The ex factor. Zayn Malik has had his share of high-profile relationships, sparking romances with fellow stars including Little Mix’s Perrie Edwards and model Gigi Hadid.The U.K.
native got his start in the music business as a contestant on The X Factor UK, where judges Simon Cowell and Nicole Scherzinger grouped him with four of his competitors — Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne — to form One Direction.
During Malik’s time on the reality series in 2010, he met and briefly dated fellow contestant Geneva Lane. The “Pillowtalk” singer went on to date Rebecca Ferguson — another X Factor alum — for four months in 2011.
Ferguson later called the romance her “first mistake” during a November 2013 interview with the Independent.“I was 23, he was 18.
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