It's the latest heartbreak to hit the band - long-term couple Louis and Elenor privately split two weeks ago
Louis Tomlinson has been spotted passionately kissing a girl during an
all night bender in Thailand after splitting from his long-term
girlfriend.
It is the second love-rift to explode within the band - after engaged
Zayn Malik sensationally quit the 1D tour following a snap of him and a
mystery blond went viral.
1D hunk Louis, 23, snogged the girl at a five-star hotel in Bangkok
after a night of partying with Zayn, who has since fled the country for
the UK to begin crisis talks with fiance Perrie Edwards.
Wearing just his boxers, tattooed Louis can be seen embracing the mystery girl as pal Zayn lounges nearby.
An onlooker told The Sun On Sunday: "They were snogging passionately. I
thought it was Eleanor until she turned around. It looks like he got
carried away partying."
The eye-witness, who was staying at the hotel, said the mystery girl,
who was wearing a frilly string black bikini, was laughing and joking
with Louis and Zayn, who were being watched over by their bodyguards.
"We woke up at 6.30am when we heard music and voices by the pool. After
looking out of the window in our room we noticed it was Louis and Zayn.
We couldn't believe it," the source added.
Louis' intense kiss with the mystery girl comes as a 1D spokesman revealed he has split from long-term love Eleanor.
A spokesman for the star said: "Louis and Eleanor split up two weeks
ago. They have not announced this as they wanted some privacy during
this time."
The pair had been dating for four years after being introduced by
bandmate Harry Styles who knew the stunning brunette before he was
famous.
Known as having the strongest relationship in the group, Eleanor and
Louis often publicly speak about their love for one another.
University student Eleanor was maid of honour at Louis' mother Johannah
Poulston's wedding in July last year and the couple were last seen
together the day before Valentine's Day last year.
It is thought the pressure of touring got between the pair.
A source told The Sun On Sunday: "It's been as good as over for a couple
of weeks now, but they hadn't formally put an end to it. The stress of
touring and the life-style that it brings had finally taken its toll."
The news comes as Lauren Richardson, the girl in THAT Zayn holiday snap
told a fellow tourist how she was given a tour of the posh property
before joining Zayn and bandmate Louis for a raunchy pool party.
She was one of at least three girls who joined the lads at the rented villa in the hills in Phuket.
Lauren said Zayn called her over from a crowd at the Seduction nightclub. They posed for a now-infamous picture which sparked rumours Zayn was cheating on his fiancee.
Others girls invited back to the house were said to include an American tourist who appeared smitten with Louis, 23.
The group partied into the early hours before Lauren took a taxi back to
the Patong Backpacker Hostel where she bragged to fellow holidaymaker
Sean Dolan about her night.
Sean told the Sunday Mirror: “She said Zayn was a lovely guy, and she’d
been back to where they were staying – which was apparently incredible.
“She said each of them had a suite to themselves, and she was allowed to take a look around and even messed around in the pool.
"At the villa they had a few drinks and threw a bit of a party. Lauren got a taxi back in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
“It was the talk of the hostel and she was pretty chatty about everything.
“She said she had given Zayn her number but didn’t expect to hear from
him again and had enjoyed hanging out together – it sounds like she just
had a great time.”Zayn
– engaged to Little Mix star Perrie Edwards, 21 – hit out after photos
of the pair circulated online, showing him with his arms around her and
apparently holding hands.
Slamming suggestions he had cheated with tattooed Lauren, he tweeted: “I’m 22 years old. I love a girl named Perrie Edwards. And there’s a lot of jealous f**** in this world I’m sorry for what it looks like x.”
Zayn dropped out of the final three Asian dates of 1D’s On The Road
Again tour this week to fly home for crisis talks with Perrie. He was
seen meeting her on Friday at their north London home, before she left
alone.
A spokesman for the band confirmed: “Zayn has been signed off with
stress and is flying back to the UK to recuperate. The band wish him
well and will continue with their performances in Manila and Jakarta.”
Meanwhile sources close to 1D claim there have been ongoing divisions
between members, with Zayn understood to have had several fall-outs with
Harry Styles.
Bosses are desperate for Zayn to return to the tour in time for gigs in South Africa next week. But he has told friends he simply isn’t ready to perform and “needs a break”.
A source said: “Zayn has been unhappy for some time, and needs some
space to get back into it. It has caused real disagreements,
particularly between Zayn and Harry who’ve become very different people.
"The strain has been getting to everyone but they need to sort out their differences or the band will implode.”
Lauren was said to have flown back to the UK from Thailand but there was no sign of her at her family home in East London today.