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"Liam Payne has admitted that he fancies Leona Lewis. The One Direction star was linked to the X Factor winner last month, but she reportedly denied claims the pair are dating.    &amp;quot;I do have a crush on Leona, she&amp;#039;s hot!&amp;quot; he told BBC Radio 1. &amp;quot;I have met her. She&amp;#039;s hot. I haven&amp;#039;t eaten dinner with her though. I&amp;#039;d like to highlight the fact I&amp;#039;m single. I am single!&amp;quot; Speaking of his new haircut, he added: &amp;quot;I was doing a photoshoot for a certain magazine, and they said, &amp;#039;What can we do with your hair?&amp;#039;, and I was like, shave it off. &amp;quot;We went shorter, and shorter, and this is it. I have naturally quite curly hair, so I had to straighten it every morning with a hairdryer. My mum was worried about me, she thought I&amp;#039;d got some clippers and done it myself.&amp;quot; Payne recently admitted that he worries about how bandmate Zayn Malik is coping with fame. New! The Digital Spy breakfast show - watch Anna Williamson discuss the day&amp;#039;s biggest stories including The X Factor, Homeland and Leona Lewis:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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