Zayn Malik Shares Big Regret About One Direction, Reveals Surprising Skill His Daughter Khai Got From Gigi Hadid & More

On his big regret from his time with One Direction…

“The one thing I always feel bad about when I look back over my life is not enjoying the band enough,” Zayn said. “I feel like I just took things too seriously. I’m grateful that I’m able to be happier now. I can actually enjoy things and own my own perspective a bit. You know, like glass half full versus it being half empty. That’s my choice. I get to decide what that is.”

He continued, adding, “I didn’t understand the importance of just trying to be happy. I had this teen angst thing going on, a chip on my shoulder where I’m like, ‘It’s really gool to just be moody as f-ck all the time.’”

As for how he came to terms with that reality, Zayn credited Khai for changing his perspective.

He explained that she “brought that color back in my life.”

On resentment between the bandmates at the time and what’s changed…

“I think the thing was, we were so young. And when we were in the band, we didn’t have that level of compassion yet because we didn’t understand life yet. We just were young kids that just were thrown in the situation. Now, when I look back at it, I can look at it in a positive light and be like, all these guys came from similar backgrounds to me. They had nothing, they worked the asses off, they wanted to sing, they got the thrown in a band. And you know, we resented each other to a certain degree because we were solo artists that were put in a band, and we should have never felt that way. It should have never been a competition. It should have always been a camaraderie, and we should have always been there for each other and had each other’s backs,” he said.

Zayn continued, saying, “I think that’s just development over time. I mean, I’ve become a more compassionate, caring person for other people. And the thing I learned is I have have done that earlier.”

Zayn recently recalled saving one of his bandmates from a scary situation. He also had more to say about Khai and moving to Pennsylvania.

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