Niall Horan is set to appear via Zoom on tonight's Late Late Show where he'll chat to Ryan Tubridy about his love of golf and pay tribute to Ireland's latest sporting sensation, Leona Maguire.
On a flight back to LA before appearing on tonight's show, Niall fell "extremely ill."
He took to Twitter to praise the British Airways staff for looking after him, writing: "Niall took to Twitter to write: "Thank you to the staff on that @British_Airways flight. I was extremely ill and they took such good care of me."
With tonight;s Late Late appearance in mind, now seems like the perfect time to share some facts about the former One Direction star that you may not have known about.
Here are 11 facts about Niall Horan you probably didn't know:
- He suffers from acid reflux. this means that spicy foods and others such as citrus fruits and tomatoes are no-go areas for Niall.
- His parents divorced when he was just five years old. After that, he lived with his father and brother.
- He lives in LA, with his former bandmate Louie living just around the corner from him.
- He has no idea when One Direction will reunite.
- He is a massive fan of Derby County
- Niall is a massive fan of golf and has set up the golf management company, Modest! Golf.
- He currently plays off a golf handicap of 9.
- His favourite movie is Grease
- Niall is colour blind and has particular difficulty with blue, purple, yellow and green.
- He suffers from a mild form of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. "I have mild obsessive-compulsive disorder, that’s what doctors call it. That is, I feel like I have to do things in a certain way. For example, if I have a burger with chips on my plate, I always have to eat the chips first and only pick up the burger at the very end," he told German magazine Zeit Leo.
- He went to his first concert at the age of 10 to see Busted.