Although he's been single for quite a while, rumor has it that blonde Irish heartthrob Niall Horan of British boyband One Direction has been rekindling a former flame, and you may be surprised to learn who it is.
One Direction has been on their "Take Me Home Tour" since February, and plan to wrap things up in October. Though being on the road for so long has certainly been a lot to handle, the boys have kept sane by staying in close contact with their families, friends and girlfriends, of course.
Most recently, Horan made headlines for allegedly getting back together with his ex-girlfriend, 18-year-old model Zoe Whelan, whom he first broke up with back in July. According to HollywoodLife, Horan has been keeping their relationship a secret for months, and it's not hard to see why: rabid 1D fans are known to send death threats to any of the band's girlfriends, including Zayn Malik's fiancee, Perrie Edwards.
"Some people are just so cruel," Edwards has tweeted along with examples of the hate messages she often receives, some fans even going so far as to call her "Satan." Is this part of why Horan decided to keep his relationship with Whelan on the down-low until now?
"Niall wants everything kept completely under the radar, as he feels they simply won't survive if they're being watched," an insider recently told Heat World magazine. "But the truth is, he's mad about her and when he's in Ireland they're spending almost every second together. Over the past three months she's flown out on four different occasions to meet him over in London and be close to him. Although they would prefer to keep the relationship quiet, they actually get to hook up together a lot more than you'd think and Zoe is a regular face backstage at their gigs."
As for his fellow bandmates, Malik, Harry Styles, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson have reportedly all been very supportive of Horan hooking up once more with Whelan.
"All the other lads in the band are aware of how much he likes her and even though things have been on and off at times, he's always felt she was the only girl he wanted a proper relationship with," the source said.
