Both Tulisa and 20-year-old Niall were attending The Saturdays’ Rochelle Humes 25th birthday party and the pop pals made sure they adhered to the Disney theme.
By coincidence, Tulisa arrived at the shin-dig dressed as Cinderella and 1D buddy Niall came dressed as her Prince Charming.
Tulisa shared a snap of the two, posing Disney style, with the caption: 'As If my little muffin turned up as Prince Charming looooool #bruddafromanothermother.’
Pretty soon, Niall’s ‘loyal’ fans began to target 25-year-old Tulisa in a brutal Twitter hate campaign.
One fan wrote ‘f*** yourself Tulisa’ whilst another wrote: ‘Who the f*** is Tulisa.’
Another took it even further, typing: ‘I’m digging her grave.’
Not one to take the abuse lying down, Tulisa fought back at the angry Directioners.The pop star tweeted: ‘Listen crazy b****** Niall is my home boy from day, won't take abuse off u [sic] nutta's so pip the f*** down kids #wejustfriends.’
One Directioner stood up for the former X Factor judge, writing: ‘I don't get why people are hating on tulisa? I personally praise her and niall's friendship (sic).'