Zayn Malik & Louis Tomlinson Head Back to Social Media Following Twitter Exchange

5/7/2015 by Jocelyn Vena

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Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson perform at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, VA, on Thursday, May 24, 2012, as part of their Up All Night Tour.

Zayn Malik and and his former One Direction bandmate Louis Tomlinson have returned to social media, following their very public twitter spat on Wednesday (May 6).

Tomlinson posted a thank you to fans on May 7, one day after he exchanged a series of heated tweets with his former 1D bandmate, as well as producer Naughty Boy.

Our fans support really has been a different class ! Huge love to you guys !!

-- Louis Tomlinson (@Louis_Tomlinson) May 7, 2015

Malik also tweeted on Thursday, with a message of his own in the wake of the very public back and forth.

Don't know why I'm being attacked for defending myself , people got it twisted! I love my fans ?! Every single one of you x

-- zaynmalik (@zaynmalik) May 7, 2015