One Direction star Liam Payne has hit back at suggestions he is “homophobic”.

He went on Twitter after being criticised for comments he is believed to have made during a recent One Direction concert.

Liam tweeted:

According to American gossip site JustJared, Liam’s comments before performing the song Girl Almighty were what upset fans.

The website quoted him as introducing the song as his favourite off the band’s last album, adding: “It is about trying to find that number one woman of your life, which none of you can relate to, ’cause most of you are girls. Except for the boys in here, you know what I’m talking about.”

Liam posted a series of tweets hitting back, asking fans if they’d “ever said something in the wrong way I’m sure every person here has lol”.

He apologised to anyone he had offended, and ended his long string of messages saying: