Liam Payne Details Rehab Stay, Apologizes For Polarizing Comments About One Direction: ‘A Scramble to Stay Relevant’

variety.com:

Thania Garcia Liam Payne is opening up about his career, sobriety and his controversial appearance on Logan Paul’s podcast in a new YouTube video.

The former One Direction member was on the receiving end of widespread backlash after his episode of “Impaulsive” with Paul touched on his negative feelings about his time in the boy band.

Among the many details shared with Paul, Payne pulled back the curtain on the moment he almost “came to blows” with another bandmate backstage and aired out his grievances against other ex-members — most notably against Zayn Malik. “One of the biggest remarks I made was about the One Direction thing… and a lot of self-protection, I suppose, in that moment, more than anything,” Payne said in the new video that was uploaded to his YouTube account on July 8. “The rest of the boys really stuck by me when I needed them most, they kinda came to the rescue.

Even Zayn, as well, which is why I did send him a little thank you online. It came across really big-headed didn’t it?” He continues, “A lot of what I said came from the wrong place.