Jessie J 'apologises' to ex-girlfriend for calling bisexuality 'a phase'

Pop star Jessie J has 'apologised' to her ex-girlfriend for calling her bisexuality 'a phase' in an unreleased song.

Everyone remembers where they were when "Bang Bang" singer Jessie J revealed that she was bisexual in 2011 – and then just a few years later clarified that she was exclusively into men, generating controversy in the process by calling her bisexuality 'a phase' .

Now, the singer, 36, has opened up the conversation once more, and apologised to her ex-girlfriend for sweeping her sexuality under the rug.

According to Out , during a performance at the Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles on 6 May, Jessie J sang an unreleased song which has been given the title "Complicated" by the internet – though no official title was given.

The song reportedly contained the lyrics: "2012, I broke up with my beautiful girlfriend. With the press in my face, called it a phase, babe I'm sorry." The crowd reportedly gasped at the lines.

Jessie J previously discussed the controversy around her coming out (and subsequent going back in) in 2014.

Speaking to  Billboard , she said she regretted using the word 'phase', and added: “I’m a talker; I wear my heart on my sleeve. But sometimes I just have to know when to shut up.”

The singer also received a landslide of hate on X (then Twitter) at the time alleging that she 'lied' about her sexuality.

She addressed the backlash, writing: "The hate on my TL is uncalled for and ridiculous! I never lied about my sexuality, I never labelled myself, the media and some of the public did. I said almost 5 years ago now. I have dated girls and boys. Quote me! Which I had! Am I denying that…? No!

"I was young and I experimented! Who hasn’t? Not with just this topic, but anything! It’s part of life! No lies there. So happened I was becoming famous at the very same time and felt pressure to tell everyone all my business that really looking back was really no ones to know," Jessie J continued.

"I fell for a person who happened to be a girl. Every other relationship I’ve had has been with a man. My record label didn’t care and it wasn’t part of my launch!”