Zayn Malik buried his bitter feud with bandmate Liam Payne after the singer died at age 31 . In his touching tribute, he admitted that there was often tension within One Direction , especially in their own friendship. During one such incident, as Liam explained on the Impaulsive podcast, a member of the band "threw [him] up a wall.
" In response, Liam said: “If you don’t remove those hands, there’s a high likelihood you’ll never use them again." While Liam avoided naming the other individual, his now girlfriend Maya Henry made the reveal in a TikTok post. She said: “I see this all the time, everywhere, I’ve heard this insufferable story so many times.
He told me it was Zayn, so...
" Liam Payne death - One Direction star 'acting erratic' ahead of fall Liam Payne posted 45 minutes before his death in shirtless Snapchat next to bikini-clad woman Zayn did not directly acknowledge that particular incident, but did explain that he held respect for Liam. Zayn wrote on Instagram: "Even though you were younger than me you were always more sensible than me, you were headstrong, opinionated, and gave no f--ks about telling people they were wrong. Even though we butted heads because of this a few times, I always secretly respected you for it.
" While the band formerly entered a hiatus in 2016, Zayn was the first to quit One Direction in March 2015. The announcement was devastating for fans, by the band continued to power through their tour dates and released a final album withou.