The floppy hair boy banders won the gong for Top Group / Duo, and paid tribute to his former bandmate in his acceptance speech
An address made his first appearance at the awards tonight as a quartet and dedicated his award to Zayn Malik after he left the group.
The floppy hair boy banders won the gong for Top Group / Duo, and paid tribute to his former bandmate in his acceptance speech.
Liam Payne told the audience: "This is for the fans, but there is one more person we want to share this with our brother and Zayn."
Zayn left the band earlier this year claiming that he wanted to be "normal of 22 years old.
One Direction speak onstage during the 2015 Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena
Earlier this month, the 1D boys admitted they were a "little angry" when Zayn Malik said he was quitting the group.
Liam said he and his bandmates were initially rocked when Zayn told them I wanted to get away from the boyband world conquest, but anger quickly dissipated.
In his first interview as a quartet with James Corden on The Late Late Show on Thursday night, the 21-year-old singer said. "At first we were a little angry we were surprised, but I think we all knew the general atmosphere that Zayn was feeling.
The quartet without Zayn
There were certain parts of this work Zayn loved and parts of the work that he did. If you do not like your job, you have to follow your heart sometimes and go where you need to go. There's no arguing with that. "
Later in the evening, 1D were collecting another award and Liam Payne's speech was cut.
Fans rushed to ruin the show on Twitter, with an announcement: "CortanReal_Liam_Payne off for his rude speech #BBMAs ..."
Another wrote on the site: "zayn thanks PobreReal_Liam_Payne was probably going so well, but was interrupted."
