Ex One Direction member Louis Tomlinson has quit social media due to hurtful comments. The singer made the announcement on Tuesday on his X account as he admitted that the ongoing negative speculation about his personal life had become too much to deal with and had an impact on him.
“The last few months have made it impossible to be on here. All the conspiracy chat about my relationship, my son or even stretching sometimes to opinions on my Mum. It’s just too much and too hurtful for me to see!” the Doncaster singer wrote on X, formerly Twitter. The star, who shares a nine-year-old son with Briana Jungwirth, has been facing a lot of conspiracies in recent weeks since he began dating British reality TV star Zara McDermott.
Louis has experienced a great deal of personal loss since he found fame with One Direction in 2010. His mother Johannah Deakin died of leukaemia in 2016 and just three years later, his younger sister Félicité Tomlinson passed away following an accidental overdose. In October last year, Louis’ bandmate Liam Payne died after falling from a hotel balcony. Now, Louis has taken to social media to call out ‘hurtful’ comments from people online, which is forcing him off social media platform X. As Louis wrapped up his emotional message, he took time to pay tribute to the loyal supporters who have always shown him kindness. He signed off by writing, “Thank you to everyone who always has my back!”
Ever since One Direction was formed, 15 years ago now, the singer has been put under speculation and conspiracy has some fans were convinced him and fellow band member Harry Styles were secretly in a relationship, despite both men denying the rumours multiple times. The extreme fanbase even went so far as to wrongly suggest Louis’ son Freddie Reign Tomlinson, who he welcomed with Briana Jungworth in 2016 and keeps out of the public eye, was actually a doll planted as an elaborate cover up for their relationship. The rumours were called “sick and morally wrong” by Brianna, Freddie’s mother.
While the singer keeps chat about his son to a minimum, he confessed in 2020 to Fabulous Magazine that having Freddie at 24 had been “unexpected” and forced him to “grow up very quickly.”
“It was another one of them moments — being faced with the reality of a situation and having to step up. It was a very maturing time in my life. And, again, I’ve kind of got between two head spaces. I’m the responsible dad and brother some days and other days I’m still the reckless idiot chav I used to be. I’m still trying to work out a happy medium.”
Louis recenlty took part in UNICEF’s football game at the Old Trafford Stadium, a charity football game to help raise funds supporting children. Since 2006, Soccer Aid for UNICEF brings together various soccer icons, celebrities, musicians, athletes, and more to compete in the annual charity soccer game with the goal to “help children grow up safe, healthy, and able to play.”
His now deceased ex band member Liam Payne is set to grace our Netflix screens soon as one of his last projects Building The Band will be releasing episodes from July 9 onward.
