Sasha, I'm very disappointed in Harry's behavior towards Zayn. I can understand if he is upset, but Harry doesn't have to be such a jerk about it. He could do what the other guys are doing 1) Liam being supportive 2) Louis staying diplomatic 3) Niall being silent. I don't understand why Harry acts like Zayn was never in the band and like Zayn didn't walk through hell with them for 5 yrs. Harry's attitude is really turning me off of him tbh. And I hate that ppl praise his pettiness.
I think you’re a bit confused nonnie, tbh. Harry doesn’t need to act like Liam, Louis or Niall because he isn’t Liam, Louis or Niall. And his behavior doesn’t need to conform to a certain standard because it pulls people out of their comfort zone.
The problem isn’t that he’s being a jerk. The problem is that this fandom has bought into the fantasy of who Harry Styles is: innocent cupcake who loves everybody. Sweet baby who never gets angry. Nope. He’s not two dimensional. He’s complex. He’s spent 5 years in the pressure cooker of show business. He is one salty bitch right about now and that’s ok. Personally, I say let it out Harry. If I were in his shoes, I’d have permanent stank face come promo time.
Yeah, I think Harry is a very nice guy, but he also has a little…
I don’t think his attitude is directed towards Zayn at all. It’s directed towards the situation. He’s over it. Truth be told, it seems totally in keeping with his personality to be over it. Even though he comes across as very mellow, the wheels are always turning. He’s often in lowkey rebellion mode.
This is the dude that I’m pretty sure brought us Dusty Styles and Ted Tomlinson because he wanted to publicly declare his love for Louis:
Remember when Harry responded to all the fandom chatter about him and Louis breaking up Fall 2013 with several “Still The One” references:
And don’t forget his lyrical twitter warnings. This one was a heartbreaker tweeted just before Eleanor showed up on tour again:
He’s also most assuredly one of the masterminds behind Rainbow Bondage Bear:
Which means he isn’t pleased with the potato stunt as in replace-Zayn-with-a-potato.
So consider when he says stuff like this…
…that he’s being shady. Consider that no paperwork has been done that we as a fandom can verify as far as Zayn leaving. He’s still a Director of 1D’s companies.
And when he reacts like this…
…that’s it’s all he can do not to call bullshit in the middle of an interview.
Or when he “plays dumb” like this…
…he’s really saying I wish I wasn’t about to be forced to lie about someone I actually care about.
I know it’s easy in this fandom to buy into pitting one member of 1D against the other. But look at the guys themselves. They’re doing their best to not give that impression despite that being the exact impression their team wants you to get. Why do you think Harry mentioned the “tension in the room” during the Ellen interview? Why is their team putting them in this awkward situation? Why not blacklist Zayn the way they clearly have with the disaster that is babygate?
Trust, if they wanted to openly diss Zayn they could and the fandom as well as the media would eat it up. Instead, salty fans and the tabloid press are doing their best to put the most negative spin on pretty much nothing. Think about why that is. And think about who Harry has shown you he really is.