Zayn Malik 'in bits' following death of One Direction bandmate Liam Payne

While neither helium oregon the remainder of the remaining members of the chart-topping boyband person yet to enactment retired an authoritative statement, a root adjacent to him has fixed an penetration into however helium took the news.

A US euphony shaper moving with Zayn from One Direction has said that understandably the vocalist is successful “shock”.

They added to Mail Online that Malik’s loved ones are present acrophobic for his ain wellbeing and “don't privation him to beryllium alone” astatine the moment, truthful helium is “surrounded by his friends.”

They told the publication: "Zayn was told successful the aboriginal hours of this greeting and has been successful implicit bits. He is successful shock, and his parents person been successful interaction with Liam’s household to connection their enactment and condolences. People adjacent to Zayn don’t privation him to beryllium unsocial astatine the moment, truthful helium is surrounded by friends."

The insider added that it had been immoderate clip since Malik and Payne had spoken' owed to “issues they had with 1 different successful the past.” However, it was said that the erstwhile bandmates inactive “respected each different from a distance”.

He plunged from the 3rd level of the Casa Sur Hotel successful the Palermo neighbourhood resulting successful "extremely superior injuries", according to authorities. He was pronounced dormant astatine the scene.

The circumstances astir his decease are inactive being investigated, nevertheless Argentina's authoritative bureau has confirmed that a bid of substances were seized from Payne's edifice room.

A hunt of Payne's country uncovered "what appeared to beryllium narcotics, alcohol, destroyed objects and furniture", it added.

It is believed that the Wolverhampton-born prima - who had been unfastened astir his struggles with cause and intoxicant addiction successful the past - was unsocial astatine the clip of his fall.

The probe is nevertheless looking into the "possible engagement of 3rd parties successful the events prior".

One Direction - which besides consisted of members Harry Styles, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson - became 1 of the biggest popular groups successful the satellite with 5 albums and 4 satellite tours aft being enactment unneurotic by Simon Cowell connected the X-Factor successful 2010.

The set went connected indefinite hiatus aft Malik announced his departure successful 2015.

All of the members aboriginal went connected to forge solo careers with varying levels of success.

In 2021, Wolverhampton-born Payne opened up astir struggling with intoxicant and medicine cause addiction astatine the tallness of One Direction’s fame.

Appearing connected Steven Bartlett’s The Diary of a CEO podcast host, helium admitted that helium "didn't similar myself precise much" during the lad set days.

He said they were filled with "pills and booze" and "moments of suicidal ideation."

Payne explained: "There is immoderate worldly that I’ve decidedly ne'er spoken about. It was really, really, truly severe. It was a problem."

He went connected to archer however things got overmuch worse erstwhile they were connected tours, locked up successful edifice rooms for days.

"In the band... the champion mode to unafraid us, due to the fact that of however large we’d got, was conscionable to fastener america successful our rooms. What’s successful the room? A mini-bar," helium said.

“So astatine a definite constituent I thought, I’m conscionable going to person a party-for-one and that seemed to transportation connected for galore years of my life. Then you look backmost astatine however agelong you’ve been drinking and you’re like, 'Jesus Christ, that's a agelong time.'”