Zayn Malik Cuddles Up to Mystery Blonde in Shirtless Instagram Pic

Former One Direction band member looks cozy with a beautiful girl after splitting with Perrie Edwards

By Jenna Mullins Sep 27, 2015 7:18 PMTags

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Does Zayn Malik have a new flame?

Barely a month after his split with fiancée Perrie Edwards, the former One Direction band member is shirtless and cuddling with a mystery woman in his latest Instagram pic.

Malik has his arms wrapped around the blond beauty while they pose cheek to cheek with puckered lips.

The woman isn't named in the caption, but fans in the comments are speculating that she is Gage Golightly, best known as playing Erica Reyes on MTV's Teen Wolf.

Before the rumor mill could really get going, Golightly took to her Instagram page to shut down the speculation.

"Hi everyone, just wanted to clarify that I am not the girl in the photo with Zayn Malik," she writes. "But what a lucky girl! Love y'all."

Malik has remained mostly silent about his split with the Little Mix singer, except for one cryptic tweet that fans assumed was about his relationship with Edwards.

"You just can't do enough for some people, I guess," he wrote.

As for Edwards, she has been moving on past the breakup by leaning on her friends.

"Her friends are rallying around her. She's doing fine," a source told E! News. "Her close friends have told her she's better off without him. He hasn't treated her right for a long time."

Watch: One Direction Talks Life Without Zayn