It’s been a big week for reality TV breakups and just days after it was revealed that Marcus Collins had split from his long term boyfriend David Heath, it has come to light that Leigh-Anne Pinnock is also newly single.

The Little Mix singer is said to have been influenced by her hectic work schedule and the fact that she and her boyfriend Nathanual Diamond barely see each other, so just a few weeks after they returned from what was supposed to be a romantic break in Barbados, she allegedly dumped her man.

Insiders have told The Sun that the holiday was supposed to be a make or break trip but that Pinnock decided she no longer wanted to eb tied down and dumped her childhood sweetheart by text earlier this week.

She explained:

“I’ve split up with Nathanual.

I’m really sad but I had to end the relationship as I’m just so busy with everything going on with Little Mix.

“It’s upsetting but I hope we’ll remain friends.”

In fairness to Leigh-Anne we can see what necessitated the split. The girl group have been holed up in rehearsals for the X Factor tour for the last few weeks and tomorrow the kick of the arena concerts in Manchester. The ladies will spend the next month touring the UK with the rest of their X Factor pals.

Throughout it all, they will be making regular trips to the studio, to continue work on their debut album which will be heavily promoted and then released later this year.

However, Nathanual thinks there may be more to the whole story and is sure that in actual fact, his ex girlfriend dumped him because she is interested in dating a member of one of the X Factor boybands.

He thinks she may have her eye on one of The Risk or One Direction.

She vigorously denied the claims!