Zayn Malik thinks marijuana helps with his ‘creative process’ but doesn’t want to encourage anyone to take up the habit.
The ‘Pillow Talk’ singer has been smoking the illegal substance ‘for a while’ but doesn’t want to encourage his impressionable young fans to take up the habit.
He said: ‘I’ve probably been smoking for a while.
‘I don’t wanna say when I started because I don’t want to influence anyone else. That’s just something I do myself.
‘It helps sometimes with the creative process, if you’re smoking a good weed.’
When he wants to relax, Zayn has a private bar in his garden, which he installed in tribute to his grandparents, who used to own a pub called The Bradford Arms.
And the 23-year-old singer built the entire booze-shed himself because he enjoys DIY.
He told the new issue of NME magazine: ‘It’s in tribute to me grandad.
‘I bought the bits from Homebase. I put it all together. I decided to turn it into a pub. I like f***ing around with the nail gun…’
Despite his fame, Zayn – who is in a relationship with model Gigi Hadid – insists he can still walk around his home town of Bradford, West Yorkshire, North England.
He said: ‘When I go back to Bradford, I just put me dad’s coat on and walk about. People don’t expect it to be me.’