One Direction’s Zayn Malik has revealed that he used to be a “handful” as a child.

The X Factor singer admitted that his mum used to leave him in his pram because he was such a “hyperactive” child.

In the boy band’s new book Dare to Dream: Life as One Direction, Malik said: “I was a bit of a handful when I was a kid because I was quite hyperactive.

“Even in the house my mum used to put me in my pram because I was so full-on.

“I almost felt like I didn’t fit in at my first two schools because I was the only mixed heritage kid in my class.

“When my sister and I moved to a different school it was a lot more mixed so I felt like I fitted in better.

“Also, all of the girls wanted to know who this new kid was and that’s when I became cool.”

He added: “I was about 12 or 13 when I started taking pride in my appearance.

“I even used to get up half an hour earlier than my sister so I could do my hair. I had a few dodgy haircuts over the years.

“I shaved my head a few times and also had slits in my eyebrows. I thought I was properly gangsta, being into R&B and rap, and that it made me look hard.”

Zayn continued: “I was really short for my age, up until I went to sixth form. I had my first kiss when I was about nine or ten.

“I was so short I had to get a brick so I could stand on it and reach the girl’s face.”

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