Niall Horan has recalled chatting up Rihanna at an MTV awards ceremony.

The singer said in One Direction's new book Who We Are that the quintet tried their luck with the 'Stay' superstar at the VMAs last year.

He said: "We were at the VMAs and Rihanna was sitting in front of us. 'Louis!' I said, 'Look, there's Rihanna!'. I was well impressed by that and we ended up chatting her up a bit."

The band meanwhile also opened up about the time Johnny Depp invited them to his house because he was unable to take his children to one of their concerts.

Louis Tomlinson wrote: "We'd heard [Johnny Depp's] kids were fans of the band, which was cool. Originally he was going to come down to a show with his family, but he had an injury of some kind and was on crutches, so he said, 'I can't make it. So why don't you come down to my house and meet the kids?'. We were like 'Er, OK. Let's all pile round Johnny Depp's house. Great!'. So we did, and that was a great experience."

One Direction's new book Who We Are is out now in the UK.

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