Noel Gallagher on Zayn Malik's 1D walk-out: '22-year-olds are s**t-for-brains'

Oasis icon Noel Gallagher recently sat down for an interview with the Rolling Stone and gave his opinion on Zayn Malik's decision to quit boyband One Direction.

When asked what he thinks of the 22-year-old's bold move, the musician explained that it was stupid because he was in such a fantastic position and to opt out of that so young means that he has a long and uncertain journey still ahead of him:

"I've never met him. I've only met Harry, who orbits in social circles where sometimes we end up at the same parties. Harry's not got a great deal to say for himself, but he's a good lad! For Zayn, though, I'd say, "F**kin' get a good accountant because life is very f**kin' long."

"It's a strange thing for that lad to have done at that age. 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' shit-for-brains."

"What are you talking about, you f**kin' idiot? God. All those young Japanese girls suckin' me c**k. [Sarcastically] So shallow and meaningless. 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 [laughs]."

Check out Gallagher talking about Malik below: