It was just seeing everyone there - Harry, Niall and Liam - that was what I needed that night, that support. "And he didn't show so that really bugged me. "I had a couple of calls with him after I lost my mum and all the boys had agreed to come to that performance," Tomlinson recalled. Tomlinson told The Dan Wootton Interview podcast (via The Sun) that Malik promised to attend and then never showed. Tomlinson performed his song "Just Hold On" on The X Factor mere days after his mom's tragic death, and Liam Payne, Harry Styles, and Niall Horan were all on hand to root for their former bandmate. "It was a really sordid scenario, from our side certainly. He didn't even say goodbye, if I am being honest," he said. "I think with Zayn's particular exit and the way he chose to go, we haven't really heard from him since he left.
Liam Payne also skirted the line of criticism and diplomacy when he told GQ in late 2019 that Malik's exit was less than civil. Louis Tomlinson, however, said he's not sure he can forgive Malik. One of these was a remix of Rae Sremmurd's 'No Type. According to MTV, Some of those tracks leaked in July 2015. Small things that I would never have expected." Publicly, his bandmates have been relatively diplomatic, like Niall Horan who seemingly defended Malik's private nature, and Harry Styles who wished him well. Zayn Malik recorded songs with producer and one-time close friend Naughty Boy.
There's things that happen and things that were said after I left. "I ain't spoke to any of them for a long time, to be honest with you," he griped. Malik later lamented to Vogue in December 2018 that he left the band without any lasting friendships (despite his statement when he quit saying he'd made "four friends for life").