Noel Gallagher: Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Noel Gallagher: Photo By Ros O'Gorman

The Gallagher Brothers Fight Over One Direction

by Music-News.com on May 9, 2015

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Noel Gallagher has joked that Zayn Malik might want to be an everyday 22-year-old, but he’ll hate being a normal 25-year-old.

Zayn quit British boyband One Direction in March, saying he wanted to take some time out from the limelight so he could be like his peers, but former Oasis star Noel finds it hilarious that the star said such a thing, and is adamant Zayn hasn’t really thought things through.

“The greatest quote was – I laughed out loud when I read it ‘ ‘I just want to be a normal 22-year-old.’ Pfft. Who wants to be a normal 22-year-old?! Hang on a minute. You can be f**king anything that moves and gettin’ paid half a million dollars a week, you f**kin’ idiot. You want to be a normal 22-year-old? Have you met any normal 22-year-olds? They’re f**kin’ sh*t-for-brains,” he laughed to Rolling Stone magazine.

“What are you talking about, you f**kin’ idiot?.. I’ll say this to you, Zayn: You might have wanted to be a normal 22-year-old, but you won’t want to be a normal 25-year-old.”

Noel also advises Zayn to invest in a good accountant, reminding him that life is a lot longer than he thinks.

The rocker has never met Zayn, but he does know his former bandmate Harry Styles. According to Noel, Harry doesn’t have much to say for himself, although he does think the youngster is a ‘good lad’.

Someone who will be pleased to hear that is Noel’s 15-year-old daughter Anais. She has always been a fan of the group, although her father is pleased that her tastes are broadening as she gets older. “I wouldn’t have expected her to be into anything other than One Direction when she was 12. If she’s into One Direction when she’s 22, she’s getting shunned,” he explained.

Meanwhile, Liam Gallagher has ordered his brother to leave the One Direction “kids” alone.

Liam isn’t of the same opinion on Malik’s decision, also taking the opportunity to laugh at Noel’s band, Noel Gallager’s High Flying Birds, which uses a saxophone on its latest record.

“Hey NG leave those 1d kids alone LG x” he tweeted.

“Just coz you have a SAXAPHONE on your new record and you think your all Pink Floyd LG x

“Everybody knows your just another P***K in the wall LG x

“While ive been hybernating Ive been gathering my Wings LG x (sic)”

Yesterday Liam also called Noel out on apparently starting rumours of an Oasis reunion, claiming he then has to let people down by assuring them it’s not going to happen. Liam also had his own band, Beady Eye, but they disbanded last year.

“Re oasis rumours you know I don’t b*m the press never had never will you know where I am if you need me LG x (sic),” he added.

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