Watch: Barbara Walters’ 10 Most Fascinating People Interview With One Direction
December 14, 2012 by Hollywoodite
Yesterday, ABC News released its segment for seven-year-old Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson’s entry in Barbara Walters’ 10 Most Fascinating People of the year. Today, there’s another youthful entry: British boy band One Direction.
The singers were grouped together in 2010 for X Factor UK after failing to go through as individuals (something lazily repeated on X Factor USA season two). Members include: Niall Horan, 19; Zayn Malik, 19; Liam Payne, 19; Harry Styles, 18; Louis Tomlinson, 20.
During the interview, the boys are asked whether they would like to pursue solo careers and Styles is asked about his fondness for women older than himself (including married 33-year-old DJ Lucy Horobin with whom he flirted on air and then had a three-month affair in 2011, and 22-year-old Taylor Swift with whom he’s reportedly faking a relationship for publicity).
Barbara kicked off the interview by asking Harry about his penchant for older ladies. ’You have been linked to older women. How old is older women. 23?’ she asked a visibly embarrassed Harry, who nodded and looked down. ’I may kill myself,’ the 83-year-old then joked as Harry looked at his band members for support.
The TV legend then proceeded to ask Zayn how he gets his hair to stand up like that and whether Niall thinks he’s the cutest of the band.
Determined to get to the bottom of their fame, the 83-year-old journalist then quizzed the boys about an incident in Sweden where female fans exposed their breasts.
Louis [explained] ‘They pressed their breasts up against the window to the point there were like… nipple marks on the car.’
Zayn continued: ‘They all ran over to the car and took their tops off and pressed them up.’
‘It was the first time anything like that has ever happened to us,’ Harry said. ‘We went back to the hotel and were like: ‘Where did that come from?’ …It was great.’
‘It’s what dreams are made of to be honest,’ Louis admitted.
Barbara also quizzed the boys about their love life. When asked who was available, both Niall, Harry, and Liam put their hands up.
But since the interview, Liam has rekindled his romance with ex-girlfriend Danielle Peazer and Harry started dating pop princess Taylor Swift, leaving Niall as the only single member of the band.
The boys also confessed they are not thinking about ‘pulling a Justin Timberlake’ and going solo, and said they weren’t worried about what would happen if their fifteen minutes of fame ran out.
Louis said: ‘We are just having an absolute amazing time and I think it would be wrong to look at it and think: ‘When is this gonna end?”
‘We’re just enjoying it for the moment and at this moment, we’re having a great time.’ – via The Daily Mail.