YouTube star Jake Paul tries to start online feud with Zayn Malik, gets shut down by Gigi Hadid
YouTube star claimed the pop singer had been ‘rude’ to him at the Fury v Wilder match in Las Vegas
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Your support makes all the difference.Jake Paul attempted to engage Zayn Malik in an online feud, after the singer allegedly told him to “f*** off” as they attended the Tyson Fury v Deontay Wilder match in Las Vegas.
The YouTube star, 23, tweeted a string of grievances against the former One Direction member, claiming Malik was “rude to him”.
“Almost had to clap up Zane [sic] from 1 direction because he is a little guy and has an attitude and basically told me to f*** off for no reason when I was being nice to him,” Paul tweeted.
He added: “Zane ik you’re reading this… stop being angry cause you came home alone to ur big a** hotel room hahaha.”
“Bro he literally started yelling and freaking the f*** out,” he claimed, alleging that Malik had shouted “you wanna test me mate?” at him.
“Lol I feel bad for childhood stars,” he wrote.
Malik has yet to respond, but his girlfriend, model Gigi Hadid, tweeted: “Lol cause he doesn’t care to hang w you and your embarrassing crew of YouTube groupies…?
“’Home alone’ with his best friends like a respectful king cause he has me, sweetie. Unbothered by your irrelevant ugly a**. Go to bed…”
At the time of writing, Hadid’s response had received more than 50,000 likes.
Malik released his latest album, Icarus Falls, was released in 2018 to positive reviews.
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