Liam Payne Details Violent One Direction Backstage Fight, Admits to ‘Disliking’ Zayn Malik

variety.com:

Thania Garcia During an interview on the “Impaulsive” podcast with controversial YouTuber Logan Paul, Liam Payne of One Direction revealed his true feelings about his time in the boy band — and held nothing back.

The 28-year-old detailed the moment he almost “came to blows” with another bandmate backstage and aired out his grievances against other ex-members.“It was well-known within the band that I don’t like taking shit,” started Payne, with a glare on his face. “There was one moment where there was an argument backstage and one member, in particular, threw me up a wall.

So I said to him, ‘If you don’t remove those hands there’s a high likelihood you’ll never use them again.'”Although he didn’t disclose with whom the scuffle was — Payne went on to discuss Zayn Malik’s past controversies including one headline-making Twitter feud with Logan’s brother, Jake Paul, in 2020.

Malik’s girlfriend at the time, Gigi Hadid, tweeted in Malik’s defense calling him “a respectful king” after branding Jake “irrelevant.” “She tweeted something about get yourself a respectful man or something.