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"Liam Payne has defended his new girlfriend after she was targeted by One Direction fans. The singer confirmed earlier this week that he is dating Sophia Smith, who he went to school with in his hometown of Wolverhampton.  After she attended the premiere of the boyband&amp;#039;s new film This Is Us last night, she became the subject of abuse from angry fans and at one point was trending on Twitter. One fan tweeted: &amp;quot;F**K YOU SOPHIA SMITH!!! Hope that you and my Liam won&amp;#039;t be in a relationship for so long!!&amp;quot; Another wrote: &amp;quot;Forget about Sophia Smith then follow Me. If she&amp;#039;ll reject you on a 23rd time I will shave all her hair off.&amp;quot; Payne tweeted after spotting some of the comments: &amp;quot;Always sad to get on here to read horrible stuff about someone you care about.&amp;quot; He added: &amp;quot;There is that old saying tho if you ain&amp;#039;t got s**t nice to say then f**k you.&amp;quot; Meanwhile, One Direction&amp;#039;s Zayn Malik and Little Mix&amp;#039;s Perrie Edwards confirmed their engagement today. Watch One Direction discuss their movie This Is Us with Digital Spy below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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