Chris both just made their relationship Instagram official, sharing Stories from the airport on the way back from a mini-break.
The pair flew to Dublin together, and as well as sharing a glimpse at their breakfast in bed set up, Jesy posted a cosy little video of Chris’s chin on her head, while he shared a selfie of them together.
2 March 2019 – Chris makes things Instagram grid official with a kissing snap from an escape room. “The only inmate I’ve ever needed,” he wrote to his two million followers.
Jesy later shares a similar picture of the pair together with an orange heart emoji:
10 March 2019 –Â Chris shares yet another sultry snap of Jesy on the grid:
17 March 2019 –Â Chris makes his debut on Jesy’s Instagram grid, where she shares a selfie of them together with the caption, “Sundays with this one”
19 March 2019 – Jesy surprises Chris with a trip to the theatre to see Only Fools And Horses, and he takes to Instagram to thank her – while revealing his adorable nick name for her.
“Date night with my toothpick. She took me on a surprise trip to see Only Fools and Horses”, he wrote to his two million followers. Adorable!
9 April 2019 – Chris and Jesy’s relationship is still going strong, with the pair regularly posting Instagram Stories of them hanging out and being silly. Chris also shared a photo of them in Wicklow Mountains, Dublin, on his grid, along with the caption, “Somewhere in the Wicklow Mountains”
7th June 2019 –Â Jesy and Chris fly to America for a holiday, sharing a number of selfies from the airport. “Off on holiday, with my best friend. Miss JH,” Chris captioned one of them, while Jesy added, “My adventure buddy”
Jesy later shared a snap of the pair at Happy Place in Las Vegas, a massive pop-up experience filled with installations and immersive rooms, such as this one that makes it look like you’re upside down. “This is what we do in our spare time,” she wrote to her 5.2 million followers.
14 June 2019 – Chris Hughes shared the cutest birthday message to Jesy Nelson to celebrate the singer turning 28, and it’s enough to make you weep. “Happy birthday to a best friend, my better half and the most caring person I could have wished to meet,” he wrote, along with a gallery of four photos of them together. “Every day is better now. The fact I love you when I’m hungry says it all. The core to my… have the best day and keep on shining, you deserve the world. x”
To be continued, no doubt.