Zayn Malik hits out at Calvin Harris after singer defends Taylor Swift in Twitter outburst
Former One Direction singer Zayn Malik has branded Calvin Harris a “d***head” after the DJ hit out at a post Malik retweeted concerning Taylor Swift.
Malik, 22, retweeted a post from B**** Problems – an account which posted two quotes from Swift and Miley Cyrus and slammed the Blank Space singer for taking her music off of Spotify.
Tagging Malik and the B**** Problems account, Harris – who has been dating Swift since April – tweeted: “You've made your money? Cool...f*** the 99% of musicians who depend on these services to survive right? Yeah f*** em.
“If u don't get what it means when a successful artist uses their celebrity to benefit every other musician and songwriter in the industry...stay out my f****** mentions pls.
“While u kids are refresh voting teen choice awards there's some poor f***** in a basement making your new favourite record trying to survive.
“Meaning...stay out of things you don't understand.”
Convinced that the outburst was directed at him, Malik replied: “You clearly didn't understand what I just said either.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/CalvinHarris" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-2871956-https://twitter.com/CalvinHarris" data-vars-event-id="c23">@CalvinHarris</a> you clearly didn't understand what I just said either — zayn (@zaynmalik) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/zaynmalik/status/633361612120846336" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-2871956-https://twitter.com/zaynmalik/status/633361612120846336" data-vars-event-id="c23">August 17, 2015</a>
"Ha you just made an absolute fool of yourself mate.
“So I suggest you calm your knickers before them dentures fall out.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/CalvinHarris" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-2871956-https://twitter.com/CalvinHarris" data-vars-event-id="c23">@CalvinHarris</a> so i suggest you calm your knickers before them dentures fall out — zayn (@zaynmalik) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/zaynmalik/status/633361754253209600" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-2871956-https://twitter.com/zaynmalik/status/633361754253209600" data-vars-event-id="c23">August 17, 2015</a>
“Oh and I write my own s*** too d***head.”
Keen to assure the singer – who recently split from Little Mix singer Perrie Edwards – that his outburst was directed at the quote not Malik, Harris posted: “All good, it was the quote not you personally mate… Lol.”
“Best of luck, genuinely. You've got a great voice.”
The Twitter spat comes a day after Swift invited Edwards on stage with her band Little Mix to perform as part of Swift's 1989 word tour.
