For some time, Jade Thirlwall was known as the single member of Little Mix while her bandmates were all in high-profile relationships.
Perrie Edwards was with footballer Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, with whom she now has baby son Axel, Leigh-Anne Pinnock was with footballer Andre Gray, with whom she has baby twins, and Jesy Nelson was dating Love Island star Chris Hughes.
Jade poked fun at herself for being the only one not to have settled down, posting a hilarious TikTok where she dashed away from the camera, captioned: "When all your mates are having *babies* and they ask when it’s your turn."
The 28-year-old even admitted to The Mirror she "couldn't be bothered" with dating and had given up looking for love online.
"We have been on the apps where you swipe along at people, and are having a laugh looking at everyone, no offence," she said.
"But the banter’s not quite there. Not the best at the minute, dating-wise for me. I can’t be bothered.
"I’d rather sit and do nothing than have to sit and chinwag with a stranger."
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She had split from The Struts bassist Jed Elliott, 28, in 2019 after three years, with both blaming their busy touring schedules for the break-up.
But Little Mix fans would be sent into a meltdown when it emerged Jade had secretly found love with Rizzle Kicks star Jordan Stephens.
Jordan and Harley Alexander-Sule, the other half of his hip hop duo, have sold more than one million singles in the UK and are best known for their songs Down with the Trumpets, Heart Skips a Beat and Mama Do the Hump.
It was rumoured for months that Jade and Jordan had been spending time together in lockdown as they were pictured together at the Black Lives Matter protests, and they began to be papped at events as the country opened back up.
But it wasn't until January this year that Jade opted to go ' Instagram official' with Jordan, who hosts quiz show Don't Hate the Playaz.
Asked by a fan to post the first photo she took with Jordan, Jade uploaded a snap taken in a supermarket's CCTV camera as she and her new boyfriend posed for the camera, Jordan beaming while Jade pouted and made a peace sign.
On their one year anniversary in August 2021, Jade revealed it was actually her who pursued Jordan - but she didn't expect anything to come of it because she'd been rejected so much.
"1 year since I slid in the DMs," she wrote alongside an adorable snap of them standing in front of a sunset.
Grilled by Jonathan Ross on her romance once it finally went public, Jade explained: "It was through a friend. [Jordan] messaged a friend of mine and said he was interested so I slid in the DMs.
"I'd been doing this for quite a while because I'd been single for a while and I kept getting pied left, right and centre and I thought 'Do you know what? I'll give it another go.'"
She continued: "We did a few Zoom dates in lockdown... And then we had a socially distanced date in Greenwich Park. It was nice. It was nice doing it that way because we got to know each other really well."
Jade told Metro.co.uk that she and Jordan had moved in together in October 2020 and supported each other through the pandemic.
She said: "Anyone who has supported you through hard times is really important.
"It’s quite special seeing that. It’s the one positive to come out of this. Me and Jordan... we are a good match. We are so chilled out, we are horizontal!"
Jordan has made his feelings clear for Jade too, plastering sweet comments on her social media, including when she posted a snap of herself with new, darker hair.
"Blonde Jade is no more," she wrote.
Jordan replied enthusiastically: "ALL JADES WIN."
And in one very candid interview, Jordan made a raunchy sex confession, admitting they both "passed out" after a particularly good romp.
"I had sex with my girlfriend but it was so fantastic that we just both passed out and then came back around like 25 minutes later," he said.
"I remember being like, 'I don’t think that has ever happened to me before.' It was really cool."
Speaking on the Cuddle Club podcast with Lou Sanders, loved up Jordan added: "My girlfriend has got three different kinds of smiles and there's this one where, I don’t know how to explain it, you can just tell it's a pure reflection of how she's feeling in that moment.
"When we are both mucking about and she just busts out this smile, I think, 'Oh my God.' I just feel full of joy."
On Halloween, the pair proved just how in synch they are with matching Halloween costumes.
They were both spray painted completely yellow as Jade was Marge Simpson and Jordan was Sideshow Bob.
And Sweet Melody singer Jade can pinpoint the exact moment she realised Jordan was the one.
It was when she discovered he had played a drag queen in the 2019 film Tucked.
"When I first started talking to my boyfriend I discovered he had been in a movie where he played a drag queen and I was like, 'Right, that’s it. He’s perfect. Sign me up,'" said Jade, who has judged RuPaul's Drag Race UK.
"A straight man who’s willing to dress in drag and loves being queer and feminine."
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