Harry Styles Ex-Girlfriend Helped Him Conquer Anxiety of One Direction Fame

Harry Styles didn’t want his reclusive lifestyle to continue as it was.
The Grammy winner explained that his free time is now much more liberating compared to when he was touring with One Direction—and it’s all thanks to a former girlfriend.
“In the early days, when I was in the band, so much of the hotel experience felt very locked-in,” Styles said during a joint Rolling Stone interview with Thom Yorke published Oct. 8. “When I’d be home, it felt like, ‘Oh, it’s not safe for me to be out.’”
However, the 32-year-old—who dated Taylor Swift, Kendall Jenner and Caroline Flack in the 2010s—learned to overcome the anxiety of being in public with some help.