Liam Payne: There are ‘many reasons’ why I dislike Zayn Malik
Liam Payne fired off a few stern words about his former One Direction bandmate Zayn Malik.
The 28-year-old singer didn’t hold back when asked about his former pal, revealing on Logan Paul’s “Impaulsive” podcast Tuesday the “many reasons” why he dislikes Malik.
Tensions ran high in 2015 when Malik quit the popular boy band a year before their indefinite hiatus.
During the backlash-inducing podcast episode, YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul described a heated exchange his brother, Jake Paul, had with Malik in 2020.
“I had an experience with one of your early bandmates – he was fired up,” Logan said before naming Malik.
Payne jokingly called his former bandmate “Wayne Malik,” referring to his soccer player-like temper.
Logan remembered a time when Jake tweeted Malik after believing the singer had been “disrespectful” toward him. Shortly after, Malik’s ex-girlfriend Gigi Hadid tweeted Jake, calling him “ugly and irrelevant.”
“Then she tweeted something about ‘get yourself a respectful man’ or something – that one didn’t age very well,” Payne chimed in.
Payne was referring to the alleged altercation last year when Malik was accused of “striking” Hadid’s mother, Yolanda Hadid. He has vehemently denied the claim.
Not touching on his hidden reference further, Payne went on, “Before we go too deep into this, there are many reasons why I dislike Zayn, and there are many reasons why I’ll always always be on his side.
“There are many many reasons why I dislike Zayn.”
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“If I had had to go through what he went through his growth and whatever else … my parents are overly supportive to the point where it’s annoying at times, and Zayn had a different upbringing in that sense,” Payne explained.
He added, “You can always look at the man for where he is and say ‘Oh yeah, whatever, that guy’s a d–,’ but at the end of the day, once you understand what he’s been through to get to the point, and whether or not if he actually even wanted to be there.”
Payne said he is “so misunderstood” himself that he “can’t sit here and d–k on [Malik] because of whatever.”
The Post reached out to Malik’s reps for comment.
