Zayn Malik and Perrie Edwards were pop’s dream couple, meeting on The X Factor in 2010 and getting engaged in 2013.
But just when it appeared nothing could break them, it emerged last week that Zayn, 22, and Perrie’s four-year romance was over. Reports rapidly surfaced that Zayn had dumped the furious popstar via text two weeks previously and that they are battling over ownership of the £3m home they recently bought.
Insiders say Perrie’s dream of having a baby had panicked Zayn and he made a snap decision to leave.
A source says: “Perrie is devastated; they were planning a baby just days before he told her it was over, and were even talking about which room they’d decorate as a nursery in their new home. Zayn seemed as excited about it as she was. But then it seems he suddenly panicked that marriage and babies weren’t for him at this stage in his life and he realised the enormity of it all. It was like a switch had been flicked in his head.”
Read the full story in this week’s Closer – out now