Zayn Malik's Producer Naughty Boy: Louis Tomlinson is 'Messing With a Sleeping Lion'

The One Direction feud between Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson continues.

The former member’s music producer Naughty Boy opened up about his beef with Louis and 1D fans in a new interview.

“Louis needs to shut his mouth. He is just a child. He’s messing with a sleeping lion and you shouldn’t have woken up a sleeping lion as you are only going to regret it,” he told The Sun (via Teen.com). “I don’t know Louis, so I can only base my judgement on what he says and he is acting like a 12-year-old. Louis should be supporting Zayn. I’ve been the one looking after Zayn since he left One Direction.”

He continued, “It’s not fair for the fandom to go for us because we haven’t done anything. I’m not prepared to be the brunt of everything as everyone needs to wait for the real story to come out and then they will realize.”

This is how Louis responded to the “sleeping lion” comment: