Zayn Malik Rumor Round-Up: Which Ones Do You Believe?

1. Zayn and Perrie have broken up: Screen Shot 2015-05-08 at 4.21.03 PM Let’s start with the base rumor. When Zayn was photographed holding hands with a girl who wasn’t fiance Perrie Edwards, people started speculating over whether Zayn was cheating on the Little Mix singer. He dropped out of the rest of the Asian dates on 1D’s tour to fly home to Perrie. Shortly after, he announced he was leaving the group. After meeting up, she was seen leaving their house with a weekend bag. But no worries, the pictures posted from the vacation that followed make it look like everything’s OK. 2. Zayn and Perrie got married Screen Shot 2015-05-08 at 4.26.37 PM On the other end of the Zerrie relationship spectrum, some people are saying that the lovebirds are already married. I’m not sure about this one, but some tabloids claim they have evidence in the form of Facebook posts where Perrie’s friend is congratulating her on her big day. The post was liked by members of One Direction, apparently. 3. Zayn is on drugs Screen Shot 2015-05-11 at 2.09.47 PM After Zayn left, many people scrambled to make sense of why he would quit One Direction. For some, his own explanation simply wasn’t enough. The drugs rumor is a classic one, and it spread in late March, but we haven’t really seen it since. It’s not the first time Zayn has been accused of doing drugs. Zayn missed Four’s release day in November due to illness, but when they were on the “Today” show, host Matt Lauer alluded that his absence meant that he was dealing with substance abuse. 4. Zayn has a sex tape Some click-hungry sites published stories about Zayn’s rumored sex tape. And although many fans probably wish this were true, it’s not. Blame this rumor (and everything else) on internet culture, where websites can just write “report” in a headline, source the story back to someone else and bury the fact that the whole story is fake. 5. Zayn will present at the Movie Awards The MTV Movie Awards were just a few weeks after the 1D news broke and the wound was still fresh. So why not combine two major events into one big rumor? Rumor had it that One Direction would reunite at the show. If only 6. Zayn has a solo career OK, so this one might be true. After all, Naughty Boy and Zayn have been causing a ruckus online. The British producer had retweeted the joint moniker “Zaughty” just days after Zayn’s 1D departure (which got Louis Tomlinson really upset). Shortly after, a Zaughty track surfaced online, including some speculation that it was a ditched One Direction demo. Tomlinson quickly struck the speculation down, therefore confirming that this was all Zayn — solo. 7.One Direction will have a Zayn diss track Diss songs aren’t uncommon, but this one just seems immature. A “source” told Hollywood Life that “Louis helps write a lot of their songs so these feelings will end up in their music. Louis will write a diss son. [sic] He’s angry and he can’t hold it in.” Mhmm… we’ll see about that.