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Jesy Nelson and boyfriend Chris Hughes attempt accent challenge following THAT Jamaican accent backlash

Jesy Nelson and her new beau Chris Hughes looked every bit the loved-up couple as they attempted to try out different accents.

Last week Hughes confirmed the couple are together during a radio appearance, where he admitted he is the “happiest I’ve ever been.”

The Little Mix singer sat on her boyfriends’ lap as she challenged him to attempt several different accents.

Nelson mocked her other half for thinking he’s the “dog’s b*******” and named different accents for him to try his hand at.

Loved-up: The couple recently confirmed their romance (Dean / SplashNews.com)

Former Love Island star Hughes struggled as he murmured his way through an attempt at an Irish accent before bursting into laughter.

He then struggled to differentiate between Scottish and northern accents as he shouted “Glasgow” at the camera.

“I think what we’ve learnt is that you can’t do accents,” said an unimpressed Nelson.

Accents: The couple tackled the accent challenge in the video (Instagram / Chris Hughes)

She then gave her new flame a chance at redemption as she prompted him to try an Italian accent, but later mocked him for focusing more on hand gestures than the accent itself.

She said: “I think this is where you need to impress people because I feel like you’ve done absolutely awful! Try Italian- here comes the hand! That doesn’t mean you’re Italian.”

Jesy and Nelson are officially a couple

The clips come after Nelson was famously blasted for her attempt at a Jamaican accent in 2014.

However, she later explained to Huffington Post that the video was edited and the clip of her having a verbal splurge was “not my Jamaican accent”.

The star also received flack from Brit Awards host Jack Whitehall last month after he referenced the cringe-worthy video in a savage dig, where he suggested that she had racked up two-million views for the group after the clip emerged.

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