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Zayn Malik Drops Off One Direction Tour Due To 'Stress'
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"Zayn has been signed off with stress and is flying back to the UK to recuperate," the band's publicist, Simon Jones, said in a statement. "The band wish him well and will continue with their performances in Manila and Jakarta."
The news comes after tabloids showed pics of Malik with a girl that wasn't his fiancee. While Malik has denied any wrongdoing, it is possible the negative attention is weighing on him.
I'm 22 years old... I love a girl named Perrie Edwards. And there's a lot of jealous fucks in this world I'm sorry for what it looks like x
— zaynmalik1D (@zaynmalik) March 18, 2015
The U.K's Mirror reports that Malik hopes to rejoin the band on tour for their South Africa date on March 28; currently, none of the band members have given any individual statements on Twitter.