Justin Bieber joked he would be joining One Direction in Zayn Malik’s place during a Twitter interaction with Ryan Seacrest on Thursday.
Bieber stopped by Seacrest’s radio show to announce he will be one of the performers at KIIS FM’s upcoming Wango Tango concert and after, Seacrest joked about Bieber’s facial hair.
“Be patient @JustinBieber, one day u too will be able to grow a beard like this,” Seacrest tweeted, to which Bieber replied, “@RyanSeacrest soon enough. Lol. Happy to be joining @onedirection as the new member. Thank you Ryan ;)”
Bieber’s manager, Scooter Braun, even joined in on the conversation writing, “lol. April fools I guess.”
Malik announced he would be leaving One Direction after five years last week. A hashtag “ReplaceZayn” quickly started trending on Twitter, but the band will go on as a four piece.
“I am leaving because I want to be a normal 22-year-old who is able to relax and have some private time out of the spotlight,” Malik said in a statement at the time.
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