‘Romantic’ Louis Tomlinson confesses real feelings for Zara McDermott publicly for first time
The 33-year-old singer has opened up about his relationship with the former Love Island and Strictly Come Dancing star
Zara McDermott and Louis Tomlinson are loved-up(Image: Zara McDermott Instagram)
Louis Tomlinson has admitted he feels “so in love” with Zara McDermott in his first public comments about their romance.
The 33-year-old singer has opened up about his relationship with the former Love Island and Strictly Come Dancing star, admitting she has been a huge inspiration for music on his upcoming album How Did I Get Here?.
Speaking on Steven Bartlett’s The Diary Of A CEO podcast, he said: “I’m a deeply, deeply romantic person. It’s also easy to be romantic when you are a creative… I really struggle to write in a fictional sense, I really struggle.
“For me, I have to have been living it, it has to be real to me. So, if I wasn’t feeling so good, like right now, I wasn’t feeling so in love… the record probably would have a slightly different feel to it.”
Louis admitted dating Zara – who split from TV and radio presenter Sam Thompson last year – has given him a “new sense of happiness, and purpose, and fulfilment”.
He added: “One thing I was thinking about with this record, my intention is just to maybe feel good. I know that’s a really cliché and obvious thing to say, but I’m not sure some of my other music did that.
Louis has spoken for the first time about his relationship with Zara(Image: ITV)
“It made you feel, it was honest, it was painful at times, but it didn’t feel good. So, I think now I’ve got this almost new sense of life, a new sense of happiness, and purpose, and fulfilment, all those things.”
Louis also spoke about how he became a father to son Freddie, nine – who he has with his ex, American stylist Briana Jungwirth – when he was 24, but the singer always felt “utterly confident” about being a dad.
He said: “I was 24 when I had Freddie… I never was intimidated by the idea, I’ve always been excited about it, even from being a young lad.
“A lot of the emotions that people go through when they’ve become a new parent, some of those will be different for me because I was so excited about the day, but also truthfully, I felt utterly confident.
“I felt like I was going to be a good dad, I really, really wanted to play that role.”
But he will never take a selfie with a fan when he is with his boy. He added: “I’d like to say I’m pretty good with fan photos, I’ll take them eight times out of 10.
“But whenever I’m with Freddie, there is a 1000 per cent no chance, that is just not happening.”
