Zayn Malik and Perrie Edwards News: Girlfriend Blasted by One Direction Fans After Zayn Malik Quits
Zayn Malik has officially left One Direction, and fans of the famous boy band have taken to social media to express their well wishes, grief, and anger. A lot of ill will appears to be directed at Malik's fiancée, Perrie Edwards. Currently, there is much speculation that Edwards could be the reason why Malik left Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, and Liam Payne in the middle of their world tour, and ultimately the band.
Earlier this month, the boys were in Thailand when Malik was photographed embracing a mystery woman. This resulted in a lot of backlash, which ultimately sent the 22-year-old packing up his bags to fly back to the U.K. to talk to his fiancée. On Wednesday, Malik shocked fans the world over when he announced that he was leaving One Direction.
Fans immediately got on social media to express their feelings, with many crying over the "end of an era." Many were quick to point out Edwards as the cause of Malik's split from the band as one fan tweeted, "Perrie's the modern day Yoko Ono…I can't believe this."
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Another tweeted, "Perrie Edwards is the Yoko Ono of One Direction."
Yoko Ono was said to be the cause of The Beatles breakup in the past.
Others suggested that Edwards should quit her band, Little Mix, to support Malik's desire to live a normal life.
Former pop singer Sinitta, who is a regular fixture on "The X Factor"—the show where Malik was discovered by Simon Cowell along with Styles, Tomlinson, Horan, and Payne—offered some insight about why Malik was destined to leave the popular boyband.
"Zayn, he was always the most reluctant," said Sinitta in an interview with "Good Morning Britain."
"Even in the early days when we wanted them to dance and there was choreography … He was always the shy one at the back. He has an incredible voice, beautiful boy, really sweet but just very, very shy and introverted so it was hard to get him to even be in the band in the first place," she explained.
Sinitta also said that Malik's relationships are very important to him.
"Zayn was always the romantic, spiritual one, always took his relationships very seriously, was always very gentle," she said.
"I think the relationship is important to him, he and Perrie, that is a very prominent relationship for him and for that to be threatened in any way—especially when you're travelling around the world and all the stress and drama of that—you need an anchor, some stability somewhere so I think that would have rocked him a lot," she added.
