Zayn Malik reveals that one of the reasons he left One Direction was because he wanted to be the first to go solo:

Zayn reveals that one of the reasons he left One Direction was because he wanted to be the first to go solo: 

“I completely, selfishly wanted to be the first person to go and make my own record, if I’m being completely honest with you. I was like, ‘I’m gonna jump the gun here for the first time.’ I’m a passive dude, but when it comes to my music and my business, I’m serious about it and I’m competitive. So I wanted to be the first to go and do my own thing.”

As the One Direction alum prepares to release new music, he’s sitting down for a rare interview with Call Her Daddy’s Alex Cooper, set for release on July 12.

“I feel like we were so overexposed in the band,” Malik, who left One Direction in 2015 before starting his solo career, said in a CHD teaser. “That’s why I took the time that I have to, like, not even necessarily do interviews.”

While the 30-year-old hasn’t done a formal interview in six years, he decided to go on CHD as a nod to his and ex-girlfriend Gigi Hadid’s 2-year-old daughter, Khai.

Thick accent

People love how Alex manages to manage her guests: “I just need to know who is this girls manager? She’s on it 😅lol” and others like to see that Zayn is still very British, despite the many years in America: “ nah I’m so happy he still has such a strong accent”. But the overall message is gratitude: “WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE,” addressed to Alex. The interview will be live tomorrow on the podcast apps where Call Her Daddy can be listened to, we are very curious.

Alex Cooper has temporarily moved the studio to her parents’ living room, which she’s clearly thrilled about. Not so much that she had to move, but that Zayn is in her old living room. “Zayn. In my childhood living room,” she writes on Instagram.

Malik and Hadid, 28, welcomed Khai in Sept. 2020, a year before they called it quits as a couple.

The duo’s breakup came amid a reported family dispute between Malik and Hadid’s mom, Yolanda Hadid. 

E! News obtained a police report, filed in Pennsylvania where the former couple is raising their daughter, which stated that Malik allegedly “grabbed and shoved” the Real Housewives alum “into a dresser causing mental anguish and physical pain.”