Liam Payne’s Ex Maya Henry Just Revealed Which One Direction Star Threw Him Against A Wall During A Backstage Argument

In 2022, Liam was brutally dragged after he bragged about telling his then-unnamed bandmate: “If you don’t remove those hands, there’s a high likelihood you’ll never use them again.”

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Stephanie Soteriou
by Stephanie Soteriou

BuzzFeed Staff

Back in 2022, former One Direction star Liam Payne went viral for all the wrong reasons following an ill-fated appearance on Logan Paul’s Impaulsive podcast.

Liam Payne smiling outdoors in a plaid shirt
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Liam ended up being mercilessly roasted after he made a series of wild comments on the show. This included claiming that One Direction was created around him back in 2010, and that he was always intended to be the frontman. 


It was later revealed that Niall Horan was actually the first of the five members to be put in the band, which was created on the British series The X Factor.


Liam also insisted that he’d enjoyed the most success as a solo artist than any other member of the group. Discussing his debut single, “Strip That Down,” Liam bragged at the time: “I think it outsold everybody within the band, and I was the last to go [solo]. And I never expected that.”


As it happens, when Liam’s podcast appearance was recorded, Harry Styles’s Grammy-winning song “Watermelon Sugar” was the most streamed solo single from a member of One Direction, followed by two more from him, and three of Zayn Malik’s tracks. 


“Strip That Down” actually placed seventh at the time, and Liam's 2019 solo album, LP1, also didn’t enjoy the same amount of success as his former bandmates’ debuts,  peaking at No. 111 on the Billboard 200.

In addition to these bold claims, Liam shocked listeners as he shared some behind-the-scenes tea from his One Direction days.

One Direction in 2011
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He called Louis Tomlinson “rowdy” before revealing: “In the band we hated each other. Like, come to blows hate each other, it was close.”


Elsewhere on the podcast, Liam said that he was once thrown up against a wall during a backstage fight with one of his bandmates, who he did not name. 

"There was one moment where there was an argument backstage, and one member in particular threw me up a wall,” he began, before proudly recalling telling the other person: “If you don’t remove those hands, there’s a high likelihood you’ll never use them again.”

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And once people had stopped chuckling at Liam’s less-than-intimidating threat, they immediately started to wonder who the perpetrator was. 

In the two years since the podcast interview aired, fans have made convincing arguments in favor of any one of the four remaining members being the person who threw Liam against the wall, but at the weekend, Liam’s ex Maya Henry revealed who he told her it actually was.

Maya Henry in a long dress and leather coat holding a handbag, standing outdoors by a lit fire pit
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Taking to her TikTok page, Maya stitched a video from another user that joked: “I lied. put your clothes back on. we’re going to discuss who we think threw liam payne up a wall.”

In a six-second clip, Maya said: “OK, I see this all the time, everywhere. I’ve heard this insufferable story so many times, and he told me it was Zayn, so.”

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#duet with @bee! Sorry i couldnt hold this info in anymore 😭

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During the podcast appearance, Liam admitted that he dislikes Zayn — who sensationally quit the group in March 2015 — for “many reasons,” and also appeared to take aim at the singer’s family.

One Direction on a red carpet at the BBC Music Awards, wearing various black and white outfits
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“There are many reasons I dislike Zayn and there are many reasons why I’ll always be on his side,” Liam began at the time. “If I had had to go through what he went through, through his growth and whatever else. My parents are overly supportive, to the point where it’s annoying at times, and Zayn had a different upbringing in that sense.”


“You can always look at the man for where he is and say: ‘That guy’s a dick,’ but at the end of the day, what you understand, what he’s had to get through to get to that point and whether or not he wanted to be there, I can’t dick on him,” he continued. “I don’t agree with his actions, I can’t be on his side. I understand and hope that one day, the other person on the end of the phone wants to receive the help.”

Meanwhile, Maya first met Liam at a meet-and-greet event in 2015 when she was a 15-year-old One Direction fan. They were first romantically linked in August 2018, shortly after Liam's split from British star Cheryl, who he shares his son Bear with.

Liam Payne in a t-shirt and pants stands next to Maya Henry in a pinstripe suit with a deep neckline, posing at an indoor event
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Liam and Maya did not confirm their romance until September 2019, and he proposed to her with a diamond ring that was reportedly worth $4 million in August 2020. 


The two had an on-again, off-again relationship but split for good in April 2022.

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