One Direction stars filmed smoking 'joint'

Zayn Malik in the leaked video. Photo/YouTube.

Video has emerged showing members of boy band One Direction laughing and joking about marijuana as they apparently share a joint during the Latin America leg of their 2014 stadium tour.

In the footage, band member Louis Tomlinson, 22, narrates from behind the camera, announcing: "So here we are, leaving Peru. Joint lit. Happy days!"

'What do you think about that kind of content?' he asks bandmate Zayn Malik, 21, who is alongside him in the SUV travelling to Peru's Estadio Nacional in Lima where One Direction performed to a 40,000 capacity crowd on April 27 as part of their Where We Are tour.

"Very controversial,'" Malik responds.

According to Peruvian law, possession of marijuana is not punishable if used for personal and immediate consumption in quantities not exceeding eight grams.

But the video is likely to shock the parents of their many millions of young fans.

It could also damage the plans of Simon Cowell to build on their huge American success and grow the band to superstar status - with the two members caught on film now facing the possibility of being barred from entering the States, where they are due to tour later in the year.

During the 15-minute journey Louis and Zayn joke with each other and the three members of their team travelling with them.

Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Niall Horan, all 20, are not in the car.

A spokesman for One Direction told MailOnline: "The matter is now in the hands of our lawyers."

Driving into the sunlight from an underground parking lot, Tomlinson says, "I want to light up," and a member of the team hands him a lighter and the flicker of a roll up being lit is caught on camera.

The sight of a police officer on a motorbike escorting them, is met with great excitement.

Tomlinson notes: "That's the police. That's the po po. One-nil".

Malik also talks admiringly about a Kid Rock book he has recently seen in which the star is pictured: "Smoking a J and sticking up his middle finger".

- Daily Mail