Don't worry — the One Direction alum later apologized. Some Wattpad writers have just been vindicated: it turns out that Little Mix alum Jade Thirlwall once had a short-lived romance with One Direction's Harry Styles.

The pair met while auditioning for music competition show, The X Factor. Although Thirlwall is primarily known for winning as a member of Little Mix in 2011, she initially auditioned the year prior. At that time, a young Styles, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, and the late Liam Payne nearly swept the competition as One Direction.

Read on to find out more about Jade Thirlwall revealed about going on a date with One Direction fame Harry Styles.

I was so young, it didn’t really matter but he was always very, very lovely,” the singer told podcast host Louis Theroux

Jade Thirlwall is reflecting on the effect that Jesy Nelson’s exit from Little Mix had on the rest of the group. Back in 2020, after almost a decade as part of the chart-topping girl group, Jesy announced that she was leaving the band, with the rest of the line-up carrying on as a three-piece.

A possible romantic relationship between Jade Thirlwall and Harry Styles went in the wrong direction, according Thirlwall.

Apparently, Harry Styles and Jade Thirlwall went on one date when they were teenagers. And according to the former Little Mix member, Styles ghosted her.

Pop star Jade Thirlwall has opened up about the grief she experienced when her former bandmate, Jesy Nelson, quit their group Little Mix. Formed on ITV reality show The X Factor in 2011, Little Mix went on to become one of the most successful British pop groups of all time,