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Niall Horan told The Telegraph in October 2019 that the group didn't have any major in-fighting during One Direction's whirlwind tenure. However, they did have enough relatively minor bickering that things wouldn't have ended well if they hadn't at least gone on a temporary hiatus after five albums in five years (and five tours) together.
"I can never really remember any major bust-ups, just brotherly family nagging, s***ty arguments like that," Horan, who's remained friendly with everyone, explained. "But we were gonna end up killing each other. We all sat down one day, had a chat and it was like, 'We need to take a break. Step back, chill out and try something new.'" He also said that being constantly mobbed when going out was hard to deal with.
Horan also admitted that — much like former bandmate Louis Tomlinson — that he was a bit bummed that no timeline was specified for their hiatus. He noted, "I would have preferred if someone said [the break would last] five years, and it probably will end up something like that."
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