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One Direction is not splitting up any time soon


UPDATED FEBRUARY 27, 2019 12:00 PM EST

One Direction have denied that they have split for good. Despite reports that thegroup will not be reuniting as a band after their planned hiatus, arepresentative for the four-some tells HELLO! that these claims are: “Fabricationand speculation,” and that the boys “have already addressed this many, manytimes.”

Thereports began after it was revealed that the band, consisting of Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson, have not renewed theircontracts.

One Direction have denied that they are splitting Photo: Getty Images

This isn’t the first time that the boy band have had to reassure fans that they will return after their planned hiatus. InNovember, Harry set the record straight when he spoke to Entertainment Weekly about their break. He shared: “I think it’s important for us to take the break and have itas a break. Obviously it would be naïve of us to think that people aren’t goingto read into that in a ton of different ways, but we’re just going to take a littlebreak next year.”

Niallalso took to his Twitter to deny the claims, “Ok so lots of rumours goingaround. We are not splitting up, but we will be taking a well-earned break atsome point next year. Don’t worry though, we still have lots we want toachieve!”

Zayn has spoken out about his former band mates Photo: Getty Images

Aswell as dealing with rumors that they are splitting up, the remaining fourmembers of the band also had to deal with former band mate Zayn Malik speaking outabout his strained relationship with his former colleagues.

Speaking to L'uomo magazine the 23-year-old said: “I did try to reach out to a couple of peopleand they didn’t get back to me, but then publicly, when they were askedquestions about it, said that they’d spoken to me and that we were friends. But that’s not the case, I tried to reach outand be their friend but they haven’t even replied to any of my calls or texts.”