Niall Horan tells Hits Radio he can’t watch himself on The Voice US

Niall Horan joined Sam Thompson on his Hits Radio show this evening for an hour long special.

The pair bonded over their respective bromances with Lewis Capaldi and Niall revealed he can’t watch himself on The Voice US.

He says it’s strange coming from The X Factor days to now and being on the other side of things.

“I’m basically seeing multiple different versions of myself on the show in front of me,” Niall explained. “Seeing these really young 16, 17-year-olds reminds me of me when I was there and I’m struggling to make those hard decisions.”

He admitted that it’s tough because he knows how he’d have felt if he hadn’t got through at the time.

“It’s not as easy as it looks! The show only just came out and apparently it went down well. We can’t watch it in the UK at the moment so I’m staying away. I don’t really want to watch it – it could be a disaster,” he said.

As far as Lewis Capaldi goes, it was Niall’s cousin who made him aware of the Scottish singer.

“Basically he had these two acoustic things he’d done when he first came out – Lost On You and Bruises,” he recalled. “They were on Vevo and my cousin showed me; he was like ‘Have you seen this new Scottish lad? He’s unbelievable!’ and I was like ‘This fella is insane.’ He hadn’t even done a full release I don’t think, it was just a Vevo up and coming artist thing.”

Then, when Niall was playing shows in Glasgow on tour, he sent a text to Lewis to see if he fancied playing a few tunes together before he went on stage.

“The day before the gig was St Patricks Day and Ireland were playing England in the Six Nations and they met up went to a pub and had a Guinness or two. “It was game on and look at him now! You’re welcome Capaldi, you’re welcome,” he joked.

Finally, Niall spoke about his best memories from the One Direction days: “The big awards nights were always amazing… but the stadiums, standing at Wembley Stadium looking out could never get boring,” he said.

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