Zayn Malik Is Ill And One Direction Are Refusing To Be Called One Direction Without Him

17 November 2014, 13:41 | Updated: 8 May 2017, 17:09

One Direction attend the Royal Variety Performance

By Jason Gregory

THIS IS NOT A DRILL.

So this just happened.

Basically, One Direction are performing on The Today show this morning, but Zayn Malik is ill so they are refusing to be called One Direction.

Liam's comment has kind of melted the internet's heart a bit.

"ZAYN IS SICK" "ONLY 4/5 WILL PERFORM AT THE SHOW TODAY" THE WHOLE FANDOM: #GetWellSoonZayn #MTVStars One Direction pic.twitter.com/tttDSthfkV

— d loves li ! (@Ziamshoodies)
November 17, 2014

BASICALLY WHAT WEVE BEEN SAYING #GetWellSoonZayn pic.twitter.com/z5ahvQCmuU

— clouds || (@wonderlandfthes)
November 17, 2014

As many One Direction fans have pointed out, this is a major incident.

Obviously, #GetWellSoonZayn is now a Global trend.

We need answers.

NOW.

"we introduced ourselves as Liam, Niall, Harry and Louis. It's because we are not One Direction without Zayn" http://t.co/FAK8kIPAiT

— KITTY (@_zarrydali)
November 17, 2014

Zayn Malik Is Ill And One Direction Are Refusing To Be Called One Direction Without Him

So this just happened.

Basically, One Direction are performing on The Today show this morning, but Zayn Malik is ill so they are refusing to be called One Direction.

Liam's comment has kind of melted the internet's heart a bit.

As many One Direction fans have pointed out, this is a major incident.

Obviously, #GetWellSoonZayn is now a Global trend.

We need answers.

NOW.

This story is developing.