He was quick to explain that his bandmate had fallen out of love with the group and after 'a few conversations' he made his decision to leave.
Niall said: 'He made that decision and he's happy now, we're happy and everything's worked out. It's actually brought us, the rest of us, closer together.
lol lies
they'll never be as close as they were in the beginning (which makes sense because they were still young and having fun), this "closer than ever" thing they're trying to push is just to appease the fans that still don't believe they're splitting up