{"id":264608,"date":"2026-01-30T01:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T01:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/264608\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T01:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T01:59:08","slug":"why-jealous-zayn-malik-took-cheap-shot-at-former-bandmate-harry-styles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/264608\/","title":{"rendered":"Why &#8216;jealous&#8217; Zayn Malik took &#8216;cheap shot&#8217; at former bandmate Harry Styles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zayn Malik was labeled as \u201cjealous\u201d by a record industry official after seemingly commenting on his former bandmate Harry Styles\u2019 high concert ticket prices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[He] is jealous,\u201d a music industry source told Page Six. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOriginally, he tried to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/zayntourupdates\/status\/1970934554488865086\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">charge expensive prices <\/a>for his tickets and couldn\u2019t, so <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/womanlightming\/status\/2016884380380135455\" rel=\"nofollow\">he had to lower them<\/a>, and as of last night [they were] as cheap as $20<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/womanlightming\/status\/2016884380380135455\/photo\/2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> <\/a>to get in,\u201d the insider claimed, referring to Malik\u2019s Las Vegas residency at Dolby Live at Park MGM.<\/p>\n<p>Zayn Malik was referred to as \u201cjealous\u201d after seemingly commenting on Harry Styles\u2019 high concert ticket prices. FilmMagic<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[He] is jealous,\u201d a music industry insider told Page Six. ACES \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n<p>The source alleged that the \u201cdemand\u201d for Malik\u2019s concert tickets was \u201cjust not there,\u201d adding, \u201cIt\u2019s unfair for him to take a cheap shot at Harry, when he\u2019s doing the same as every other artist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cZayn is just jealous that he can\u2019t get people to pay for him,\u201d the insider continued.<\/p>\n<p>Reps for Malik, 33, and Styles, 31, were not immediately available to Page Six for comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOriginally, he tried to charge expensive prices for his tickets and couldn\u2019t, so he had to lower them, and as of last night [they were] as cheap as $20 get in,\u201d the insider added. ACES \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s unfair for him to take a cheap shot at Harry, when he\u2019s doing the same as every other artist,\u201d the source continued. WireImage<\/p>\n<p>The duo were once a part of One Direction alongside Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/10\/16\/celebrity-news\/former-one-direction-member-liam-payne-dead-at-31\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the late Liam Payne<\/a>, who died in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The group formed in 2010 on the\u00a0UK\u2019s \u201cThe X Factor,\u201d and they officially broke up in 2016, one year after Malik<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2015\/03\/25\/zayn-malik-leaving-one-direction\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> exited the band<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, Malik and Styles have sparked feud rumors, including when the latter poked fun at the \u201cLove Like This\u201d singer going solo during a Celebrity Family Feud sketch in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy would anyone in a successful band go solo? That is insane!\u201d Styles quipped.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Styles pretended to forget Malik\u2019s name during his 2019 \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d monologue, saying, \u201cI love those guys. They\u2019re my brothers. Niall, Louis, Liam and uh \u2026 Ringo! Yeah, that\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Styles and Malik were both a part of One Direction. WireImage<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the \u201cPillowtalk\u201d crooner appeared to have commented on Styles\u2019 ticket prices while performing in Las Vegas. Turgeon\/Steffman\/Splash News<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>However, feud rumors subsided when Styles and Malik <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/11\/20\/entertainment\/one-direction-members-reunite-at-liam-paynes-funeral-in-the-uk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">came together for Payne\u2019s funeral<\/a> in England in November 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Malik, meanwhile, appeared to have playfully <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/01\/29\/entertainment\/zayn-malik-shades-harry-styles-over-concert-ticket-prices\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">commented on Styles\u2019 ticket prices<\/a> for his <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/01\/22\/entertainment\/harry-styles-announces-30-madison-square-garden-shows-after-page-six-exclusively-revealed-residency\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">forthcoming \u201cTogether, Together\u201d tour<\/a> during his show in Las Vegas on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just want to say a big, big thank you to each and every single one of you for being here with me tonight,\u201d\u00a0he told the audience in a now-viral clip.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou could have been anywhere, but you decided to spend your night with me,\u201d before jokingly adding, \u201cHopefully, the ticket prices weren\u2019t too high.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust saying,\u201d Malik said with a smirk.<\/p>\n<p>Styles is set to <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/01\/22\/entertainment\/harry-styles-announces-30-madison-square-garden-shows-after-page-six-exclusively-revealed-residency\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">embark on tour<\/a> from May to December 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou could have been anywhere, but you decided to spend your night with me,\u201d he said. \u201cHopefully, the ticket prices weren\u2019t too high.\u201d zayn\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p>Styles will kickstart his highly anticipated \u201cTogether, Together\u201d tour in May. Getty Images for Valentino<\/p>\n<p>Prices for the \u201cAs It Was\u201d singer\u2019s shows in London range from between $60.80 and $642.76, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/music\/music-news\/harry-styles-fans-uproar-tour-ticket-costs-together-prices-1236486023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">per the Hollywood Reporter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The high costs have sparked backlash, with one person writing via X, \u201cPissed as hell that Harry styles tickets are going for the same amount as 3 of my biweekly paychecks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sorry Harry but this is asinine, I love you but I cannot justify spending an entire paycheck on 2 concert tickets,\u201d another wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zayn Malik was labeled as \u201cjealous\u201d by a record industry official after seemingly commenting on his former bandmate&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264609,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[16066,3990,18442,2319,146,1851,85,46,409,48129],"class_list":{"0":"post-264608","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-celebrity-feuds","9":"tag-celebrity-news","10":"tag-concert","11":"tag-concerts","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-harry-styles","14":"tag-il","15":"tag-israel","16":"tag-music","17":"tag-zayn-malik"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}