One Direction Opens Up About Being 'Girl-Crazy' and 'Misunderstood' in Seventeen

Demi Lovato Harry Styles Liam Payne Louis Tomlinson Niall Horan One Direction Zayn Malik

10:27 am, October 10th, 2012

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(Seventeen)

One Direction is clearing the air.

In the November issue of Seventeen, the boy band sets the record straight (kind of) about its reputation, reveals some embarrassing moments, and sings the praises of close pal Demi Lovato.

'I wouldn't say [I'm] girl-crazy, because that makes me sound like a bit of a womanizer,' clarifies Harry Styles. 'That isn't really me.'

'But,' he concedes, 'I am quite flirty ' maybe too flirty. I'm an 18-year-old boy, and I like to have fun!'

Zayn Malik also takes (slight) issue with his label as the group's resident 'bad boy.'

'I like to use the term 'misunderstood,'' he explains before admitting, 'But I am a bit of a bad boy. I have tattoos and I mess around. That's part of my image, so it's cool.'

But don't worry ladies ' Malick also insists, 'I'm very straightforward. Everything is very black and white for me. I don't really like playing mind games.'

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Louis Tomlinson reveals to the magazine that, despite their monster fame, the guys still find themselves getting reality checks in the strangest of places.

He recalls, 'One time Harry and I were skiing together when a girl and a guy came up with a camera. We assumed they were going to ask us for a photo, so we stood there with our arms around each other, posing.'

'They said, 'No, we want you to take a photo of us!'' Tomlinson recounts. 'It was embarrassing!'

Niall Horan says of the group's friend Lovato, with whom he's particularly close, 'The nice thing about Demi is, once you know her, she's really, really beautiful.'

'It's so crazy that she can be so honest about everything she's gone through. She has a fantastic attitude,' says Horan.

He adds, 'If I ever needed anything or needed to talk to anybody, I think Demi would be the person to talk to.'

For more on 1D ' including Liam Payne's experience with childhood bullies ' check out the new issue of Seventeen, on newsstands October 16.

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