Liam Payne: Fans angry at singer for talking ‘crap’ about former One Direction bandmates with Logan Paul

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “You can always look at the man for where he is and say: ‘Oh yeah, whatever, that guy’s a d**k.’ “But at the end of the day, once you’re understanding what he’s been through to get to that point – and also whether or not he wanted to be there.” open image in gallery Appearing to reference Malik’s alleged altercation with his ex-girlfriend Gigi Hadid’s mother, Yolanda, Payne said: “Listen, I don’t agree with any of his actions. Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up “So I said to him, ‘If you don’t remove those hands, there’s a high likelihood you’ll never use them again,” he said. But this is me trying to figure out how Liam Payne could say such bad things about certain 1D members when they literally gave him a career through One Direction, he didn’t make it through x factor by himself for a reason,” one person wrote on Twitter. “What he said about Zayn, which he has no place talking about since they don’t even have a relationship anymore so he couldn’t know anything about what actually happened, saying he has more streams than the other four in their solo careers when the most streamed out of the band are Harry and Zayn – Liam is not even second.” open image in gallery She added: “Like, I know all people care about is the dark side of it and we are all aware there were so many bad sides of One Direction but honestly today, 10 years later it seems a little unnecessary to keep s****ing on the best opportunity of your life.” “Liam Payne going onto Logan Paul’s podcast and calling Zayn Malik a d**k is not something I thought would happen today but here we are,” one person wrote on Twitter.