Harry Styles has admitted that he wished he could have helped his former bandmate Zayn Malik with his eating disorder.
Earlier this year, Zayn, who quit One Direction in 2015, opened up about suffering from an eating disorder during his time in the band.
When asked about whether he wished he had known so that he could have helped, Harry said, “I mean yes, obviously.”
“If anyone is ever going to go through anything, you always feel like you should know, so you could have done something. But it’s not always how it goes, is it?
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“In the same way that I don’t talk about stuff, other people don’t always talk about stuff, and maybe that’s how they deal with stuff,” he explained.
Zayn previously said that his eating disorder was a “control thing”, and that he had finally conquered it with the help of his mum.
Harry, who has just released his self-titled debut solo album, also revealed that he spoke to his former boss Simon Cowell two weeks ago – when he called to congratulate him on his new single.
“He said he really liked it and he was very proud of me. It was very friendly… not like the past phone calls haven’t been friendly, but I didn’t get the nervy ‘the boss is calling’ feel, which was nice,” Harry added.
