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Video: US chat show host compares Zayn Malik to Boston Marathon bomber

Published 12:36 5 Apr 2015 BST

Updated 18:02 11 Jun 2015 BST

Tony Cuddihy
Video: US chat show host compares Zayn Malik to Boston Marathon bomber

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Bill Maher has been criticised heavily for this one.

During a piece on Zayn Malik's decision to quit One Direction, US chat show host Bill Maher compared the singer to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man accused of orchestrating the Boston Marathon bombing with his brother in April 2013. Cue nervous audience laughter. https://youtu.be/sODOiLrzHqE It hasn't gone down well. Not well at all. https://twitter.com/x77zjm/status/584678095187120129 Cue the petition... https://twitter.com/mrs_tommo0309/status/584678074769367040 Does Bill not know about Zayn's services to humanity? https://twitter.com/Hazel_Horan/status/584673987696922625  

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