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Stephen Hawking Has a Message for Zayn Malik's One Direction Fans

Stephen Hawking took a break from speaking about his work as one of the world's leading scientists to answer an upset One Direction fan's question.
Image: Zayn Malik of One Direction
Singer Zayn Malik of One Direction performs onstage during the One Direction" Where We Are" Tour at Rose Bowl on September 11, 2014 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/OneD/Getty Images)Jeff Kravitz / One D via Getty Images
/ Source: NBC News

What is the cosmological effect of singer Zayn Malik leaving the best-selling boy band One Direction and consequently disappointing millions of teenage girls around the world?

The advice of British cosmologist Stephen Hawking to heartbroken fans is to follow theoretical physics, because Malik may well still be a member of the pop group in another universe.

The physicist took a break from speaking about his work as one of the world's leading scientists to answer the question from one upset fan during a talk at Sydney Opera House at the weekend.

"Finally a question about something important," Hawking, who appeared via hologram, said to loud laughs from the audience.

"My advice to any heartbroken young girl is to pay attention to the study of theoretical physics because, one day, there may well be proof of multiple universes.

"It would not be beyond the realms of possibility that somewhere outside of our own universe lies another, different universe and, in that universe, Zayn is still in One Direction."

Malik quit the band last month, saying he wanted to live a normal life after five years of touring and performing. Hawking, 73, appeared at the talk in the form of a hologram streamed from Cambridge, England.

— Reuters