Niall Horan Confesses Being In One Direction Felt Like Being A ‘Prisoner’ Because Of Fans

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Niall Horan has opened up about his time in One Direction, which at the height of their fame, was the biggest band in the world.

The 27-year-old singer reflected on that period of his life during the March 23 episode of People, Just People with host Dermot O’Leary, comparing the experience to being “a prisoner”. “I struggled with the idea of, ‘Why won’t you just let us out?'” he explained, noting that fans would be “banging on car windows [before we could get out of the vehicle]. [I was thinking], ‘We just want to go for a walk,’ you know?” The band, which also consisted of  Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, and Zayn Malik, competed on the 2010 season of The X Factor, and had built up an international fan base within a few months.