Perhaps there is no other boy band in recent history bigger than One Direction—so why then is Niall Horan rumored to be leaving behind massive success and mates Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik?
News of Horan breaking up the quintet and leaving his band mates in the lurch was spurred after several news outfits took to social media to speculate on the matter. Sugarscape, who has since taken down the page and Yahoo Celebrity UK both tweeted about the Niall leaving the group.
The hashtag #ReasonsNiallLeftOneDirection also became a worldwide trending topic on Twitter since the news broke out.
But a rep for the band confirmed that there is absolutely no truth to the rumors.
In fact, Sugarscape and Yahoo Celebrity UK were also quick to explain their controversial tweets.
"Just to confirm, Niall is NOT leaving One Direction. We were hacked, innit. #reasonsniallleftonedirection," Sugarscape said.
"Morning everyone. Just so you know, Niall Horan isn't in fact leaving 1D, our account was hacked last night. We repeat, Niall isn't leaving," Yahoo Celebrity news tweeted.