Naughty Boy misses his friendship with Zayn Malik.
The 'Runnin' (Lose It All)' star fell out with the former One Direction singer earlier this year and a war of words on social media followed, but he's hopeful they'll resolve their differences one day because their relationship was "100 per cent" genuine.
6 October 2015
Asked if he misses the troubled star, Naughty boy told The Guardian newspaper: "I did, for a bit, not gonna lie. I was literally always at his house or here (at my studio) ... Our friendship was genuine, 100 per cent."
He added: "I don't think we actually fell out over the lack of friendship or trust, I think it was external influences."
Zayn, 22, branded Naughty Boy - whose real name is Shahid Khan - a "fat joke" on Twitter following allegations he leaked a recording online of the singer's unheard solo material.
Naughty boy snapped: "I didn't leak it. Krept, who is on the tune with Zayn, Snapchatted it. No one put it on YouTube or nothing. I genuinely didn't leak the video."
However, the 30-year-old rapper is adamant that's not the reason their friendship came to an abrupt halt anyway, but has remained tight-lipped on the real reason.
He said: "That was ... that was just him throwing his toys out of the pram. We fell out over something else."
Despite being upset by their bust-up, the 'La La La' hitmaker doesn't think it's the right "time" to pick up the phone and attempt to make amends with the hunk.
He explained: "I don't think now's the time. I think Zayn's incredibly talented and his voice is amazing and the world doesn't know that yet. The world doesn't know how gifted he actually is, so I think the best thing for him to do now is to go a bit radio silent and let the music do the talking."
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