1D crops Zayn in 'throwback' Twitter pic

The feud between One Direction and Zayn Malik is clearly out in the open, as the boy band recently shared their throwback picture on Twitter, where they cropped their former member Malik.

In a recent statement, the band members said that they were really sad over Malik' s exit but have respected his decision and wished him all the best for future, and added "The past five years have been beyond amazing, we've gone through so much together, so we will always be friends", E!Online reports.

The British band tweeted the picture in which the 'Steal My Girl' singer was cropped out and invited quick reactions from directioners.

One fan tweeted, "@onedirection you can crop Zayn out of a picture but you can't crop him out of our memories and more than 4 years of being in the band...."

Malik, 25, had left the band group in March 2015 and said that he quit it because he wanted to be a normal guy who wanted some private space.