Zayn Malik goes shirtless as he cosies up to blonde Perrie Edwards lookalike in suggestive new Instagram snap
He angered fans with a thinly-veiled tweet supposedly aimed at former fiancée Perrie Edwards last week, joking he wasn't 'coming home'.
And Zayn Malik appears to have sent his ex an even clearer message thanks to his latest selfie, which sees the shirtless hunk cosying up to a pretty blonde in a very intimate embrace.
The former One Direction singer was inundated with questions when he shared the saucy snap with his 3.5million Instagram followers on Saturday, and many queried who the Perrie lookalike was.
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Perrie who? Zayn Malik uploaded this racy selfie to Instagram on Saturday, showing himself in an intimate embrace with a mystery blonde
Fans speculated whether the mystery girl was Gage Golightly, best known for playing Erica Reyes on MTV series Teen Wolf and for starring in Nickelodeon's The Troop.
However, a representative for Gage denied that the picture was of her.
The blonde beauty seems to be very comfortable with the tattooed star, reclining on his bare chest and pulling a matching pouty face for the camera.
Selfie mad: The former One Direction singer, who quit the band in March in a bid to lead a 'normal' life, shared a number of pictures on social media over the weekend
Puppy love: Shirtless Zayn was making hearts melt as he cuddled up to an adorable dog
Zayn sent fans into overdrive with his racy snap as they debated the identity of the striking blonde, as well as joking that he certainly has a 'type'.
The former 1D star also uploaded two other images of himself posing up a storm, including one sweet snap of him cuddling up to a puppy.
The mystery blonde isn't the first girl Zayn has been linked to since parting ways with Perrie this summer since he was previously rumoured to be dating Burberry model Neelam Gill.
All American beauty: Fans speculated whether the picture was of Gage Golightly, best known for playing Erica Reyes on MTV series Teen Wolf
False alarm: However, MailOnline can confirm the picture isn't of Gage - who also bears a striking resemblance to Perrie
The selfie comes after Zayn, who's currently working on new music in Los Angeles, took to Twitter to tell his fans that he's categorically not coming home to Perrie.
He wrote to his 15.8 million followers: 'I don't want you to wait for me, I'm not coming home', alongside a peace-sign emoji.
Zayn's mysterious tweet may well have been a response to the blonde songstress' social media snap from Tuesday night, where she cosied up to one of her male backing dancers, Rycardo Gomez.
Taste of her own medicine: Zayn's snap comes after Perrie posted a picture of her cosying up to one of her backing dancers, Rycardo Gomez
She captioned the friendly snap to her 2.5million followers: 'Reunited with this one last night! My love for this boy is outrages [sic]! I adore my Riri!'
While Zayn is living it up in LA, Perrie certainly hasn't been sitting at home moping, since the Little Mix girls recently revealed they've been encouraging her to embrace her singledom.
Jesy - who got engaged to Rixton's Jake Roche this summer - told the Daily Mirror: 'Perrie is now also single [as well as Jade] – she’s flying the flag. Of course they have lots of guys coming up to them all the time – they’re gorgeous.'
Perrie, 22, confessed she was having 'an absolute blast' going out and chatting to guys in clubs and was 'in a good place' following her heartbreak.
'Jade can be a bad influence, but she always looks after me and makes sure I don’t get too drunk', she joked.
Making up for lost time: Perrie, pictured at Annabel's in London last Thursday with bandmates Jade Thirlwall (L) and Leigh-Anne Pinnock (C), has been enjoying a string of nights out
Bag Perrie's style with a tassel clutch
Last night, Little Mixer Perrie Edwards proved beyond doubt that she has bags of style. Fashion Finder hearts her contemporary update on the Bianca Jagger white tuxedo with its nod to the Seventies.
We'd also kill for those abs of steel she's sporting beneath her bandeau style crop top. This outfit works because it's super simple so getting the right bag is key.
Happily this little Carvela by Kurt Geiger number stepped up to the mark with aplomb. A plain black envelope clutch might have looked ok but the tassel takes it from ok to the fashion big time.
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