Niall Horan went on a secret date with model Barbara Palvin at the weekend.

The One Direction star and the Victoria's Secret beauty laughed and joked with each other as they watched The Hunger Games: Catching Fire at the Everyman cinema in Belsize Park, north London, but arrived at separate times to try to avoid being seen together.

"Barbara came in first and was playing on her phone until Niall arrived. He had a security guard with him, and they sat in the front row so nobody could turn around to see them. He kept a baseball cap on and pulled it low, to try to avoid being seen. They clearly wanted to keep a low profile. They were laughing and joking together throughout the film, and both were dressed casually. You could tell they were comfortable in each other's company," a source told The Daily Mirror.

Despite their attempts at being inconspicuous, the 20-year-old Hungarian confirmed their meet shortly afterwards on her Twitter account. In a post to the 20-year-old hunk, the brunette stunner wrote, "Hunger Games buddie."

Niall's date comes shortly after he was linked to British reality star Louise Thompson and former X Factor UK contestant Tamera Foster, but last week he played down reports he was dating the talent show wannabe. "There's no romance on the cards, there. There's nothing in it," he said.