One Direction singer Niall Horan has spoken out after a fan took a photo of him while he was asleep on a flight.

Horan – who is reportedly working on solo music while his boy band are on hiatus – tweeted a screenshot of a fan’s original online post.

The fan’s caption that accompanied the photo of him sleeping reads: “I sat directly next to Niall from One Direction for 9 hours on my flight home from London last night. He was sick and asked for no selfies, but here is a pic I snapped when he was sleeping lol he was so friendly!”


In response to the invasion of privacy, Horan tweeted: “I think this shit is unreal. I mean if you can’t sleep on a plane without people taking photos of you, what can [you] do.” See his tweet beneath.

I think this shit is unreal. I mean if you can't sleep on a plane without people taking photos of you,what can u do pic.twitter.com/3UvgLpHOcE — Niall Horan (@NiallOfficial) August 2, 2016

It was recently reported that Horan is working on solo material with Jake Gosling, the songwriter best known for his work with Ed Sheeran. Gosling also produced The Libertines’ comeback album ‘Anthems For Doomed Youth’ in 2015.

Meanwhile, Louis Walsh has said that he thinks Horan and Harry Styles will have the best post-One Direction careers.

