Liam Payne Dislikes Zayn Malik, More One Direction Revelations
It’s a good distance down. Liam Payne opened up about adjusting to life after One Direction — and he didn’t maintain again when it got here to sharing the nitty-gritty particulars of his time within the band.
The 28-year-old singer received candid in the course of the Tuesday, May 31, episode of the “Impaulsive” podcast with Logan Paul, reflecting on his ups and downs each throughout and after his 1D days. The group — which additionally featured Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan — got here to fruition on the X Factor UK in 2010 and went on to change into one of many best-selling boy bands of all time. Despite their successes, the group confronted a number of struggles.
“I wasn’t used to rowdy guys and whatever else. … Louis was wild and [he was] wanting to be wild, that’s his spirit,” Payne recalled of the 30-year-old songwriter. “And also he’s my best mate now, but in the band we hated each other. Like, to come to blows hated each other.”
Payne stated his “journey” on the singing competitors “was a little bit different” from the remainder of the band members due to his stage of expertise. One Direction in the end positioned in third on their season of the X Factor, later signing with Simon Cowell‘s Syco Records. The group has been on hiatus since 2016.
“What you find in bands is whoever’s not singing as much will find their voice behind the stage and Louis did find his voice behind the stage. He found his voice later on in the rest of the albums and I will happily say now that without him doing that — even though sometimes it was the absolute death of me — he made all the right choices that I wouldn’t have made,” Payne continued on Tuesday. “It was me leading the band from the front on the stage, making sure everybody’s in the right positions and stuff, then him from behind the stage making critical decisions on what songs we’d do. … He was crucial, crucial, crucial, even without singing to start.”
While the “Strip That Down” crooner and Tomlinson seem to have patched up their relationship, the dynamic between Payne and Malik, 29, seemingly stays tense. When Paul, 27, introduced up a 2020 feud between his brother, Jake Paul, and the “Pillowtalk” artist — and Gigi Hadid‘s fiery response to the drama — Payne gave his trustworthy ideas on the state of affairs.
“She tweeted something about get yourself a respectful man or something. That one didn’t age very well,” the British singer teased, seemingly referring to Malik’s alleged altercation along with his ex’s mom, Yolanda Hadid, whom he reportedly referred to as a “f–king Dutch slut” in September 2021.
The “Get Low” singer informed Logan “there’s many reasons why I dislike Zayn,” including that it wasn’t honest to diss his former bandmate as a result of there have been additionally occasions when he himself felt “misunderstood” over time.
“Listen, I don’t agree with any of his actions. I can’t commend some of the things that he’s done. I can’t be on his side for that,” Payne stated. “What I can say is I understand and your only hope is that at some point in their life, the person at the other end of the phone wants to receive the help that you’re willing to give them.”
When information of his feud with Yolanda made headlines final fall, Malik defended himself in a prolonged Twitter assertion. He was charged with 4 legal offenses of harassment and pleaded no contest, incomes 90 days of probation for every rely. The “She” artist was additionally required to finish an anger administration class and a home violence program.
Us Weekly confirmed amid the drama that Malik and Gigi had “silently separated” after courting on and off since 2015. They welcomed daughter Khai in September 2020.
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