One Direction star Zayn Malik once received family planning advice from Russell Brand.

The singer revealed in an extract from the group's Who We Are autobiography that he received some wise words from the comic.

The incident took place backstage at the London 2012 Olympic Games, with Malik writing:

"Backstage at the Olympics was one of the maddest times I've had with the band. These crazily famous people were coming up and talking to me. All my life I'd seen them on TV and here they were just chatting away to us.

"Russell [Brand] was brilliant. He was saying, 'Your performance was sick'. Then he started giving me family planning advice! I was like, 'Russell, you shouldn't be giving me that sort of advice!'. He was hilarious, a really nice guy."

Malik is currently engaged to Little Mix singer Perrie Edwards.

One Direction: Who We Are meanwhile will be released in the UK on September 25.

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Watch One Direction perform at the Olympics below: