One Direction alum Liam Payne opened up about his sobriety journey and his plan for new music .
Liam Paynehas great news, and it’s even better than this photo with the white Crocs — if you can believe it.
The One Direction alum revealed he’s over 100 days sober and he’s feeling “really, really good.”
“I feel amazing, " Liam said to iFL TV at the KSI vs. Joe Fournier fight in London on May 13. “I feel really, really good, and support from the fans and everything has been really, really good. So, I’m super happy.”
This isn’t the first time Liam openly talked about his sobriety and mental health.
In 2021, he talked on an episode ofThe Diary of a CEOabout being more than one month sober. “It was only until I saw myself after that I was like, ‘All right, I need to fix myself,'” Liam said. “It was like a few pictures of me on a boat, and I’m all, like, bloated out, and I call it pill-and-booze face. … My face was just like 10 times more than it is now. And I just didn’t like myself very much, so then I made a change.”
He was very transparent that his relationship with alcohol started while he was still part of One Direction. “The problem we had in the band — and I don’t blame anybody for this. I don’t want to seem like I’m whining or moaning, ‘Oh my god, look at my life,’ whatever. But it feels to me like, when we were in the band, the best way to secure us, because of how big it got, was to just lock us in a room.”
“And, of course, what is in the room? A minibar,” Liam continued. “So at a certain point, I thought, ‘Well, I’m going to have a party for one,’ and that just seemed to carry on throughout many years of my life.”
“And then you look back how long you’ve been drinking for, you’re like, ‘Jesus Christ, that’s a long time,’ even for someone as young as I was. It was wild.”
And he has music updates for the Liam lovers, like myself. “I’ve been making an album for a change, which is quite fun,” he added. “It’s been good. So, I’m excited to bring it out, and I definitely want to tour, which is unusual. Because I wasn’t sure I was going to tour for a long time.”
“I was kinda over it for a little bit. But I’m really excited to get back out on the road and go and see all the fans and get about it. It’s gonna be fun.”
I honestly feel like people slept on his debut album, 2019’sLP1.“Strip That Down” slapped back to back for at least three summers. We want more, Lee Lee.
Watch the full interview here.
Let’s get it, Liam!
If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, you can call SAMHSA’s National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357) and find more resourceshere.
