Lizzo has thrown shade at Liam Payne after he made controversial comments about One Direction.
Liam came under fire last week after his appearance on Logan Paul’s podcast, during which he claimed he was the star of the the popular boyband and that Simon Cowell created the band around him.
He said: “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.”
Lizzo has since weighed in on the drama in a video shared to TikTok.
The Truth Hurts singer said: “I don’t know who lied to that poor boy, but he was not the frontman.”
During the controversial interview, Liam also revealed there are “many reasons” he dislikes his former bandmate Zayn Malik.
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He said: “There’s many reasons why I dislike Zayn and there’s many reasons why I’ll always, always be on his side.”
Implying that Zayn’s upbringing was partially to blame for his behaviour in recent years, Liam continued: “If I had had to go through what he went through through his growth and whatever else…”
“My parents are overly supportive to the point where it’s annoying at times, and Zayn had a different upbringing in that sense.”
“You can always look at the man for where he is and say ‘oh yeah, whatever, that guy’s a d***,’ but at the end of the day once you understand what he’s been through to get to the point, and whether or not if he he actually even wanted to be there…”
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Liam added that he himself is “so misunderstood,” so he “can’t sit here and d**k on [Zayn] because of whatever.”
Seemingly referring to an alleged incident between Zayn and Yolanda Hadid, the mother of his ex-girlfriend Gigi Hadid, Liam said: “Listen, I don’t agree with any of his actions. I can’t commend some of the things that he’s done. I can’t be on his side for that.”
“What I can say is I understand and your only hope is that at some point in their life, the person at the other end of the phone wants to receive the help that you’re willing to give them.”
After clips from the interview went viral, Liam took to Twitter to clarify the comments he made about Zayn.
He wrote: “I wouldn’t normally comment on this stuff but when it’s your family it’s hard to let it slide.”
“They mentioned a specific incident involving Zayn which I responded to – but listening back maybe I didn’t articulate myself as well as I could have.”
“I was saying that there will always be things we disagree on but that I will always, always be on his side. That’s family. Zayn is my brother and I will stand by him forever.”
I was saying that there will always be things we disagree on but that I will always, always be on his side. That’s family. Zayn is my brother and I will stand by him forever.
— Liam (@LiamPayne) June 2, 2022
