LONDON – Monday night was a hectic one for Zayn Malik fans.
Not only was there his bizarre spat with Calvin Harris to worry about, but there was also the following, highly controversial tweet about his plans for the evening.
Meth and red man tonight pic.twitter.com/77SVBlL5pX— zayn (@zaynmalik) August 17, 2015
People on Twitter were quick to express their confusion.
@zaynmalik meth??— icky nicky (@louxirious) August 17, 2015
@zaynmalik Are you doing meth? what— VII.XXVI.MMXV (@cassysanchez_) August 17, 2015
Some found it funny...
HAHA OMG! Guys did Zayn really just tweet that he's doing meth tonight https://t.co/BYdN2QHcyJ— Directioner (@SarahHampp) August 17, 2015
...but mostly people were shocked and concerned.
@zaynmalik please tell me you're not actually doing meth Zayn omg— Emma Glasgow (@emmagee111) August 17, 2015
@zaynmalik cmon Zayn. You know how bad meth is for your health, don't do this — Drag Me Down! (@PigeonPayne) August 17, 2015
@zaynmalik don't do meth it makes your teeth fall out don't do it zayn!— jess || 14 (@jessveeeee) August 17, 2015
Things quickly escalated.
@zaynmalik meth ? Zayn please don't do meth PLEASE— I'llLoveYou4everZayn (@1d_randomz) August 17, 2015
@zaynmalik ZAYN DON'T DO METH— 6 DAYS!!!♡ (@sugarRoyalty) August 17, 2015
ZAYN MALIK WTF DONT DO METH! METH IS BAD FOR YOU OMG YOURe GOING TO DIE YOUNG PLEASE DONT DO DRUGS. JUST WEED https://t.co/u9DhPGCL2o— very sad nyrelle )-: (@joeygattotvaf) August 17, 2015
Eventually, some other fans decided to step in and put the record straight.
@zaynmalik dONT DO METH— ash!!|6!! (@jacobspajammies) August 17, 2015
@jacobspajammies @zaynmalik ITS A MUSICIAN LMAO— kyla// I SAW THEM (@unusualwt) August 17, 2015
@unusualwt @zaynmalik nO SILLY ITS THE DRUG!— ash!!|6!! (@jacobspajammies) August 17, 2015
@jacobspajammies @zaynmalik noooooo meth and red man were musicians— kyla// I SAW THEM (@unusualwt) August 17, 2015
People are tweeting Zayn saying "don't do meth" because of his last tweet. LMAO! He means the rapper, Method Man, folks. Calm down. — Althea (@MsThea15) August 17, 2015
since so many of yall think zayn is doing meth.... meth is short for method man pic.twitter.com/8rwGx5YDeA— THANK YOU ZAYN (@solozjm) August 17, 2015
Twitter: causing widespread confusion since 2006.