One Direction reunion at least two years away, says Liam Payne
Liam Payne says a One Direction reunion is on the cards – but at least two years away.
Zayn Malik, 26, left the group, signing a solo contract, before the remaining members of the boyband went on hiatus in 2016.
Payne, 26, told Channel 4 show Sunday Brunch: “I think at some point we will get back together. I think we will, for sure.
“I don’t know when that is yet but, all I know is there is at least two years while everyone’s just released new music where you have to go and promo and do all of that.
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“There are at least two years. ”
Payne said he saw Styles recently for the first time in several years when he watched his ex-bandmate perform at Capital’s Jingle Bell Ball.
“I actually saw him for the first time in three years yesterday.
“We hadn’t seen each other in a long, long time. It was really nice, he’s still the same boy as when I left him, really sweet … he’s such a lovely lad,” he said.
The singer showed his support for his former One Direction bandmate as Styles sang tracks such as What Makes You Beautiful.
Payne told the Channel 4 show: “I think people have a misconception that we were all just massive mates, that’s just not the case.”
But he added: “There’s no bad blood between anyone.”