One Direction's Liam Payne took to Twitter to apologize for the recent marijuana scandal that centered on his bandmates Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik.

First things first, however, the 20-year-old singer expressed his frustrations at a recent report that criticized the British boyband, claiming that the members did not play or write any of the music they perform.

"Just read a Daily Mail article written by Jan Moir some of which I totally agree with but some things you are far off your game my friend," he wrote. "Think you'll find I've written a lot of the next album and songs on the last I play piano Niall plays guitar that ok?"

Payne continued to slam the reporter: "Like so many writers before, consistently get things wrong looking down there noses thinking they are oh so right. Anyway thank you for your lovely words mrs moir sorry we let you down so fantastically maybe next time a little research is in order."

Liam Payne then apologized to fans and followers on behalf of 1D for the recently leaked footage, which shows Tomlinson and Malik smoking a "joint" during the Peru leg of their "Where We Are" world tour. "I love my boys and maybe things have gone a little sideways I apologise for that. We are only in our 20's we all do stupid things at this age," he said. "We all have a lot of growing up to do in an extreme circumstance I'm not making excuse but it's fact we are gunna fall short somewhere."

"Hopefully we stand the test of time an get it right in the end I don't take this for granted and im extremely grateful to be here doing this," he said. "Thank you to everyone who has stuck with us through this just know that we love you guys for it and it means the world."

Meanwhile, Simon Cowell has spoken out for the first time since the release of the controversial video. "I've worked with the boys for a long time, and they're the hardest-working boys," he said. "They still haven't changed, they are really respectful to the fans -- a great British export."

"What more can I say? I hope the fans stay loyal," he said. "I worked with a lot of artists who do lose the plot and do lose respect for their fans and forget who put them there, which they have never done."