A mini Twitter war has broken out between One Direction’s Louis Tomlinson and former bandmate Zayn Malik.
This very sad story began when producer Naughty Boy, who is working with the former Directioner on his solo album, tweeted this heavily filtered photo of his boy, Zayn — Mac Photo Booth anyone?
Replace this . pic.twitter.com/Dis0Tfd7cz
— Naughty Boy (@NaughtyBoyMusic) May 6, 2015
For some reason, Louis Tomlinson threw some serious shade on the photo in a subsequent tweet.
Remember when you were 12 and you used to think those Mac filters for your pictures were cool haha ! Some people still do HA! — Louis Tomlinson (@Louis_Tomlinson) May 6, 2015
A somewhat passive-aggressive exchange of words then ensued.
@Louis_Tomlinson and some people can’t even sing.. but who’s complaining when there’s auto tune eh ?
— Naughty Boy (@NaughtyBoyMusic) May 6, 2015
@NaughtyBoyMusic Jesus forgot you were such an in demand producer …. How does it feel to be riding on the back of someone else’s career ? — Louis Tomlinson (@Louis_Tomlinson) May 6, 2015
But the real kicker happened when Zayn, Louis’ former bandmate and bro, joined the fray.
@Louis_Tomlinson remember when you had a life and stopped making bitchy comments about mine ?
— zaynmalik (@zaynmalik) May 6, 2015
Needless to say, the fans were not amused. It’s a tragic turn of events for the entire 1D fandom, who have only recently started to move on after Zayn officially left the band in March.
Goodbye zayn. #TOMLINSONSLAYSAGAIN pic.twitter.com/A0IhRwQsst — Trishia. (@hestruIy) May 7, 2015
Some were angry at Zayn.
I never wanted to get to this point but i’m so done with zayn. I will support the rest of the boys till the day I die. #TOMLINSONSLAYSAGAIN
— thea || fb or unf (@TheaAM1Dk) May 6, 2015
ZAYN AND OUR FANDOM RIGHT NOW. #TOMLINSONSLAYSAGAIN pic.twitter.com/9509j6nbff — omg tomlinson!!! (@lukeinginamonjh) May 7, 2015
Others, disappointed.
zayn has basically left 1d for a dj who has only ever had 1 hit song because of sam smith singing it #TOMLINSONSLAYSAGAIN
— justin ❦ (@biebersbrows) May 7, 2015
Even more were downright devastated.
JUST IN ONE TWEET, ZAYN THREW AWAY 5 YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP I’M CRYING SO HARD #TOMLINSONSLAYSAGAIN pic.twitter.com/D5sf7EjA5W — dina (ू•ᴗ•ू (@heartsljp) May 7, 2015
this makes me sad #TOMLINSONSLAYSAGAIN pic.twitter.com/8CZBmnVOXr
— love you louis (@_strawzarry) May 7, 2015
” You know what’s the saddest of betrayal? That never comes from an enemy. ” #TOMLINSONSLAYSAGAIN pic.twitter.com/z6OqRASf4F — 1D updates (@1DAllUpdateess) May 6, 2015
Zayn’s behavior was even more curious given his words when he left the band: “I know I have four friends for life in Louis, Liam, Harry and Niall. I know they will continue to be the best band in the world”.
“There was always a chance that Zayn would come back to the band or at least there was an open door for that to happen in the distant future,” said a source close to the group. “But now after today’s Twitter war that door is closed.”
Oh, Zayn. Words fail us. And that doesn’t happen very often.