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Louis Tomlinson's mother rushes to his defense after he is snapped 'giving the finger'

One Direction's Louis Tomlinson came under fire from fans recently after sticking his middle finger up during a visit to Montreal in Canada.

The heartthrob was in the city last week on the band's 'Take Me Home' tour and was photographed making the offensive gesture from a car window, but his mother Johannah took to her official Twitter page over the weekend to reassure his followers that it wasn't aimed at them and came about after men were yelling obscene remarks at his girlfriend, Eleanor Calder:

"I text him this am asking what had happened. His reply: It was not at fans but at men shouting degrading comments ;( xx."

One of Tomlinson's fans then sent a message to her that read, "the are news reports & fan speculation that it was aimed his fans", to which she quickly replied: "No it really wasn't! I don't condone giving 'the birdie' but it must be so hard when folk are so rude to you! X"

 

 

 

 

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