Jun 30, 2017
Well, he knows that we don't think that [he's just the guy at the back], um, obviously.....I thought it was very strong of him to say stuff like that in an interview. It's a hard thing to do to just, you know, throw yourself in front of a journalist and go to town on yourself, so it's very, you know, self-deprecating, but there was no need for it. There was no need for him to be like that. He's - he's one of my best friends and was a very very very extremely valuable member of the band and we probably would have lost the plot on a few occasions if it wasn't for him.
Niall on Louis and what he said in The Observer
