One Direction alum Liam Payne talks addiction, suicidal ideation during boy band fame
Liam Payne, known best for his time in the boy band One Direction, opened up about his mental health and addiction issues while at the height of 1D mania. The 27-year-old singer told Steven Barlett on "The Diary of a CEO" podcast that many of his days were filled with "pills and booze" and he had "moments of suicidal ideation." "Yeah.There is some stuff that I’ve definitely never spoken about to do with it. It was really, really, really severe.