Liam Payne has confirmed that he is still single but that he finds Leona Lewis ‘hot.’

The One Direction star, who was speaking whilst co-presenting this morning's Radio 1 breakfast show with Gemma Cairney, told listeners that rumours that the pair are dating aren’t true.

"I do have a crush on Leona, she's hot! I have met her. She's hot. I haven't eaten dinner with her though.

"I'd like to highlight the fact I'm single. I am single!"

The 19-year-old, whose band are currently battling it out for the number one spot with Adele and Rihanna, also explained in further detail why he recently decided to shave his head:

"I was doing a photoshoot for a certain magazine, and they said what can we do with your hair, and I was like, shave it off. We went shorter, and shorter, and this is it.

"I have naturally quite curly hair, so I had to straighten it every morning with a hairdryer.

"My mum was worried about me. She thought I'd got some clippers and done it myself."