JADE Thirlwall was left speechless by a savage The Assembly question as she was forced to open up about the dark side of Little Mix.
Jade is one of four celebrities on ITV’s new series, where she was questioned by interviewers who are , neurodivergent or — with no topics off limits.
Little Mix have been one of X Factor’s most successful acts, and the girlband, Jade, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Perrie Edwards and Jesy Nelson, racked up 19 top ten singles, since their talent show win.
But Jade, who has embarked on a solo career, was left flustered when one man asked: "A lot of X Factor winners have sold their soul.
"Do you regret selling yours?"
After laughing nervously and struggling to answer, Jade confessed: “You’ve trumped me . . . Maybe a little bit in the beginning.
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“I was so young and I just signed on the dotted line.
“But as the years have gone by I’ve learned more and more about the industry.
“I’ve been collecting — a bit like Thanos with the stones — I’ve been collecting parts of my soul back.”
Jade was the last of her Little Mix bandmates to put out material following their hiatus in May 2022.
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But Jade’s debut has been the most successful of the three and she has already won a Brit Award and landed a coveted spot performing at Glastonbury this year.
Jade recently revealed the moment she knew her boyfriend of nearly five years was a keeper.
Jade had broken down in tears over Jesy Nelson’s departure from Little Mix.
And the Rizzle Kicks rapper’s response was to fetch her a pasty from bakery chain Greggs.
Jade, 32, said at the time: “We were driving up North to see my family.
“I just wailed and wailed for an hour or something.
“We parked up at services and he was like, ‘do you want some peace?’. And I was like, ‘yes’.
“And then he went out into the shops and he came back with a pasty from Greggs and I thought, ‘that’s the one’.”
Jade's continued love for the bakery was apparent at her 30th birthday bash in December 2022.
Jade celebrated with a three-tier Greggs-themed cake alongside personalised bags of sausage rolls.
Each bag read: “30 never looked so delicious.”
Greggs commented on Instagram pictures from the bash: “Ain’t no party like a pastry party. Happy 30th @jadethirlwall.”
Meanwhile, during a previous episode of The Assembly, Danny Dyer admitted his wife Jo deserved better when she kicked him out the house for his wild drug-fuelled partying.
A woman referred to his split from Joanne Mas and asked: "When Jo kicked you out she emptied your shared joint bank account, do you still have a shared bank account now?"
Danny replied: "I was a p***k and she deserved better.
"Sometimes I'd go out, get off my head, take drugs; I wouldn't come home for three days.
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"She had every right to throw me out. She controls everything now."
The Assembly airs on ITV1, ITVX, STV and STV Player.