One Direction Becomes Two Directions?

As many most likely know, Zayn Malik has left the world famous boy band One Direction during their On the Road Again world tour due to a severe amount of stress. Just before he announced his split from the band, the media went crazy with allegations saying that Zayn was cheating on his fiancee Perrie Edwards of Little Mix. Since these accusations came forward, Zayn has denied every single one of them and chose to address the claims by tweeting, saying that he was in love with Perrie Edwards.
Unfortunately, Zayn decided to leave the band at not so good of a time. They're planning the release of their new album and on the track of their latest world tour. Lets just say this was not the best time in the world. But the rest of the band is dealing with Zayn's absence well. They still plan to complete their tour was well as continue with the release of their latest album. I'm glad that I was fortunate enough to have been able to go to one of their concerts before Zayn's falling out. So many people bought tickets for their upcoming performances and now they will only be able to see 4/5 boys in concert.
In their latest concert the boys came on stage late because they were in the middle of Skyping Zayn and they started the concert by introducing themselves as Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne and Harry Styles. Not calling themselves One Direction because they are missing the one person who made One Direction One Direction. The rest of the boys have been completely supportive of Zayn and his decision and the 5 remain close as Zayn expressed when he said that he had made four lifelong friends in Harry, Niall, Louis and Liam.
So who can we blame for this stress and madness? It looks to me that the press own this one. In the picture taken, Zayn is clearly with another girl, but of course to the media, there's no such thing as just friends. Of course it must mean that Zayn is cheating on Perrie and they published it, blowing everything out of proportion. I guess we just have to get used to it because thats what the media does best.
Well as for Zayn, a band spokesperson claims that he will be back for their April 4th performance in Dubai and that he just needed some time off. That's completely understandable and I really hope that Zayn is able to get better and be back out their performing with his fellow bandmates in Dubai.

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