THE partner of Little Mix star Jesy Nelson has spoken out after she shared a devastating health diagnosis over the couple’s baby twins.
Zion Foster delivered a touching message to his baby daughters after partner Jesy’s emotional video revealing the seven-month-old girls were suffering from a rare and potentially deadly type of Spinal Muscular Atrophy.
Taking to his Instagram page, Zion shared a photo of his daughters in what looked a stroller.
With tubes attached to their noses, the two tots could still be smiling widely.
Alongside the photo, Zion wrote: “Still smiling through all the challenges.
“Daddy loves you so much.”
Jesy welcomed twins Ocean Jade and Story Monroe prematurely at 31 weeks on May 15, 2025.
In a video she shared on Sunday, the former Little Mix star broke down as she described how the devastating diagnosis emerged.
The twins, she said, had now been diagnosed with a condition called SMA Type 1, or Werdnig-Hoffmann disease, the most severe form of Spinal Muscular Atrophy.
The lifelong disabling condition causes dramatic muscle weakness with severe breathing and swallowing issues and is commonly fatal without radical treatment.
Tearful Jesy said: “If it’s not treated in time, your baby’s life expectancy will not make it past the age of two.”
She later added: “When they assessed the girls at Great Ormond Street, we were told that they will probably never be able to walk.
“They probably will never regain their neck strength, so they will be disabled.
“So the best thing we can do right now is get them treatment and just hope for the best.”
Jesy then revealed that the girls, now seven and a half months old, have had their treatment, which she is “so grateful for, because if they don’t have it, they will die”.
Though Jesy was upset, she felt hopeful for the future.
“I truly believe that my girls will defy all odds. And with the right help, they will fight this, and go on to do things that have never been done,” she said.
The singer said that she wanted to make the video because if the disease is detected early enough in the first few months of a baby’s life “a lot of this stuff could be prevented”.
Jesy explained how the treatment is where the gene, that they don’t have, is put back in the body.
But Jesy affirmed how “there is no cure for SMA” but added how the treatment can help.
She then detailed some of the symptoms to look out for in babies, such as “floppiness” and not being able to hold their head up on their own.
“If any one is watching this video and they think they see these signs in their child, then please, please take your child to doctor, to the hospital, because time is of the essence.”