Caroline Flack has been lambasted in an article featured in a US One Direction fan magazine.

An article entitled 'Go Away!' - which was published in Girls' Guide to One Direction - revolves around a cut-out voodoo doll style photo of Flack, who used to date One Direction's Harry Styles.

The piece, which was made public in May but has been causing a storm online and in the media today (August 15), features numerous attacks at Xtra Factor host Flack, including calling her a "goat" and suggesting she has wrinkles and grey hair.

It says that Flack comes with "zero engagement ring because nobody wants her" and that she has crow's feet due to her "old age" of 32.

It adds that Flack, who dated 18-year-old Styles for a number of months after the singer left the X Factor in late 2011, should "date boys your age, not your shoe size".