Liam Payne has shared a shirtless mirror selfie showing his muscular six-pack and tattooed arm as he works out in the gym. The former One Direction star, 28, posed in black tracksuit bottoms in front of a weight rack, revealing his toned torso after previously speaking about feeling unhappy with his appearance during lockdown.
Payne attended his friend Tom Parker's funeral earlier this week. The singer had earlier opened up about his struggles with alcohol and weight gain during the pandemic, describing a 'wild booze and pills phase' that left him looking bloated.
Speaking on the Diary of a CEO podcast last year, Payne said: 'There were a few pictures of me on a boat and I was all bloated out and I call it my pills-and-booze face. My face was 10 times bigger than it is now.' He admitted to slipping back into bad habits during lockdown, relying on alcohol and overeating, which led to weight gain.
Payne also revealed he struggled with mental health, including moments of suicidal ideation. He said: 'There is definitely some stuff I have never spoken about to do with it. It was really, really severe.' The singer, who joined One Direction aged 16, spoke about how fame left him unable to care for himself, saying: 'I was a director of a half-a-billion pound industry at 22. But if I am trying to pay car insurance I am useless.'
