Liam Payne has been making headlines recently as he confirmed his split from ex-fiancée Maya Henry amid rumours that he had cheated on her.
He only added to the scandal when he was spotted with new love interest Aliana Mawla just days after confirming the dumping.
But it seems that Payne is determined to remain in the controversial spotlight, as fans have been appalled by the former One Direction star’s behaviour during an interview with Logan Paul.
In the latest episode of YouTuber Logan’s podcast, Liam made some wild comments about his relationship with his former band members and his solo career, and also made a controversial comment about his son.
Here’s everything you need to know about what he said in the interview.
Liam calling Zayn Malik a 'd**k'
During the Logan Paul interview, Liam revealed that he dislikes Zayn Malik and called him a “d**k”.
He said: “There’s many reasons why I dislike Zayn and there’s many reasons why I’ll always, always be on his side.”
Liam also revealed some personal information about Zayn’s relationship with his family, claiming that they were unsupportive of the singer.
Appearing to address the 2021 rumours that Zayn had hit his mother-in-law Yolanda Hadid, Liam said: “If I had to go through what he went through – with his growth and whatever else.
“My parents are overly supportive to the point where it’s annoying at times. Zayn had a different upbringing in that sense.”
He went on: “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.”
Liam Payne hated Louis Tomlinson
Liam claimed he “hated” Louis Tomlinson during their days in One Direction.
He explained to Logan that he wasn’t used to “rowdy” guys and said: “Louis was wild. He wanted to be wild. He’s got this spirit."
Payne revealed that Louis is his “best mate now” but said: “In the band we hated each other.
“Like, to come to blows hate each other, it was close.”
Liam's controversial claims about One Direction and solo career
It wasn’t just individual members of the band that Liam spoke about, he also made some other claims about One Direction in general.
Liam said that Simon actually formed the band for him, telling Logan: “From what I’ve heard part of the reason One Direction was made was because of Simon’s promise to me. That in two years I’ll make this work for you.
“So he kind of started with my face and worked out around the rest. I’ve never told this story before.”
He later went on to imply that he’s had the most successful solo career out of all of the band.
Speaking about his 2017 solo debut Strip That Down, he said: “I think it outsold everybody within the band, and I was the last to go [solo]. And I never expected that.”
However, Strip That Down never made it to number one in the charts, while Zayn’s solo debut Pillowtalk reached number one in the UK and US.
Harry Styles’ solo debut Sign Of The Times reached number one in the UK and number four in the US.
In comparison, Strip That Down reached number three in the UK and number 10 in the US.
Liam boasted about violent threats and committing crimes
Liam appeared to put on a tough guy persona throughout the podcast, as he boasted about fights, violent threats and crimes he’d committed.
When asked about whether he’d ever actually come to blows with any of the band members, Liam said: “There was an argument backstage and one member (unnamed), 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”.
While speaking about his feud with Justin Bieber, he revealed that he’d told the Baby singer: “I’ve done all the things that you’ve done and I’ve never been caught for any of them.”
In 2014 Bieber was arrested and charged with driving under the influence, driving with an expired licence and resisting arrest.
Liam blamed his son for his split from Cheryl Cole
Another controversial moment to come out of the interview was when Liam claimed that his son Bear was to blame for his split from Cheryl Cole.
Speaking about fatherhood, he said: “It’s different. To be honest with you it ruined a relationship for me in that point."
However, he did claim that their relationship ended for “all the right reasons”.
Speaking about his son’s future, Liam revealed that he doesn’t wish fame for him.
“The scariest thing for me is him waking up one day and going ‘I want to be famous’...
“It scares the crap out of me because I know what it did to me.”
