Don't worry — the One Direction alum later apologized. Some Wattpad writers have just been vindicated: it turns out that Little Mix alum Jade Thirlwall once had a short-lived romance with One Direction's Harry Styles.

While talking about her career beginnings on Simon Cowell's talent competition show, Thirlwall shared that she and Styles met - and hit it off - when both of them were auditionees

I was so young, it didn’t really matter but he was always very, very lovely,” the singer told podcast host Louis Theroux