According to The Sun, Niall's taken a feather out of Harry Styles' book and landed himself a model girlfriend after meeting her backstage. And wouldn't you know it she's Irish. At a boy Niall.
Zoe Whelan is a London based but Dublin bred model who Niall has apparently been secretly dating for the last few months, bopping about to as many of the tour dates as she can while the One D boys are in the UK. According to a source that spoke to The Sun, 'Niall has been secretly seeing Zoe for a couple of months after he met her backstage. She's a Dubliner but is based in London to work on her modelling career. Zoe's traveled all over the UK to meet up with Niall on the band's tour. But the biggest sign he's really serious about her is that he introduced her to his whole family at his brother's wedding.'
Yes ladies, she was at the wedding. That went completely under our noses so it did. At least she's looking the part.
Apparently Zoe is the first girl Niall's brought home to the fam, so she's kind of a big deal. 'Zoe's the first girlfriend Niall has brought back to his hometown of Mullingar since making it big, so it was a big deal and the talk of his family at the wedding. Niall's protective of her as she's shy, but his family all really took a shine to Zoe.'
Of course, fans of Niall went apeshit on Twitter over the news that their precious Mullingar boy was no longer single. 'Who is Zoe Whelan and what does she have to do with Niall *loads shotgun*' was one choice tweet. Delightful.
