Zayn Malik has devastated One Direction fans by removing references to the group from his Twitter page and changing his handle from @ZaynMalik1D to @ZaynMalik.
Zayn Malik has removed 'One Direction' from his Twitter handle.
The 22-year-old singer - who announced he was leaving the boyband in March - has now had his name changed on the social media site to read @ZaynMalik instead of @ZaynMalik1D.
Shortly after making the change, he posted: ''Is speech an extension to our thoughts or an image that we like to create x (sic)''
So far One Direction fans haven't taken the news well and the hashtag #YouWillAlwaysBeZaynMalik1D has started trending worldwide.
One fan wrote: ''Okay I'm even more sad than before #YouWillAlwaysBeZaynMalik1D (sic)''
Another added: ''March 25th: Zayn Malik physically left One Direction
''April 30th: Zayn Malik mentally left One Direction (sic)''
Following his departure from the group - which is now made up of Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson - Zayn stayed quiet on all his social media accounts before returning to Twitter on April 20.
He wrote: ''Wanna say thanks to everyone that's been there for me over the last few weeks, love you all.. you know who you are x. The x is a kiss by the way ha it's not a mystery .. sorry to any confused .... (sic)''
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