One Direction star Liam Payne says he is protective about his girlfriend Sophia Smith and tries to defend her from online abuses.
The 20-year-old singer says he is worried Smith will be offended if she reads any hurtful comments written about her on social networking sites, reported Contactmusic.
"I do it lots because I worry she might read it ... In the end she's just a girl like u sat reading Twitter on her phone. She doesn't deserve to sit and read all that - who does?" he said.
The star previously defended his band's followers on the social networking site.
Besides Payne, the Irish-English boy band consists of Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson.
