Zayn Malik told to lay low and ‘go underground’ by Kevin Jonas

Kevin Jonas knows too well the pain of breaking up with a band. Ah yes, the Jonas Brothers. They took a break (well, they split) in 2013 and it was tough because…the band actually were related to him. So, Kevin decided to put his knowledge to good use and offered Zayn Malik some advice on how to cope with breaking up with your musical BFF’s.

In a week where Zayn had a very public spat with his former One Direction co-star Louis Tomlinson – you can remind yourselves about that here – Kevin said the 22-year-old should take some serious time out.

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“In the mist of that intensity [Zayn] should go dark for a long time, like showing up quickly after, you gotta go dark for at least 6 weeks like underground, gotta go hard because you gotta let it settle, you have to let the dust clear because anything you do will then be scrutinized,” he the Z100 Morning Show.

“Because if you come out and you’re like ’Hey look at me I’m super happy everything is great,’ everyone is going to be like what the?!”

What the “?!” indeed, Kevin. Poor Zayn’s faced the brunt of a lot of anger since leaving the band so right now, he needs all the support he can get.