When Liam Payne appeared on YouTuber Logan Paul’s “Impaulsive” podcast in 2022, he did not mince words when it came to the other members of One Direction. Now, what he said about Louis Tomlinson, for example, wasn’t so bad. “He’s my best mate now but in the band, we hated each other,” Payne shared. “Like, come-to-blows hated each other. It was close.”
However, according to Payne, he did have a “come-to-blows” incident with another unnamed band member. “I think it was well known within the band that I don’t like taking s**t,” the singer said, setting up the scene. “There was one moment when there was an argument backstage and someone, 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.'” Whoever the culprit was sure got Payne fired up.
The “Bedroom Floor” singer also got a lot of heat for his controversial comments about Zayn Malik’s childhood. “My parents are overly supportive to the point where it’s annoying at times,” Payne said of Malik. “Zayn had a different upbringing in that sense.” The musician also left fans scratching their heads when he said his debut single, “Strip That Down,” was a bigger commercial hit than all of his former bandmates’ first solo songs. Payne later issued an apology for all of his remarks about Malik.