Zayn Malik hospitalised with mystery illness, forced to cancel upcoming appearances on album release week

Zayn Malik spent his album release day in a hospital bed.

The Pillowtalk singer was supposed to be celebrating the release of his new album Konnakol, however, Malik ended up in hospital dealing with a mystery illness.

Malik, 33, took to Instagram from his hospital bed to apologise to fans that he wouldn't be able to make any public appearances for his album release week on April 17 (local time).

"To my fans - Thank you to all of you for your love & support now & always - been a long week and am still unexpectedly recovering," he wrote over a photo of him in a hospital gown.

"Heartbroken that I can't see you all this week, I wouldn't be in the place I am today without you guys and am so thankful for your understanding."

He went on to thank the "incredible" staff who have been looking after him, including nurses, doctors and cardiologists.

"You are all legends! Big big love xx z," he finished the post.

The singer was scheduled to appear at Rough Trade Below in New York City on April 20.

It is unclear what he was hospitalised for, or how long he has been in the hospital.

Malik is slated to start his first solo headline arena tour in North America in June.

The singer, who is notoriously private, has been slowly opening up to his fans and the public in the last year. 

Earlier this year, the singer appeared on Call Her Daddy with Alex Cooper to talk about fatherhood and his relationship with his supermodel ex, Gigi Hadid.

In the podcast appearance, he confessed he doesn't think he was ''ever in love'' with Hadid, 30, during their time together.

"I will always love her, but I don't know if I was ever in love with her," he said.

"You said in an interview that you don't know if you've ever truly been in love. Do you still stand by that?" he was asked.

"Yeah. My understanding of love is always developing," the former One Direction star replied.

"At that moment in time, I might have thought it was love, but as I got older, I realised maybe it wasn't.

"Maybe it was lust. Maybe it was this, maybe it was that. I don't feel like it was love."

Referencing Hadid specifically, he said, "To be fair, just to say this on the record, I will always love G, because she is the reason my child is on this earth, and I have the utmost respect for her.

"I will always love her, but I don't know if I was ever in love with her."

"I do love her a crazy amount, but no, I don't think I was in love with her at that point, otherwise I would have been a better version of myself."

He and Hadid soon called it quits in October 2021.

The supermodel is now dating Hollywood megastar Bradley Cooper, 51.

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