Louis Tomlinson Rubbishes report One Direction split over 'rivalry and hatred'

Louis Tomlinson has rubbished a report claiming that “rivalry and hatred” caused One Direction to split up.

The story was published in UK’s The Mirror last week, with the headline: “Drugs, meltdowns and ‘gay sex’ rumours – how ‘rivalry and hatred’ tore One Direction apart”.

It suggested that speculation about their sexuality and rows between band members contributed to their split.

But Tomlinson, 27, took to Twitter to insist the article was “b*******”.

The “Biggest load of b******* I’ve seen in a while,” he rages, as he shared a screengrab of the headline.  “Typical unprovoked venom from The Mirror,” says he to his 33.3 million followers.

“Couldn’t be further from the truth!” he adds.

Biggest load of bullshit I’ve seen in a while. Typical unprovoked venom from The Mirror. Couldn’t be further from the truth! pic.twitter.com/AJUVvm8LPx

— Louis Tomlinson (@Louis_Tomlinson) July 24, 2019

The article coincided with the ninth anniversary of One Direction getting together.

The band – also comprising Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles and Liam Payne – were put together on the X Factor in 2010.

They were a huge success but went their separate ways in 2015 and launched solo careers.