Stephen Hawking Jokes About One Direction's Zayn Malik

Stephen Hawking consoled One Direction fans by saying Zayn Malik might still be in the band – but in an alternative universe. Hawking fielded the question during a talk at the Sydney Opera House, where he appeared in holographic form from Cambridge, UK, on Saturday, April 25.

“My advice to any heartbroken young girl is to pay close attention to the study of theoretical physics because one day there may well be proof of multiple universes,” said Hawking. “It would not then be beyond the realms of possibility that somewhere outside our own universes there lies another universe – and in that universe Zayn is still in One Direction.” Credit: YouTube/Sydney Opera House