Liam Payne revealed he has spent 100 days in a Louisiana rehab centre to ‘get well’.
Following feuds with his One Direction bandmates, Payne, 29, took a break from public life to work on himself.
He has now returned to his YouTube channel with a candid post about his time in rehab.
“Sorry for [being] MIA,” he began in a video entitled ‘I’m Back’.
“You guys know there’s a few reasons why I did that and I just needed to take a little bit of time out for myself.
“I kind of became somebody who I didn’t recognize and I’m sure you didn’t either.”
Payne was apologetic to his fans as he shared his recent experience in the Lousiana centre.
He said it was a “wonderful place” that helped him “get [his] head straight.”
“I was in bad shape up to that point,” he continued.
“I was really happy more than anything when I arrived to kind of put a stopper on life and work. I didn’t have my phone for nearly 100 days.
“I didn’t connect to the outside world at all and it was kind of prepping me for that moment.
“Upon leaving was actually the hardest point was turning the phone back on… because it was a little bit scary.”
Payne revealed more details about his experience in the video, including getting to know more of his hobbies.
He confirmed he loves to draw and has also been enjoying writing, music and poetry.
Payne even managed to draw a portrait of famous artist David Hockney and gifted it to the man himself.
He now believes he has “more of a grip” on his life and “more of a handle” on things he felt were slipping away from him.
The One Direction star is now six months sober after realising he didn’t need alcohol during a party in Dubai.
He’ll also be heading back on tour soon in South America, though admitted he’s a little daunted by the challenge.
Payne also claimed his former bandmates Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik “came to the rescue” despite admitting he didn’t like Malik during an appearance on Logan Paul’s podcast.
