Liam Payne headed in a direction no one was expecting when he sat down to discuss his former bandmate Zayn Malik in an interview with disgraced YouTuber Logan Paul. Naturally, One Direction fans were upset to see the singer talk negatively about someone he had performed with for years, and who he had once seemed to be friends with.
During his recent appearance on the controversial Impaulsive podcast, Payne, 28, opened up about his strained relationship with Malik, 29, and said there were many reasons why he’d “always dislike him” among other things. Paul, the host of the podcast, mentioned that Malik had a feud with his brother Jake after the two social media personality siblings publicly claimed that the “Pillowtalk” hitmaker was not pleasant to them during a Las Vegas trip.
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At the time of their very meme-d and Twitter-trending feud in February 2020, Gigi Hadid (Malik’s then-girlfriend) tweeted a message to the Paul brothers (that they still don’t seem to be over, as implied in the podcast). Hadid wrote, “Lol cause [Malik] doesn’t care to hang w you and your embarrassing crew of YouTube groupies ..? Home alone with his best friends like a respectful king cause he has me, sweetie. Unbothered by your irrelevant ugly ass. Go to bed …”
Payne brought up this very tweet in the recent clip as he continued to express his disdain for Malik. Speaking to Paul this week, Payne said, “She tweeted something about get yourself a respectful man or something. That one didn’t age very well.” Payne seemed to be referencing Malik’s alleged physical altercation with Gigi’s mother Yolanda in September of 2021, whom he reportedly deemed a “f—ing Dutch slut.”
Liam Payne was asked by Logan Paul on his podcast about Zayn Malik’s beef with Jake Paul and Gigi Hadid’s tweet defending Zayn, Liam responded:
“She tweeted something about like get yourself a respectful man or something. That one didn’t age very well.” pic.twitter.com/k9mnvh3UEr
— Pop Base (@PopBase) June 1, 2022
he’s about to get dragged by zayn’s fans pic.twitter.com/sr7BGB9Wxw
— georgia (@copyofsatellite) May 31, 2022
Liam Payne clarifies his comments made toward Zayn Malik on Logan Paul’s podcast amid backlash:
“Listening back maybe I didn’t articulate myself as well as I could have… Zayn is my brother and I will stand by him forever.” pic.twitter.com/hqKz9DOJEq
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) June 2, 2022
