Liam Payne is opening up about the news that his One Direction bandmate, Louis Tomlinson, is going to be a father.
Payne admitted the baby news did come as a surprise, but Tomlinson is stepping up and ready to take on his new role as a dad.
“Well, I was quite, I was obviously a bit shocked, but he’s [Louis] taken super well to it and he’s excited; he’s very excited about what’s going on with him at the moment,” Payne told Magic FM’s Jo Parkerson, MTV News reports.
“Sometimes stuff happens like that,” he continued, adding Tomlinson is “taking it very seriously.”
As we previously reported, Tomlinson, 23, is expecting a baby with stylist Briana Jungwirth. The two aren’t in a relationship but are good friends and committed to co-parenting.
Of course Payne was also asked about Zayn Malik, who he said he’s happy for that he’s embarking on a solo career.
“If your heart’s not into something you can’t just carry on doing it because of fame and stuff,” he said. “You have to go and do what you want to do.”
He also said One Direction’s style of music was “never Zayn’s sort of music.”
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