It's unclear how exactly the "Larry Stylinson" rumor got its start, but some One Direction fans have been pushing the narrative for as long as they have been doodling hearts around the boys' faces.

If you combine the names “Harry” and “Louis,” you get “Larry.” If you combine the names “Styles” and “Tomlinson,” you get “Stylinson ... after the last 3,847 times ...

for this belief in Larry Stylinson. “I’m happy why can’t you accept that.” In the years since, both artists have continued to deny the bizarre conspiracy — but Tomlinson recently ...

He went onto explain that Larry Stylinson is, like many conspiracy theories, completely baseless. "If you Google 'conspiracy' on iPhones, you're going to get a conspiracy. So it's one of these ...

Many Directioners, the huge fanbase of UK pop group One Direction, believe that the love of the main Real Person Fandom (RPF) pairing, “Larry Stylinson,” aka Louis Tomlinson/Harry Styles ...

Gümüş’ detective work is highly regarded in the world of Larry Stylinson (a portmanteau of ... and a breakup at some point throughout the last 10 years,” continues Pettey, whose @ ...

It takes one “Larry Stylinson” search (ugh, the term just gave me war flashbacks) on YouTube to see what I’m talking about. Countless edits and compilations of the two hugging, smooching ...

First things first, Larry Stylinson is the name of a conspiracy theory and a ship. This is complicated, okay? Yes, Larry Stylinson is the name that some One Direction fans use to ship Harry Styles ...