Zayn Malik has apologised for being a 's*** person' just weeks after his One Direction bandmate Louis Tomlinson claimed their friendship ended following his mum's death.
In a tweet that's since been deleted, Zayn, 26, wrote, "I'd like [to] apologise for basically being a s**t person."
While no reference was made to the intended recipient of his apology, it comes after Louis, 27, claimed things soured when Zayn promised to support him at his first X Factor performance following mum Johannah Deakin's death in 2016.
The heartbroken star - whose sister Félicité, 18, died of a suspected cardiac arrest earlier this month - said that while bandmates Harry Styles, Niall Horan and Liam Payne all turned up, Zayn was a no-show at the last minute.
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“I had a couple of calls with him after I lost my mum and all the boys had agreed to come to that performance and he didn't show so that really bugged me," he told The Sun.
“It was just seeing everyone there – Harry, Niall and Liam – that was what I needed that night, that support.
“So on the other end of the spectrum it kind of really showed. So, eh, I hope he's alright, but...”
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Meanwhile, it was recently claimed that Zayn had split from long-time love Gigi Hadid.
"They’re done," a source told US Weekly in January. "They could get back together, but it’s over for now."
"[Zayn has] a lot of his own issues that she couldn’t help him get through."
However, she's since been spotted sneaking out of his New York apartment in the early hours of the morning, and on March 4 he told her he loved her on Twitter , cementing their reunion.
