The band members may be splitting up to pursue their own projects, but One Direction star Liam Payne found himself in hot water with some fans last week after the boy band singer seemed to imply women can't date women during a recent concert.
While introducing the track "Girl Almighty," Payne told the crowd, "This is my favorite song off the last album, and it is about trying to find that number one woman of your life, which none of you can relate to, 'cause most of you are girls. Except for the boys in here, you know what I'm talking about."
\u201chere's a video of liam saying something very ,,,\u201d— k (@k) 1439955484
Members of the band's large LGBT following were angered by his offhand statement. Several people began posting on social media, accusing the singer of homophobia and claiming his words not only assumed everyone in the audience was heterosexual, but also implied lesbians and bisexual people don't exist. Payne took to Twitter to fire back at his accusers, saying he simply misspoke and his comments were taken out of context.
\u201cI am in no way shape or form homophobic that's a ridicules thing to say and I'm not here to offend people so take it as you will\u201d— Liam (@Liam) 1439960507
\u201cSo annoying trying your hardest to make people happy in a show and you think about all the notes u tried to hit higher or a little sweeter\u201d— Liam (@Liam) 1439960764
\u201cAnd all some people want to concentrate on was a throw away statement about a song that I love\u201d— Liam (@Liam) 1439960809
\u201cLol this is so insane the more I read I'm like wtf have u ever said something in the wrong way I'm sure every person here has lol\u201d— Liam (@Liam) 1439961119
\u201cI'm sorry to those I offended really I am but there's no need for some of the things I'm being called\u201d— Liam (@Liam) 1439961207
\u201cI'm just here to make people smile I kinda consider it my job role\u201d— Liam (@Liam) 1439962257
While some fans were angered by the apparent heteronormative statement he made on stage, others came to the Paynye's defense with the hashtag #WeLoveLiam trending on Twitter following the singer's rant and apology on social media.
