Zayn Malik Reveals He No Longer Speaks to His Former One Direction Bandmates

When Zayn Malik announced he was leaving One Direction, he expressed that the split wasn’t personal. “I know I have four friends for life in Louis, Liam, Harry and Niall,” Zayn said at the time. But now, it appears that those lifelong, boy-band bonds may be beyond repair: Zayn has just revealed that he and his former bandmates have not spoken since he exited 1D in March 2015.

In a recent interview with Billboard, Zayn spoke out about the loss of friendship. “The truth of it is, you can think one thing about a situation and the total opposite can happen,” he told the magazine. But he also clarified that the radio silence is not for lack of trying on his part: “I had every intention of remaining friends with everybody, but I guess certain phone numbers have changed and I haven’t received calls from a lot of people,” Zayn said.

“I’ve reached out to a few of them and not got a reply. Certain people have pride issues, but it’s stuff you overcome in time.” Perhaps the remaining 1D-ers are still holding on to the initial anger that they felt when Zayn announced his departure from the

When Zayn Malik announced he was leaving One Direction last year, he expressed that the split wasn’t personal. “I know I have four friends for life in Louis, Liam, Harry and Niall,” Zayn said at the time. But now, it appears that those lifelong, boy-band bonds may be beyond repair: Zayn has just revealed that he and his former bandmates have not spoken since he exited 1D in March 2015.

In a recent interview with Billboard, Zayn spoke out about the loss of friendship.

“The truth of it is, you can think one thing about a situation and the total opposite can happen,” he told the magazine. But he also clarified that the radio silence is not for lack of trying on his part: “I had every intention of remaining friends with everybody, but I guess certain phone numbers have changed and I haven’t received calls from a lot of people,” Zayn said. “I’ve reached out to a few of them and not got a reply. Certain people have pride issues, but it’s stuff you overcome in time.”

Perhaps the remaining 1D-ers are still holding on to the initial anger that they felt when Zayn announced his departure from the band. “At first we were a little bit angry, we were surprised,” Liam Payne said in an appearance on The Late Late Show With James Corden. “But then it was just a bit more disappointed. We wish him the best of luck…there’s no hard feelings.”

No hard feelings—but apparently, no friendship either.