One Direction star Louis Tomlinson shares first photo of son Freddie

LONDON: One Direction star Louis Tomlinson has shared the first picture of his son, Freddie.

The singer took to Twitter to share a black and white snap of him and his little boy, who he welcomed into the world last Friday, reported Femalefirst.

Captioning the sweet photo, alongside a baby emoji, he wrote: "Meet my little lad, Freddie."

Meet my little lad, Freddie ?? pic.twitter.com/nec7OqwuQR

— Louis Tomlinson (@Louis_Tomlinson) January 28, 2016

Tweets flooded in to congratulate the star and the baby's mother Briana Jungwirth.

One fan wrote: "congratulations Louis for your son Freddie is beautiful omg so cuteeeeeee (sic)"

Whilst another shared: "so proud of you, welcome to the family Freddie (sic)"

Meanwhile, the 24-year-old singer is reportedly set to hand out over 2 million pounds in child support over the next 18 years.

I'm pleased to say my baby son was born yesterday :) ?? He is healthy and pretty amazing :) I'm very happy!!

— Louis Tomlinson (@Louis_Tomlinson) January 23, 2016

He is said to have agreed to pay 4,200 pounds a month for the rent of a four-bedroom house in Calabasas, California for Briana and their son to live in as well as a further 5,750 pounds for various other expenses including clothes, toys and nappies.