After taking some time away from the spotlight, Liam Payne is “back” and opening up about his career, sobriety and that controversial appearance on Logan Paul’s podcast.
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Taking to YouTube with an explanatory video, the former One Direction-er discussed what it was like dealing with the widespread backlash that came from comments he made on Impaulsive about his negative feelings during his time in the boy band.
Sharing a few things with Paul, one that caught the most attention was when 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.
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“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 newly uploaded YouTube video. “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. I was so angry at what was going on around me and instead of taking a look inwards I decided to look outwards at everybody else and I just think yeah I took it out on everybody else, which is just wrong, really.”
Payne then went on to reveal that the entire experience along with varies other difficulties he’d been through, ultimately him to begin a sobriety treatment program in Louisiana. Admitting that after spending 100 days receiving help at the facility, he’s currently nearly 6 months sober.
“I have had a lot of time to recollect over those moments. I kinda had to go away to kinda get better. The whole thing up to that point was just a scramble to stay relevant,” he said. Despite regretting the comments he made on Paul’s podcast, Payne said he now sees the event as a “life-changing” moment “that saved my life in a way.” Adding that he now has “more of a grip on life and everything that was getting away from me, I just feel like I’ve got more of a handle on it.”
Elsewhere in the video, Liam went on to share some additional updates on both his struggles and successes as a father, and thanked his fans for sticking by him.
Check out the video below.
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