Zayn opens up about eating disorder he suffered while in One Direction

The Pillowtalk singer has told of how he suffered while in the band.

It's easy for us to look at celebrities and wish we had their lives, their clothes, their friends, but behind the facade of wealth and happiness there often lies a sad truth. One such celebrity who seems to have it all is Zayn Malik who's gone his own way and essentially initiated the split of superstar boyband One Direction.

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According to The Mirror, the 23-year-old was suffering so much stress from being in the band that he developed an eating disorder. In his autobiography, Zayn spoke about how his health suffered.

"Something I’ve never talked about in public before, but which I have come to terms with since leaving the band, is that I was suffering from an eating disorder. "I’d just go for days – sometimes two or three days straight – without eating anything at all. It got quite serious, although at the time I didn’t recognise it for what it was.

He said his eating disorder pushed him to his limits because of the crazy schedule the band had to follow.

"I had lost so much weight I had become ill. The workload and the pace of life on the road put together with the pressures and strains of everything going on within the band had badly affected my eating habits."

He also said his weight loss prompted people to ask was he abusing drugs, which he blames on the eating disorder he had at the time.