Liam Payne slams accusations of homophobia at 1D gig

Liam Payne has rubbished claims that he is homophobic regarding comments he made during One Direction’s most recent gig.

The 21-year-old took to Twitter to blast the “ridiculous” accusations, which came after he made a seemingly offhand comment during the group’s concert in Columbus, Ohio, last night (August 18).

According to JustJared, while introducing the band’s song Girl Almighty on stage, Payne said: “This is my favourite song off the last album, and it is about trying to find that number one woman of your life… which none of you can relate to, because most of you are girls.

“Except for the boys in here, you know what I’m talking about.”

After some fans construed the comments as homophobic, Liam took to Twitter to call the claims “ridiculous” and “insane” – though he did apologise for any offence he may have unintentionally caused.

lol think some people take things to literal these days not gunna comment on it anymore you guys know what I meant it was meant in general

— Liam (@LiamPayne) August 19, 2015

I am in no way shape or form homophobic that's a ridicules thing to say and I'm not here to offend people so take it as you will

— Liam (@LiamPayne) August 19, 2015

So annoying trying your hardest to make people happy in a show and you think about all the notes u tried to hit higher or a little sweeter

— Liam (@LiamPayne) August 19, 2015

And all some people want to concentrate on was a throw away statement about a song that I love

— Liam (@LiamPayne) August 19, 2015

Crap end to a good day

— Liam (@LiamPayne) August 19, 2015

Lol this is so insane the more I read I'm like wtf have u ever said something in the wrong way I'm sure every person here has lol

— Liam (@LiamPayne) August 19, 2015

I'm sorry to those I offended really I am but there's no need for some of the things I'm being called

— Liam (@LiamPayne) August 19, 2015

I'm just here to make people smile I kinda consider it my job role

— Liam (@LiamPayne) August 19, 2015

Fans have rallied to defend Liam since he posted the tweets, reassuring him that they understood he wasn’t trying to cause offence and starting the hashtag #WeLoveYouLiam, which currently remains the top trending hashtag worldwide.

https://twitter.com/hannahmurph14/status/633917500984422400

LIAM IS JUDGED FOR ONE TINY COMMENT THAT HE DIDNT EVEN MEAN AND NOW THE WHOLE WORLD IS ATTACKING HIM
GIVE THIS BOY A BREAK#WeLoveYouLiam

— 🤡 (@abitofnxrry) August 19, 2015

https://twitter.com/MonetPalomino70/status/633908153529163780

#WeLoveYouLiam
Isn't it sad that Liam apologised 8 times for something he clearly didn't need to apologise for?
He did nothing wrong!

— Nele. (@mxsicobsessed) August 19, 2015

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