I am leaving because I want to be a normal 22-year-old who is able to relax and have some private time out of the spotlight.” In a statement at the time, Malik said: “I’d like to apologize to the fans if I’ve let anyone down, but I have to do what feels right in my heart. Malik quit the band in March 2015, citing “stress.” At the time the band was just two months into their On the Road Again Tour. It led Harry to get a separate tour bus with Niall and Liam - Louis would join Zayn. “He’d just be on the tour bus all the way to the venue. Malik’s marijuana use “drove a wedge” between him and the other band members, the insider added. He never takes responsibility for anything - it’s always someone else’s fault.” He was very aggressive towards the end of the band, having fierce rows with people he worked with. When you are smoking weed to that extent, it really affects you. The insider said: “In the beginning, Zayn was quite sweet. Malik, Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson all auditioned as solo candidates before being put together, then went on to become the top-earning boy band of all time, with an estimated fortune of $340 million.Ħ Zayn Malik (far left) was the first member of One Direction to jump ship. One Direction was famously formed by Simon Cowell on the UK TV talent show “The X Factor” back in 2010. He would block himself in the house, smoking loads of weed, and it made him really unreliable,” added the insider.Īccording to another record executive who worked with the band: “You just didn’t know when Zayn was going to turn up, whether for a recording session or a concert.”Ī representative for Malik did not respond to requests for comment. “He was just so difficult that he wouldn’t turn up for stuff, like photo shoots or even gigs. “He didn’t like the whole constantly touring thing and being given a schedule. “Zayn wasn’t happy in the band, it wasn’t for him,” the insider said. One insider who worked frequently with the band fondly known as 1D told The Post that Malik’s marijuana use got so bad that it made him “paranoid” - and led to former bandmate Harry Styles refusing to share a tour bus and private jet with him. Instagram Live this January, prompting fans to wonder whether Khai was in the house. He was seen smoking marijuana in a 6 a.m. Malik freely admits it helps the “creative process … if you’re smoking a good weed,” and was seen smoking a joint while on tour with One Direction in South America in 2014. “If he was a bit more open about talking about his issues, I think that people would warm to him.”īut this type of troubling behavior is nothing new to those who know him.Ħ Before a domestic disturbance between mother-in-law Yolanda Hadid and Zayn, they pose together with Gigi Hadid for social media. He genuinely finds it hard to deal with the level of fame he had, and that comes out as if he’s ungrateful and arrogant,” said a music executive who has worked with him. Malik has also lost his record contract with RCA after his third solo album, “Nobody Is Listening,” failed to light up the charts when it was released in January, only reaching No. The Post is told by a top attorney (not involved in the case) that the incident may have repercussions for any future custody case over Khai - although, sources say, Gigi is determined to co-parent with Malik and thinks he’s a great dad. These allegations come on the heels of Malik, 28, pleading no contest to harassing Yolanda Hadid, the maternal grandmother of his 1-year-old daughter, Khai, whom he shares with his ex-girlfriend, supermodel Gigi Hadid. Zayn Malik may need to chill on his marijuana use.Ĭlose sources told The Post that the singer and former One Direction member has been known to smoke weed to the point that he becomes “aggressive” and “paranoid.” Leonardo DiCaprio and Gigi Hadid: Will hot rumored romance fizzle or sizzle?ĭid Zayn Malik and Gigi Hadid’s zodiac signs spell relationship trouble?īella Hadid’s NYC penthouse sells for $6.5 million James Corden’s ‘Late Late Show’ responds to One Direction reunion finale rumors
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