In the December issue of British Vogue, Zayn Malik admits he didn’t make a single friend before he quit One Direction in March 2015.

 

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Global heartthrob. Bradford boy. Reluctant role model. But who is the real Zayn? Read @gileshattersley’s interview in the December issue of #BritishVogue, hitting newsstands on Friday. Click the link in bio to read a preview from the interview. @zayn photographed by @scotttrindle, styled by @clarerichardson1 and grooming by @joannasimkin.

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He told the magazine, “I have always been a bit like that, though—always a bit of an island. I don’t like to confer with too many people.”

Zayn Malik opened up about how the members of One Direction dragged him down: “There’s things that happen and things that were said after I left.” https://t.co/9kSSpZKNHB

— E! News (@enews) November 6, 2018

at least he has Gigi

“I lean on her a lot.” @ZaynMalik on girlfriend @GigiHadid. Read the exclusive preview from the December issue, hitting newsstands on Friday https://t.co/tHY9PTv5a0

— British Vogue (@BritishVogue) November 7, 2018