Zayn Malik wants to REUNITE with his One Direction bandmates in a desperate attempt to earn their forgiveness and prove he has 'matured' - TEN YEARS after quitting the group amid bitter fallout

Zayn Malik once said he never made friends with any of his One Direction bandmates. Zayn Malik is ready to extend an olive branch to his former Once Direction bandmates according to insiders, who claim he is looking for 'forgiveness and friendship' Malik, 31, was vocal about his estrangement from his bandmates in the years following his departure, once claiming he 'didn't really, like, make any friends from the band' Now, after nearly a decade of estrangement and bitter jibes, Malik is reportedly looking to rebuild a friendship – and he is not averse to the possibility of a reunion. Malik, who was 17 when the group formed, has been vocal about his estrangement from his bandmates in the years following his departure, claiming 'nobody reached out,' that he never really had a relationship with Styles, and that he 'didn't really, like, make any friends from the band' – which he described as 'generic as f**k.' After nearly a decade of estrangement and bitter jibes, Malik is reportedly looking to rebuild a friendship – and he is not averse to the possibility of a reunion Malik recently revealed the reason why One Direction resented each other in candid interview on The Zach Sang Show Last week, in a rare interview, he discussed feelings of resentment during his time in One Direction and claimed their maturity level at the time, combined with their initial solo ambitions, put them in 'competition' with each other. Malik and Tomlinson previously come to blows on Twitter, now known as X, soon after Malik quit One Direction and was pictured with producer Naughty Boy 'I think with Zayn's particular exit and the way he chose to go, we haven't really heard from him since he left,' he told the publication in 2019.