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One Direction singer Liam Payne has apologised for a recent video which showed bandmate Zayn Malik smoking a spliff while on tour.
The furore started last week after a video - filmed by Louis Tomlinson - showed him and Zayn Malik smoking a spliff in Peru. "That's just Zayn warming up before the show," he says in the video, “One very, very important factor to Zayn's warm-up, of course, is Mary J herself."
Many fans were disappointed and critics slammed the boyband for setting a poor example to fans. However, the article which prompted Payne to apologise on behalf of his bandmates was penned by writer Jan Moir for The Daily Mail which reads: "like so many before them, they take fame for granted, raking in the cash and feeling it will never end". To which Liam Payne chose to respond.
like so many writers before, consistently get things wrong looking down there noses thinking they are oh so right pic.twitter.com/bgm8bRHq0G
— Liam Payne (@Real_Liam_Payne) May 31, 2014
Think you'll find I've written a lot of the next album and songs on the last I play piano Niall plays guitar that ok? pic.twitter.com/GLOa0H3LaT
— Liam Payne (@Real_Liam_Payne) May 31, 2014
Anyway thank you for your lovely words mrs moir sorry we let you down so fantastically maybe next time a little research is in order
— Liam Payne (@Real_Liam_Payne) May 31, 2014
I love my boys and maybe things have gone a little sideways I apologise for that.We are only in our 20's we all do stupid things at this age
— Liam Payne (@Real_Liam_Payne) May 31, 2014
We all have a lot of growing up to do in an extreme circumstance I'm not making excuse but it's fact we are gunna fall short somewhere
— Liam Payne (@Real_Liam_Payne) May 31, 2014
Hopefully we stand the test of time an get it right in the end I don't take this for granted and im extremely grateful to be here doing this
— Liam Payne (@Real_Liam_Payne) May 31, 2014
Thank you to everyone who has stuck with us through this just know that we love you guys for it and it means the world
— Liam Payne (@Real_Liam_Payne) May 31, 2014
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