One Direction's Louis Tomlinson reveals the one celebrity he 'despises'

There is one celebrity One Direction star Louis Tomlinson says he cannot stand.

In a new interview the musician admitted he "despises" YouTuber and professional wrestler Logan Paul.

"I f---ing forever despise [Logan Paul], horrible, horrible little f---er," he said in an interview with The Independent, with the journalist adding that he spoke with "quiet venom".

His apparent hatred for Paul comes after the social media star hosted the late Liam Payne, Tomlinson's friend and former bandmade, in a now-controversial episode of his podcast Impaulsive.

In the 2022 episode, Paul interviewd Payne, who opened up about his experience with the famous boyband, made some shocking revelations about his band mates and shared other intimate details of his life.

Payne, who appeared to be drinking whisky throughout the chat, spoke about how One Direction was put together around him, aired some former drama he had with bandmate Zayn Malik, in which Malik had "thrown him against a wall", and shared intimate details about the birth of his son.

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Payne appeared to be vulnerable throughout the chat and Logan recieved backlash after the episode aired, with many questioning the YouTuber's ethics.

Shortly after the appearance on Paul's podcast, the singer went on to spend 100 days in a rehabilitation facility.

Later, Payne opened up about the controversial interview and thanked his former bandmates for their support "when [he] needed them most".

"A lot of what I said came from the wrong place," he explained in a video posted to his YouTube channel in July 2023.

"I was so angry at what was going on around me and instead of taking a look inwards I decided to look outwards at everybody else and I just think yeah I took it out on everybody else, which is just wrong, really."

Speaking of the controversial interview and Paul's involvement in it, Tomlinson commented on the rise of social media stars becoming pseudo-journalists in recent years and the responsibility they should hold.

"I think that's also the problem with some of the new 'media', " he told The Independent.

"I would like to think most journalists ... some journalists have a duty of care."

Payne died last October after falling from the third floor of his hotel room in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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