British pop star Liam Payne has launched into a defensive rant online after he was accused of homophobia for comments he made during a One Direction concert in the US earlier this week.
The singer was hit with a barrage of criticism after reportedly telling the audience at a show in Columbus, Ohio that one of the band's songs "is about trying to find that number one woman in your life, which none of you can relate to, because most of you are girls. Except for the boys in here, you know what I'm talking about."
Payne has now blasted the accusations in a lengthy message posted on Twitter.
"Think some people take things to literal these days not gunna comment on it anymore you guys know what I meant it was meant in general," he wrote.
