Yeah to be fair I did read stuff about him not really being into the fame thing but I guess the way the article was written it played more on how he came across. Eg rude lol talking about how the music he made with 1d wasn’t good and he wasn’t allowed to sing rnb. Oh they mentioned he missed some event from I think Louis after his mum died and they had quotes from him saying how upset he was that zany just didnt turn up
I sympathise wholeheartedly with him if it is all down to unhappiness etc as I know to others you can seem rude etc without meaning it
It was definitely a jump from him calling the others his "brothers for life" at the Asian Awards to saying he never even had any friends in the band. He was clearly in a bad place that year and should've focused on his mental health instead of saying things that he couldn't backtrack from.
From what we were shown, I would say that Zayn and Louis were the closest, so I'm sure it did hurt that Zayn didn't attend that event (Louis' X Factor performance after his mother had passed I believe). But at the same time I can imagine the thought of going back to the same place that became the beginning of the end wasn't particularly appealing.
RE him and Gigi splitting, I thought it was because of his mental health? She obviously lives for exposure, given her job, whereas he was the complete opposite. Found it kind of weird that she invited that blonde guy she dated for a minute to her grandma's funeral given that they'd claimed their relationship was just a bit of fun.