A huge pop star has pulled out Holly Willoughby and Bear Grylls’ new Netflix show Bear Hunt.
Little Mix’s Jesy Nelson, 32, won’t be featured on the upcoming series, according to a new report.
A source told The Sun: ‘Jesy had meetings with producers who were casting for the show, but in the end they couldn’t come to a deal so Jesy won’t be in the final line-up.
‘It will be a real blow to Little Mix fans who were excited to see her back in the public eye, and it would have been a huge global gig for Jesy, but bosses met with loads of big celeb names and not everyone ends up in the confirmed mix.’
The telly source teased the upcoming show is ‘set to be a huge hit’ and the streaming giant is ‘ploughing loads of money into it’ with intentions to already plan a second series.
A huge pop star has pulled out Holly Willoughby and Bear Grylls’ new Netflix show Bear Hunt
Little Mix’s Jesy Nelson, 32, won’t be reportedly featured on the upcoming series anymore (pictured in April last year)
The Bad Thing hitmaker is currently enjoying a romance with hunky singer Zion Foster, and in February she enjoyed a trip to Australia with him.
In a series of sun-kissed shots, she showed off her toned abs while sporting a busty hot pink bikini.
Jesy as been enjoying a hiatus from her music career to travel the world with her loved one, and declared she will only return to work ‘when I want to’ after a fan asked if she was never going to work again.
In the snaps, the couple visited Australia Zoo before enjoying a pizza in their open top car by the beach.
She captioned the post: ‘No one will ever understand my love for seal’ as she shared a video watching them at the zoo.
One follower asked Jesy: ‘girl you’re never going to work again?’ To which Jesy responded: ‘When I decide I want to yeah’.
A source told The Sun: ‘Jesy had meetings with producers who were casting for the show, but in the end they couldn’t come to a deal so Jesy won’t be in the final line-up’
The show will be hosted by former This Morning alum Holly Willoughby
The new action-packed show will see wild expert Bear Grylls as a group of ‘unlikely British celebrities’ will face the dreads of the jungle in Costa Rica
The Bad Thing hitmaker continued to live up to her romance, and just earlier in February she enjoyed a trip to Australia with Zion
In the snaps, the couple visited Australia Zoo before enjoying a pizza in their open top car by the beach
Last July, Jesy announced she was taking a long extended break from showbusiness.
Jesy wrote: ‘Hey guys! So for a long time I’ve really wanted to go travelling but never had the time to do it.
‘I’ve got some really exciting things coming up with work and my music, but until then I’m gonna take the summer off to travel the world,’ she wrote adding a heart eyes emoji.
Bear Hunt will be hosted by Holly Willoughby and will see former SAS trooper Bear Grylls hunting down celeb contestants – when he finds them they will be eliminated from the programme.
Just last week, filming took place in a rough area that had been caught up in drug trafficking wars.
Netflix is reportedly spending £1million to hire ex-special forces to protect the cast and crew.
Stars including Spice Girl Mel B, rugby legend Danny Cipriani, The Saturdays singer Una Healy, 42, and tennis icon Boris Becker, 56, will be guarded by former military guns.
Jesy as been enjoying a hiatus from her music career to travel the world with her loved one, and declared she will only return to work ‘when I want to’ after a fan asked if she was never going to work again
One follower asked Jesy: ‘girl you’re never going to work again?’ To which Jesy responded: ‘When I decide I want to yeah’
