There's always a funny moment just after a huge news story breaks about a squeaky clean celebrity doing something naughty - a beat of silence, the calm before the storm as their fans weigh up how they're going to react.
Sure enough, that exact thing happened earlier today after One Direction's Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson were seen smoking what seems to be a joint in footage thought to be filmed by Louis himself.
With a fandom as obsessive as the Directioners, you would have thought their idols were beyond repute - Harry Styles could literally stamp on kittens and his fans would still be applauding his technique and wishing they could be a doomed kitten under his oh-so-pretty pointy shoe.
And yep, most of the fans have taken the Zouis news in their stride. We've rounded up the best reactions to the 1D news in this handy gallery - and here's a funny Vine to start you off.
Most hilarious Internet reactions to video of One Direction's Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson 'smoking a joint'

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