Simon Cowell defends 1D, says Zayn’s comments ‘rude’

Simon Cowell has hit out at Zayn Malik for being “rude” to his former One Direction bandmates.

In an earlier interview with Fader’s magazine, Malik said that his departure was partly because the band had little say in the music produced. “There was never any room for me to experiment creatively in the band,” said Malik, adding, “If I would sing a hook or a verse slightly R&B, or slightly myself, it would always be recorded 50 times until there was a straight version that was generic pop, so they could use that version,-" he continued.

Cowell, whose record label SyCo had signed the band, said, “It is a bit rude to the people who wrote all the hits with them,” he said. “And to the other band members. I mean they all wrote a lot of the stuff.”