#donny lads

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This Doncaster interaction warms my heart.

Rolling Stone UK Awards, 23 November 2023

[daisiesonafield-blog]

Dear Daisie, I’ve watched AOTV and really liked it but now I read about that one friend of Louis who even got to speak in the movie and I am speechless and a bit shocked. How can that be a friend of our Louis? Any thoughts?

https://twitter.com/kabir_nizam?s=21&t=j0oMmEOJbP5dXK-SPSNEmw

Hi dear,

I got a lot of questions about this, so I'll answer it once.

I'll be honest, I struggle to understand too, and I was surprised to see him in the documentary. I think this stuff about Nizam has come up before too, and I've heard some extremely shitty things about him, and how he acted in his friendship with Louis at one point in time. But we also don't know the intricacies of their relationship.

I think a lot of people have a hard time completely cutting off friends who they grew up with, because they were a very big part of your life. I know nowadays, especially online, we're all ready to condemn and cut off people. But it's harder to do so in real life, and with people who we were close with during important times of our lives. I think this could be the case with Nizam and Louis.

I know someone who has a similar situation, of having a friend who they grew up, and were very close to for years and years. Knew them since they were kids. As this person grew up, and got more educated, they started to notice their friend's harmful views and racism, and didn't consider them such close friends anymore. But they also chose to not cut them off entirely, and may still follow each other on social media or see each other when they're back in their hometowns.

The context is also important. Nizam was included in a segment talking about Louis' struggle, trauma and grief losing his mom, and shortly after losing his sister. It was a very dark and difficult time in Louis' life, and he relied a lot on his childhood friends at that time. One of which was Nizam - so he included him to talk about that topic because he saw Louis go through it behind the scenes.

Beyond any of that, it's very clear that Louis is an extremely loving, kind and understanding person, who is emotionally intelligent and who can navigate tough relationships. He is sure of himself, who he is, and his personal values. As such, I think he's someone who would choose to give a friend he grew up with more grace and understanding. Nizam's views aren't Louis' views. That's not the issue here. Whatever sort of relationship they have, is obviously layered because they've been friends since they were kids. And regardless of what Nizam believes, he was still in Louis' life at important times, and Louis holds value in that, and may have chosen to not cut him off.

Also, I need to emphasize, we DO NOT KNOW Louis' relationship to him, or how close they currently are. And judging Louis' character on another person's views is not fair to Louis either. Within the context that Nizam was in the movie, he only spoke about Louis' loss. That's the extent of his involvement in the doc. He was there during that time, so I think that's why Louis could have included him.

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Donny lads back at it again !

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Yungblud vibing to Louis singing Out of My System, Rolling Stone UK Awards, 23 November 2023

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Yungblud talking about Louis at the Rolling Stone UK Awards, 23 November 2023

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Eavesdropping on them would be useless

[daisiesonafield-blog]

Saw your answer about who people were. Can you talk about The Olis or is it just one Oli? And are they friends with a Calvin? Thanks!

Hi dear,

Yeah, there’s technically more than one Oli.

There’s Oli Wright, Louis’ friend from Donny. And I’m pretty sure he’s also Louis’ PA or was at some point:

There’s Olly Murs, fellow Xfactor contestant from 2009 (he came 2nd) who is friends with 1D:

There’s Oli Sykes, who is in the band Bring Me the Horizon. Harry and Louis’ friends attended their show in 2018:

Oli Wright is friends with Calvin as far as I can tell, since they’re both part of Louis’ friend group:

You can see them both in the Miss You mv and the mv bts:

Don’t know who the other guys in the mv are. Also, Louis gifted the shoes his friends are wearing in the mv!

I think this is all the Olis? Let me know if there are more that I forgot haha

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[daisiesonafield-blog]

Do you think oli and those guys is bad influence for louis he should hang out with more the same people as harry do you think they share some friends we dont see

Hi anon,

No, I think it’s incredible that Louis has such loyal friends that have been this close to him for most of his life and who have been there before fame and stayed true to him afterwards. 

Oli has been Louis’ friend for well over 12 years, he has supported Louis, has been there through his stunts and has worked as his personal assistant.

Going to parties, clubs and bars isn’t something that’s bad. It’s called being an adult. And I’m glad Louis had his close friends with him when he had to do that during stunts. Would’ve been so much worse if he had to be alone or had some fake Hollywood friends surrounding him at all times. 

Having close friends with you while you have to do a shitty PR stunt is good, because you’ve got someone who loves you right there to support you.

I think both Harry and Louis have many close friends who we don’t see or don’t see often, who they know they can trust and who have been in their lives for years.

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