1D wouldn’t have been as successful as it was without Louis Tomlinson: Niall Horan

Refuting Louis Tomlinson’s remarks that some fans considered him ‘forgettable’, singer Niall Horan said One Direction would have lost the plot without Louis.

Singer Niall Horan said their former band One Direction (1D) would not have been as successful a phenomenon as it was, if not for Louis Tomlinson.

One Direction as they once were: (L-R)Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles and Zayn Malik. (AP)

Horan, 23, called Tomlinson “an unbelievable guy”, who was an integral part of the group, reported FemaleFirst.

“He’s an unbelievable guy, a great singer and someone that if, I’d say, we would have lost the plot along the way if we hadn’t had Louis,” Horan told Australian radio station Nova 100 in a show.

Recently, the Just Hold On singer had said in an interview that he was considered “forgettable, to a certain degree” by some of the fans when he was a part of the boy band.

Refuting Tomlinson’s remarks, Horan said, “He was a very, very, very, extremely vital member of One Direction. He’s a great man.

“I thought it was very honest interview, I thought he was brilliant in it. He knows that none of us ever thought that or think that,” he said.