Hitting fans, eh? He probably can't handle the surge of testosterone that comes with sprouting facial hair. Trust me, I know *strokes 'tache*
Let's start at the beginning. The boy band were mobbed by a hoard of paparazzi as they touched down at LAX on Tuesday night, resulting in a stampede during which a female fan claims she was hit in the face by Malik.
Gabrielle Meredith, who was waiting for a photo opportunity, got caught in the crossfire as the newly-engaged singer attempted to forge a way out of the crowd, and was painfully "high fived" in the face by Zayn as he tried to protect her from a cameraman.
She wrote on Twitter: "So I was walking next to Zayn and a pap hit me in the head with a camera and I said ow and Zayn was like 'day stawp' and flung his hand out.... and [Zayn] hit me and then the pap in the face and other paps said 'we got that on camera / I'm okay my hat cushioned the blow of the camera but Zayn hit my actual face (sic)."
The 18-year-old superfan's followers were quick to express their concern (which makes a nice change), but Gabrielle insisted she was fine and explained there had allegedly also been physical blows between the 20-year-old singer and the paparazzo.
She added: "Someone tried to hold Zayn back when he hit the pap but idk who :/ there were just so many people (sic)."
Meanwhile, Niall Horan had a total head on him after being trampled to the ground in the mob. Also taking to Twitter, he said: "Just got dragged to the floor by some idiot with a camera! Could have seen the fans as well, but they messed it all up!"
Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne appear to have escaped unscathed, and the band were quickly whisked away in black SUVs before the incident could escalate. Let's all breathe a sigh of relief.
