Former One Direction star Zayn Malik claims ‘he never really spoke to’ Harry Styles
Zayn Malik left One Direction in 2015
It’s no secret that Zayn Malik had a rough time as a member of One Direction. And in a new interview with US Weekly, the singer revealed that he had a strained relationship with former member Harry Styles. When asked if the pair had been in touch, Zayn simply replied, “To be honest, I never really spoke to Harry even when I was in the band. So I didn’t really expect such a big relationship with him.”
Zayn left One Direction in 2015
Zayn, however, has confirmed that he remains in touch with his former 1D bandmates Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan. He shared: “We still keep in touch. It’s on a civil level. Obviously it’s not the same anymore, because we spent 24 hours a day in the band and we’re growing as independent men now, but we still check in.” It seems things took a turn for the worse when Zayn disagreed about the state of One Direction’s music when he left. “Do you listen to One Direction, sit at parties with your girlfriend? I don’t,” he said in an earlier interview, to which Harry later responded: “I think it’s a shame he feels that way.”
Louis also previously revealed that he had made up with Zayn. The pair had a public falling out in 2015 after Zayn left the popular boy band, but Louis has now revealed they have “talked things through”. Speaking to SiriusXM, he said: “We got back in touch and cleared the air and talked things through. So we’re friends again, I guess.” When the radio host pressed him further, the star added: “Like anything like that, it takes time. But it’s nice that we’ve had a chance to clear the air and be adults about it, I guess.”
Louis, previously revealed that it was his mother, Johannah Deakin, who encouraged him to make up with Zayn shortly before her death in December 2016. Speaking to the Sun, he said: “My mum said, ‘You’ve got to get back in touch with Zayn. Life is [fuckin’] too short. A mother’s intuition is crazy. It’s always seemed supernatural to me. My mum always knew what I was feeling and what I wanted.”
