By now you’ve likely heard the news that his devastated millions of stylish-stubble-loving teenage girls across the globe:
Zayn Malik has quit One Direction.
Malik has given no explanation for his departure, but there’s little he could say at this point that would serve as any consolation to 1D’s legion of obsessive fans.
After all, the group is now down to four members, and no British boy band can thrive without a fifth, as that has never happened, ever.
Still, it would be nice to have some closure on Zayn-gate. Did Malik really quit because of stress, as his management team has claimed?
Or, did Zayn prove himself to be the most perfect boy band heartthrob of all time by throwing it all away in the name of love, girl?
Many fans believe Zayn called it quits due to the fact that he was allegedly caught cheating on Perrie Edwards, his fiancee of two years.
Fans always look for a Yoko to blame when their favorite band splits up, but in this case, it’s not just Directioners who are pointing the finger at poor Perrie.
UK X-Factor judge and former boy band manager Louis Walsh gave an interview today in which he suggested that Perrie is to blame for Zayn’s decision.
“As they get girlfriends, the girlfriends are whispering in their ears,” Walsh said. “They’re saying things like, ‘You should be a solo star,’ ‘You should be the lead singer.’ That’s usually the problem…Happens in every band in the whole world.”
He added, “Dames, amirite?!”
Okay, we may have made that last part up, but those are still some bold words, Louis. We hope know that when Perrie is inevitably torn limb-from-limb by enraged Directioners, the blood is on your hands.