One Direction’s Louis angrily insists that he’s not gay

One Direction’s Louis Tomlinson has hit out at a journalist, who he thought was speculating about his sexuality.

On Monday (November 10), The Independent ran a story claiming that Tomlinson had supported Apple’s gay CEO, Tim Cook, by wearing a T-shirt featuring the rainbow version of the company’s logo.

However, the singer apparently felt that reporter Jenn Selby was suggesting in the article that he is gay, prompting a series of angry messages on Twitter last night.

The 22-year-old wrote that it is “fucking ridiculous” that he has to address his sexuality, but insisted that he is straight. Read his posts below:

@JennSelby The fact that you work for such a ‘credible’ paper and you would talk such rubbish is laughable. I am in fact straight.

— Louis Tomlinson (@Louis_Tomlinson) November 10, 2014

@JennSelby Google ‘original apple logo’ and you will see the one printed on my shirt that you reported on. Trying to look for a promotion ?

— Louis Tomlinson (@Louis_Tomlinson) November 10, 2014

@JennSelby Google ‘original apple logo’ and you will see the one printed on my shirt that you reported on. Trying to look for a promotion ?

— Louis Tomlinson (@Louis_Tomlinson) November 10, 2014

Selby responded to the singer’s messages, pointing out that at no point did she speculate about his sexuality, and that she was merely applauding his apparent support of Cook. Read what she had to say below:

Hi @Louis_Tomlinson thank you for your tweet. I’m sorry you found our article in any way insulting…

— Jenn Selby (@JennSelby) November 11, 2014

… @Louis_Tomlinson At no point did we insinuate anything about your sexuality or mention your relationship, and nor would we…

— Jenn Selby (@JennSelby) November 11, 2014

… @Louis_Tomlinson We were merely speculating as to whether you’d shown your support to a brave man facing some persecution…

— Jenn Selby (@JennSelby) November 11, 2014

… @Louis_Tomlinson For his decision to come out in public recently. I’d like to remind my readers…

— Jenn Selby (@JennSelby) November 11, 2014

… @Louis_Tomlinson That being called ‘gay’ should never be insulting & that standing up for #LGBT rights is an admirable thing to do…

— Jenn Selby (@JennSelby) November 11, 2014

Last week, Tomlinson’s bandmate Harry Styles fuelled speculation that he could be bisexual by saying that the gender of a potential partner doesn’t matter to him – read more here.

Cook – who replaced the late Steve Jobs as Apple’s CEO – recently said that he is “proud” to be gay – read the full story here.