Liam Payne claims he and Louis Tomlinson ‘hated’ each other in One Direction – and also admits ‘dislike’ for Zayn Malik

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Liam Payne has opened up about old beef with his former One Direction bandmates, and claims he and Louis Tomlinson ‘hated’ each other, as well as his ‘dislike’ for Zayn Malik.The former boy band star, 28, spoke in his most candid interview yet about finding fame at an early age through the five-piece, who were put together on X Factor.And while the overnight international fame was a lot to handle, Liam also found getting to know his new bandmates difficult.In an interview with Logan Paul on the Impaulsive podcast, Liam admitted he wasn’t used to ‘rowdy guys’ and didn’t have many friends, preferring to spend time with his dad.When asked who in the band was ‘rowdy,’ Liam said: ‘Louis was wild.

He wanted to be wild. He’s got this spirit.’He added that Louis is his ‘best mate now’, but claimed: ‘But in the band we hated each other. ‘Like, to come to blows hate each other, it was close.’Later in the interview, Liam spoke further about life in One Direction and was asked pointedly if he and the other members had ever ‘actually come to blows.’‘We came very close at points,’ Liam admitted.‘There was one moment where there was an argument backstage and one member in particular threw me up a wall,’ he claimed.‘So I said to him “If you don’t remove those hands there’s a high likelihood you’ll never use them again.”’He added that the unnamed member then ‘took his hands off.’Liam also discussed his previous rivalry with Zayn Malik, who left 1D in 2015, and recalled a Twitter spat between the Pillowtalk singer and his then-girlfriend Gigi Hadid, and Logan’s brother Jake Paul.Jake had called out the singer on Twitter for allegedly being rude to him when he met him at a hotel, to which Gigi responded that Zayn was a ‘respectful.