[UPDATED] Zayn Malik, Perrie Edwards Split, End Engagement

Let's all go listen to Little Mix's hit "Black Magic" right now and cry.

21 March, 2018
[UPDATED] Zayn Malik, Perrie Edwards Split, End Engagement

​Stone cold fox — emphasis here on the "stone cold" part — Zayn Malik has called off his engagement to Perrie Edwards, People magazine reports. Perrie is said to be "devastated" by his decision, obviously, with People adding that Zayn "contacted her" two weeks back with the news, and maybe it's just me but that phrasing sounds like it wasn't even a conversation that happened in person. Which, ouch. 

Zayn and Perrie had been engaged for nearly two years, having met during filming British reality show The X Factor (on which Perrie's girl band, Little Mix, competed a year after Zayn's then-band One Direction.) Perhaps not coincidentally, British tabloids only this morning noticed that recent Instagram photos Perrie has shared (and since deleted) don't feature her engagement ring, though she's previously scoffed off the speculation surrounding the subject.

Update 8/4, 1:15 p.m.: It's all over. Zayn's camp tells Us Weekly that he and Perrie have split up entirely. "He just wanted to move on and start over in all ways," and this apparently meant that breaking the collective hearts of all One Direction's fans just wasn't enough.

Update 8/4, 11:50 p.m.:​ ​E! Online has the first interview with Perrie since the split was announced. Perrie and her bandmates from Little Mix did an interview and of course the breakup was addressed. 

"I'm good, thank you,"​ Perrie said before her bandmates pointed out they weren't there to talk about and suggested the conversation move on to something else. Watch Perrie's response below:

Update 8/7: Perrie has deleted all photos of Zayn from her Instagram page, and ~unfollowed~ him. The lede image above is a screen capture saved from one of the now-gone selfies.

This post will be updated with further confirmation as it happens, because it's ~all happening~ right now.

Credit: Cosmopolitan
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