Liam Payne congratulates former One Direction bandmate Zayn Malik on Gigi Hadid’s pregnancy after bitter feud
DAD of one Liam Payne is the first of the 1D bunch to congratulate Zayn Malik on his impending entry to the parenting club.
Liam, who shares three-year-old toddler Bear with popstar Cheryl, made his sweet comment about his ex bandmate and superstar model, 25, on his Instagram Stories page.
Zayn, 27, explosively quit One Direction in 2015 on bad terms with bandmates and boss Simon Cowell yet it appears Liam has offered the olive branch.
The Strip That Down singer looked directly into the camera as he told his fans: "Also this week, didn’t really wanna leave it out, wanted to make sure I said something on my own place before I started getting asked about it relentlessly by everybody.
"I just wanted to say congratulations to Zayn and Gigi obviously, you know, they’re having a baby."
Zayn and Gigi's pregnancy was revealed earlier this month after the personal news, which the pair were keeping secret, was leaked.
Gigi's mum Yolanda confirmed the happy news, with the Victoria's Secret angel expected to give birth in November.
Speaking to Dutch entertainment channel Yolanda allegedly admitted she was "in shock" the secret had been leaked but that the family was "thrilled".
"I can't wait to become a grandmother," Yolanda told the channel.
"It is going well, but we are still in shock that our little secret has been leaked to the press.
"Of course we are thrilled."
It was also claimed that Gigi is around 20 weeks pregnant with boyfriend Zayn's child, and .
Meanwhile, Zayn's baby news came off the back of rumours of a 1D comeback.
Liam confirmed the Best Song Ever bunch were in talks to collaborate for their 10th anniversary.
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The singer exclusively revealed to The Sun how he is in constant contact with bandmates Harry Styles, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson about plans to mark the milestone.
However he didn’t say whether former bandmate Zayn would be involved.
In an exclusive interview with The Sun’s Bizarre column to celebrate the release of his new single Midnight with Alesso, he said: “We've got a ten-year anniversary coming up so we've all been speaking together a lot over the last few weeks which has been really nice.
“To hear a lot of people's voices and seeing old content and different things that we haven't seen for a long time or never seen before, it's very interesting.