Liam Payne was roughed up by Jay Z s bodyguard

London May 28 (IANS) Singer Liam Payne says he was shoved around by Jay Z s bodyguard when he tried to meet the rapper.

Speaking as a guest on the Graham Norton Show Payne said he once tried to befriend the star while they were at a media event in New York reports mirror.co.uk.

The One Direction star said: I went to lean in to speak to him but you can t lean in to speak to Jay Z. You re not allowed to.

His bodyguard just shoved me and I went flying across the room. And I was like ‘Right I m just going to sit over here... Thank you that s enough . Very awkward moment.

Payne didn t have much better luck when he tried to meet rapper P Diddy at the same party.

I was trying to think who s the easy target in this scenario? Who s the one that you go over to say the hello?

Payne said he reached out to shake the singer s hand but Diddy just stared at him and laughed in his face with the longest handshake ever.

The singer added: I m looking at Diddy s eyes like ‘When is this going to end?

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