Lizzo Shades Liam Payne Over Recent One Direction Claims

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Lizzo is sticking up for her pal Harry Styles! In a recent interview, Harry‘s former One Direction co-member Liam Payne appeared on a podcast where he talked about his time in the boy band, claiming that he was the inspiration behind Simon Cowell‘s decision to create One Direction after they auditioned for The X Factor back in 2010. “[Cowell] kind of started with my face and worked out around the rest,” Liam claimed, adding that Simon previously made a “promise” to him.

After the Liam‘s comments went viral, Lizzo took to social media to seemingly call him out. Click inside to read more… In a TikTok posted on Friday (June 3), Lizzo said, “I don’t know who lied to that poor boy, but we all know he was not the front man.” While she didn’t specifically mention Liam by name, fans assumed that Lizzo was talking about him, especially since she has a close friendship with Harry.

Also in his interview, Liam said that there are “many reasons” why he likes and dislikes former co-member Zayn Malik.