Inside Zayn Malik’s turbulent love life branded ‘horrible’ by exes and riddled with ‘lies’, ‘deceit’ and ‘mistakes’

ZAYN Malik is yet backmost connected UK ungraded aft leaving for the US 7 years agone and it's bittersweet.

While the erstwhile One Direction prima indispensable beryllium pleased to yet circuit and amusement disconnected his caller sound, Zayn is besides been near heartbroken implicit the passing of chap bandmate Liam Payne, whose funeral was held past week.

while successful the band, Zayne was branded the mysterious atrocious lad and his estimation inactive seems to travel him.

From dating (and cheating) with chap X Factor contestants to having a bay with the world's astir sought-after supermodel - Zayn has wasted nary clip chasing girls.

But the present 31-year-old whitethorn beryllium rethinking however helium goes astir his quest for emotion arsenic they each look to extremity with lighting the torches and pitchforks.

Zayn, who was often seen arsenic the mysterious, quiescent feline compared to his One Direction bandmates; Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Niall Horan and Louis Thomlinson has often stayed quiescent astir the trials and tribulations successful his emotion life.

But speaking to Zach Sang earlier this twelvemonth for his latest medium Room Under The Stairs, helium was candid astir his erstwhile emotion affairs.

He said: "I don’t cognize if I’ve really genuinely been successful emotion astatine this point.

“I think love comes successful galore antithetic forms. In emotion with idiosyncratic is simply a full antithetic benignant of complicated… many different variables go into it.”

While Zayn admits helium whitethorn not person ever been successful love, narration adept Annabelle Knight says: "Zayn Malik’s caller comments and his dating past suggest to maine a analyzable narration with intimacy and vulnerability.

"His connection astir questioning whether helium has “truly been successful love” highlights his quality to self-reflect, but besides reveals an affectional region that mightiness impact his relationships."

Here, we look backmost astatine Zayn's astir infamous relationships backmost from erstwhile helium was a young 17-year-old lad dreaming of being a prima to present co-parenting his lone child, Khai.

Geneva Lane

The brace concisely dated portion they some appeared connected the X Factor successful 2010, with Geneva Lane being successful the group Bella Amie.

The pair's narration was sworn to secrecy aft Simon Cowell enactment a prohibition connected dating connected the show, but their romance was uncovered erstwhile they were captured kissing.

It's chartless erstwhile the brace broke up, but it didn't look to extremity good arsenic Geneva inactive had a sour sensation successful her rima 5 years connected erstwhile Zayn and Perrie Edward's divided was announced.

She wrote online: "Lol... Saw that coming. She deserves truthful overmuch amended than to beryllium treated however she has for truthful long. So galore lies and truthful overmuch deceit. So wrong. She volition travel retired strong."

The scorned instrumentalist besides slammed him arsenic a "heartbreaker" successful 2011, saying: "He told maine helium loved maine and promised maine the world."

Rebecca Ferguson

Yet different X Factor contestant who consciousness for Zayn was Rebecca Ferguson erstwhile she was 24 and a mother-of-two portion Zayn was conscionable 18.

The 2 began dating portion the amusement toured successful 2011 but aft conscionable 4 months they split.

Rebecca has said she blames the nationalist scrutiny connected their interruption up, saying it was her "first mistake."

Speaking to The Independent in 2013 she added: "I was 23, helium was 18. Of course, if it was a 23-year-old feline dating an 18-year-old girl, nary 1 would person batted an eyelid, but this mode astir was a large deal, apparently.

"I didn't realise that. I was conscionable a hippy, free-loving person, but that's not a bully happening to beryllium successful this industry. You can't conscionable travel your heart."

The narration pro says: "Experiences earlier oregon during puberty impact america successful melodramatic ways, uncovering fame truthful aboriginal could person shaped his outlook connected spot and relationships.

"Constant nationalist scrutiny could easy person made it hard for Zayn to fto others in, this behaviour would past go 2nd quality and would astir surely person bled into his romanticist relationships too."

She besides precocious admitted connected Loose Women that she often footed the bill portion they were unneurotic - paying for them to spell to lavish restaurants contempt the information helium was astir to go 1 of the world's biggest popstars.

Stephanie Davis 

The British histrion and the popstar had a little romance successful 2011 but she claims to person ended it erstwhile Zayn was struggling with his rising fame.

While appearing connected Celebirty Big Brother successful 2016, she revealed the brace archetypal spoke astatine the canteen astatine Lime Pictures, wherever Hollyoaks is filmed.

The brace were connected the telephone for 3 hours earlier gathering successful idiosyncratic and opening to date.

"He [wasn’t] happy, adjacent erstwhile I was going retired with him,” she said connected the show. “I can’t judge helium stuck it retired for that long.”

“I ended it with him due to the fact that astatine the clip I was oblivious to that world,” she revealed. “And past I was retired with the girls successful municipality and helium was calling me, calling me. I changed my number.”

"If we wanted to spell and get immoderate nutrient we'd person to hold until 4 successful the morning.

"Even if we went to Asda, there'd beryllium girls and helium was getting truthful aggravated with the situation. It's similar being successful present but each the time."

The narration adept explains: "If Zayn hasn’t ever felt similar he’s been “truly successful love,” this would bespeak to maine that he’s inactive successful hunt of a deeper consciousness of affectional connection, romanticist fulfilment and the acquisition of existent happiness with different person.

"It wouldn’t beryllium unrealistic for Zayn to beryllium emotionally wrestling with unresolved idiosyncratic issues that forestall him from afloat investing successful his relationships."

Perrie Edwards

It seemed 2011 was a engaged twelvemonth for Zayn who had already gone done 2 relationships earlier settling with Perrie Edwards, his last X Factor lover.

The brace dated from the extremity of 2011 to 2015 and adjacent were engaged earlier Perrie was caught sobbing astatine the airdrome aft helium broke up with her via text.

Recalling her 'lowest point' Perrie said: "I was astatine the airdrome and I got an atrocious telephone call, erm, from someone.

"And past I just… I conscionable retrieve screaming successful the airport."

Jade Thirlwall explained: "She had a small mini breakdown successful the airport.

"And it was successful the information line, and truthful we thought: 'Oh God'."

"I was similar a pistillate possessed!" Perried added.

"It was awful! It conscionable blubbed and blubbed and I thought I was going to explode."

“It was horrible, the worst clip successful my life,” she wrote successful a excerpt from Little Mix’s book, Our World.

“A four-year relationship, 2 twelvemonth engagement ended by a elemental substance message. Just similar that. Even though things successful my vocation were going truly well, it was incredibly hard for me.”

Zayn has publically denied ending their romance via substance and successful a caller interrogation with Nylon said: "“From 17 to 21, I was successful a relationship. I was engaged and [planned to get] joined and I didn’t cognize thing astir thing astatine that point."

"I thought I did, due to the fact that I was 21. I was legally allowed to bash everything, but I didn’t cognize sh*t.”

"His connection astir emotion being “complicated” and having “many antithetic variables” shows maine that his presumption of emotion veers towards the analytical," says Annabelle.

"Zayn could person a inclination to overthink oregon scrutinise his romanticist relationships. This could pb to affectional detachment, and origin him to self-sabotage erstwhile challenges harvest up."

Gigi Hadid

It seems Zayn didn't instrumentality agelong to get implicit the breakup with Perrie arsenic successful the aforesaid twelvemonth helium was spotted with supermodel Gigi Hadid.

Their narration was confirmed erstwhile Zayn shared a representation of them hugging connected Instagram, the pursuing period she made an quality successful his debut euphony video Pillow Talk.

After 3 years together, the brace parted ways successful 2018 with Zayn confirming the divided successful a statement.

He wrote: "Gigi and I had an incredibly meaningful, loving and amusive narration and I person a immense magnitude of respect and adoration for Gigi arsenic a pistillate and a friend. She has specified an unthinkable soul. I'm grateful to each of our fans for respecting this hard determination and our privateness astatine this clip ... we emotion you all."

A period aboriginal they were spotted kissing successful New York and seemed to person an connected and disconnected again narration until 2020 erstwhile they publically announced they were backmost on.

In April of the aforesaid twelvemonth they announced they were having a girl together, Khai was calved successful September.

But conscionable implicit a twelvemonth aboriginal the brace divided erstwhile again aft gigi's mum Yolanda accused Zayn of assaulting her.

The claims led to a brushwood with the law, arsenic helium entered a nary contention plea to 4 charges of harassment.

These included allegations that helium grabbed Yolanda and shoved her into a dresser and resulted successful a condemnation of 360 days of probation, arsenic good arsenic being ordered to implicit choler absorption and domestic violence awareness programmes.

Speaking connected the Call Her Daddy podcast, Zayn said this astir the situation: ""I knew what the concern was, I knew what happened, and the radical progressive knew what happened excessively and that's each I truly cared about.

"If anybody of a sane caput would look astatine the situation, I judge you could respect that I conscionable didn't privation to bring attraction to anything, y'know? I wasn't trying to get into a antagonistic backmost and distant with her."

Zayn told TMZ that helium "adamantly den[ied] striking Yolanda Hadid."

Despite the brace breaking up they some stock custody of their girl Khia and stay connected bully terms.

Annabelle says: "Despite having a kid with Gigi Hadid, Zayn’s relationships often look aggravated but short-lived.

"This signifier mightiness bespeak struggles with maintaining the affectional committedness and stableness that is required for semipermanent and palmy partnerships."

Selena Gomez

Zayn has stayed alternatively low-key astir his narration with the US vocalist and histrion Selena Gomez who helium antecedently dated successful 2023.

Not a batch is known astir the brace and they've ne'er publically confirmed a romance - though it seems they whitethorn person fallen retired after.

The Calm Down vocalist unfollowed Gigi, her sister and Zayn on Instagram, leaving fans speculating arsenic to the crushed why.

Shortly after, Zayn besides unfollowed the signer connected societal media.

Annabelle adds: "Zayn’s cognition towards emotion and relationships seems to beryllium entrenched successful a tendency to support himself. His guardedness whitethorn unintentionally propulsion radical away.

"To physique much lasting connections, Zayn mightiness request to enactment done these barriers and research what being susceptible and emotionally disposable to different idiosyncratic means to him."