Zayn Malik admits that even he was surprised by the worldwide reaction to his announcement that he was leaving One Direction. In an interview with The Sun newspaper in the U.K. on Friday, the 22-year-old said that the past week – which saw him leave the band’s tour, return home to London and subsequently quit the band – has left him “feeling quite interesting.” But he doesn’t regret making the decision to walk away from the biggest boy band in the world. “It is crazy and wild and a bit mad,” he admitted in an interview conducted Thursday.