Liam James Payne (born 29 August 1993) is an English singer and songwriter.
He rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction.
Payne made his debut as a singer when he auditioned for the British television series The X Factor in 2008. After being eliminated as a solo performer, he auditioned again in 2010 and was put into a group with four other contestants to form One Direction
Liam Payne has spoken out after receiving backlash from a tell-all interview where he talked about his former One Direction band member.
The singer, who rose to fame on The X-Factor as part of the boyband, told podcast host Logan Paul that he dislikes Zayn Malik.
The 28-year-old revealed that 'there are many reasons why' he dislikes Zayn, which didn't go down too well with fans. Listeners accused Liam of being 'disrespectful' towards his former bandmate and seemed to refer to an alleged incident between Zayn and his ex girlfriend Gigi Hadid's mum.
Liam has now broken his silence on social media with a statement where he admitted he perhaps 'didn't articulate' himself as well as he could have.
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