Niall Horan has nothing but nice things to say about his friend and fellow singer Shawn Mendes.
“He’s a tall, handsome, chiseled young Canadian man and he’s got great hair. Great thick hair,” Horan told British GQ, in response to a question from a fan. "He’s also the nicest fellow you’ve ever met in your life. Really sweet guy. Always very interested in you when he talks to you.
“Just a really down to earth, lovely guy and I like being his older brother. I kind of look after him. He’s a good guy, our Shawny.”
Last October, Horan said he doesn’t put out a new song unless it gets a stamp of approval from Mendes. “We send songs back and forth,” he said on The Capital Evening Show with Jimmy Hill. “If we’re in L.A. at the same time and we’re in the car and we’re going somewhere we’ll just throw it on – one of his or one of mine.”
Just last month, Horan revealed he is closer than ever to doing a song with Mendes. “He’s in the studio at the minute, I know that, and maybe when I get back to L.A. at some point we can jump in,” Horan told a British radio station. “We’re actually talking about it. It’s about time. So at some point we’ll get something done ‘cause it’s in everyone’s interest.”
Elsewhere in the new Q&A, Horan shared his favourite Friends character (Matt LeBlanc’s Joey Tribbiani), his distaste for tapas restaurants (“I like to have my own meal”) and his breakfast routine (four scrambled eggs and smoked salmon).
The Heartbreak Weather singer also revealed his secret to good skin – a cleanser in the shower followed by a serum and oil-free moisturizer.
“I try to make sure to keep the baby face for as long as I can have it,” Horan explained, “because I’m 26 and still get ID’ed… which is great.”
Watch Horan take questions below: