Zayn Malik is 'in absolute bits' over former One Direction bandmate Liam Payne's shock death

Zayn Malik is 'in implicit bits' implicit erstwhile One Direction bandmate Liam Payne's daze death.

News deed the web that Liam had tragically passed away astatine property 31 connected Wednesday evening, aft helium fell from a edifice balcony successful Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Now, idiosyncratic adjacent to his ex-groupmate Zayn, 31, has revealed however the Pillowtalk creator has reacted to the horrific news.

A US euphony shaper moving with Zayn from One Direction told DailyMail.com exclusively that the vocalist is successful 'shock' implicit Liam's abrupt passing.

They added that Zayn's loved ones 'don't privation him to beryllium alone' astatine the moment, truthful helium is 'surrounded by his friends.' 

'Zayn was told successful the aboriginal hours of this greeting and has been successful implicit bits,' they said. 

'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.'

They said it 'had been a portion since Zayn and Liam had spoken' owed to 'issues they had with 1 different successful the past.'

'But they respected each different from a distance,' the insider explained. 'They didn’t hatred each different but they couldn’t spot oculus to oculus connected antithetic things.

'But they some felt that they had been exploited successful the euphony industry.'

DailyMail.com has reached retired to Zayn for comment. 

Zayn and Liam were enactment into the set One Direction unneurotic alongside Harry Styles, Niall Horan, and Louis Tomlinson aft they auditioned arsenic solo artists connected the X Factor successful 2010.

The radical went connected to go a monolithic success, releasing 5 wildly fashionable albums, dominating the charts, breaking aggregate records, and embarking connected galore sold-out satellite tours. 

Zayn famously near the set successful 2015, and successful 2016, helium said helium was 'the closest with Liam' erstwhile helium was asked what his narration with his erstwhile bandmates was like.

'I’m inactive astir apt the closest to Liam. We speech connected the phone. He congratulated maine connected my single. Which was nice. I congratulated him connected his Brit Award,' helium said astatine the time.

However, by 2022, it seemed arsenic though their narration had go strained arsenic Liam confessed during an quality connected a podcast, 'There are galore reasons wherefore I dislike Zayn.

'But determination are galore reasons wherefore I’ll ever always beryllium connected his side,' helium added.

Liam was declared dormant aft helium fell 45-feet from the 3rd level into a courtyard astatine the Casa Sur Hotel in the Palermo vicinity successful Buenos Aires. 

Authorities said he died instantly from aggregate injuries, including a fractured skull. 

Argentinian media reported that constabulary were called to the hotel beforehand implicit reports of an assertive antheral who was believed to beryllium nether the power of drugs oregon alcohol. 

A edifice idiosyncratic made 2 calls, saying successful the first: 'We person a impermanent who's disconnected his caput connected drugs and is destroying everything successful his room. We request idiosyncratic to come.'

He past phoned again, adding: 'I don't cognize if the guest's beingness is successful danger. The country has a balcony and we are acrophobic helium mightiness bash something.' 

Liam was said to person been 'acting erratically successful the edifice lobby and smashed his laptop' earlier helium 'had to beryllium carried backmost to his room,' section media reported.

The singer's household told DailyMail.com afterwards that they are 'utterly devastated' by his death.

'We are heartbroken. Liam volition everlastingly unrecorded successful our hearts and we'll retrieve him for his kind, comic and brave soul,' they added successful a statement.

'We are supporting each different the champion we tin arsenic a household and inquire for privateness and abstraction astatine this atrocious time.'

Liam had arrived successful Argentina earlier this period for his ex-bandmate Niall's performance with his woman Kate Cassidy. 

She near 2 days ago, explaining successful a TikTok video that she 'needed to spell home,' but helium stayed successful the South American state alone.

His daze passing comes days aft his ex-fiancée Maya Henry started ineligible proceedings against him.

She reportedly served Liam with cease and desist papers past week aft accusing him of repeatedly contacting her.