Zayn Malik was embroiled in yet another very public spat last night that culminated in him telling DJ Calvin Harris to “calm his knickers before them dentures fall out” as the internet collectively cringed.
The argument erupted, as they often do in today's social-media obsessed world, after Harris, who is dating Taylor Swift, was angered by one of Malik’s posts on Twitter.
Harris, 31, reacted furiously when Malik retweeted a post from the account @femaletexts comparing Taylor Swift to Miley Cyrus. The tweet spliced a screenshot of an interview with Swift where she discussed withdrawing her music from Spotify with a screenshot of interview where Miley Cyrus talked about her Happy Hippie Foundation and said: “I’ve made my money. If no one buys my album, cool. It’s fine.”
Calvin Harris
In a second tweet, Malik wrote: “G statement”, which Harris understood as the 22-year-old agreeing, prompting him to launch into a Twitter rant defending his girlfriend. Malik has since deleted his re-tweet, although their embarrassing exchange is still available for all to see.
If u don't get what it means when a successful artist uses their celebrity to benefit every other musician and songwriter in the industry...
; Calvin Harris (@CalvinHarris) August 17, 2015
While u kids are refresh voting teen choice awards there's some poor fucker in a basement making your new favorite record trying to survive
; Calvin Harris (@CalvinHarris) August 17, 2015
...stay out my fuckin mentions pls
; Calvin Harris (@CalvinHarris) August 17, 2015
Malik, who is becoming increasingly outspoken since quitting One Direction to become his "real" self, retorted with a few stongly-worded tweets of his own.
@CalvinHarris ha you just made an absolute fool of yourself mate
; zayn (@zaynmalik) August 17, 2015
@CalvinHarris you clearly didn't understand what I just said either
; zayn (@zaynmalik) August 17, 2015
@CalvinHarris so i suggest you calm your knickers before them dentures fall out
; zayn (@zaynmalik) August 17, 2015
As an after thought, he added:
Oh and I write my own shit too dickhead
; zayn (@zaynmalik) August 17, 2015
Harris quickly backed down in a series of tweets claiming the whole incident was simply a misunderstanding.
@zaynmalik all good, it was the quote not you personally mate
; Calvin Harris (@CalvinHarris) August 17, 2015
@zaynmalik best of luck, genuinely. You've got a great voice
; Calvin Harris (@CalvinHarris) August 17, 2015
But Malik has yet to accept his best wishes gracefully.
