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Niall One Direction has confessed his phobia

  • March 30, 2012
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One Direction frontman Niall Horan has spoken for the first time about his ter­ri­fy­ing fear of pigeons.

The debil­it­at­ing orni­tho­pho­bia stems from a traumatic childhood incident when a crazed pigeon assaulted Niall while he was on the crapper.

He told The Sun: "I can't stand them after one once flew in through my bathroom window and went for me while I was having a wee. That was enough."

Sadly as a result, Niall was left with pigeon paranoia. "I think pigeons target me," he mused.

The winged har­bingers of doom have also been causing trouble for 1D's most popular member during outdoor per­form­ances. "I get really nervous if pigeons are flying around before shows," he said.

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