The 19-year-old Brit was at the centre of some rather unwanted attention, when American popstar Taylor, 23, directed her acceptance speech at him.
Collecting her Best Female Video award for I Knew You were Trouble, the songstress sniped:
‘I also want to thank the person that inspired this song, and he knows exactly who he is, because I got one of these!’
Harry’s band mates feigned confusion at first, with Louis Tomlinson joking:
‘We were a bit confused. We thought she was actually calling out Niall [Horan], so the whole thing's a bit confusing.’
However the Summer Love singer took the dig in good humour, telling reporters at the This Is Us New York premiere:
‘It's alright, she likes a joke. I like a joke as much as the next guy, so it's all good.’
Although the We are Never Getting Back Together star appeared to be mouthing ‘Shut the f*** up’ at One Direction during the awards ceremony, things defrosted soon after, and Taylor was pictured having a civilised drink with ex-boyfriend Styles and BFF (peace maker?)Ed Sheeran at the after party.
Harry admitted:
‘Yeah, I went for a drink with Ed [Sheeran, currently support act for Taylor on tour] and some friends. It was good.’
Could Taylor be changing her hit to We are Maybe Getting Back Together?