Louis Tomlinson wants to rebuild his friendship with his former One Direction bandmate Zayn Malik - Daily Mail

Louis Tomlinson has said he would be willing to rebuild his friendship with Zayn Malik, although the singer admits he isn't the right person to make the first move.

The singer, 30, fell out with his former One Direction bandmate when Zayn, 29, quit the group in 2015, but he's now 'closer to being over all that' than he ever was, but reveals they haven't spoken.

Reflection: Louis Tomlinson, 30, wants to rebuild his friendship with Zayn Malik, although the singer admits he isn't the right person to make the first move.

'I could be wrong, but I believe I said, when you asked me a similar question [last time] … I believe I said I don't think I'm mature enough to get over what's frustrated me in that relationship.

Ruckus: Louis fell out with his former One Direction bandmate when Zayn, 29, quit the group in 2015.

Split: Zayn announced he was leaving One Direction in early 2015 and the band then went on an 'extended hiatus' in August that year (L-R: Liam Payne, Niall Horan, Louis, Zayn and Harry Styles, pictured in 2014)

Hailing Zayn as being 'a different calibre in terms of singers', he said: 'I wasn't just liking it for the sake of liking it