United Kingdom, Feb. 4 -- Jesy Nelson "never wanted children" because she "was not maternal at all" before welcoming twin daughters.

The former Little Mix star became a first-time mother last year when she welcomed her little girls - Ocean and Story - with her ex-partner Zion Foster and she's now revealed she hadn't planned on starting a family but changed her mind when she found out she was pregnant.

During an appearance on the Great Company with Jamie Laing podcast, Jesy explained: "I never wanted children, did you know, oh my God.

"Like ... anytime I met anyone, and they'd be like, also, I want kids ... [I always thought] 'F*** sake, here we go'. Because I just did not I was not maternal at all.

"And then when I fell pregnant, whic...