When asked how the attention had affected his family, he said: 'Try it some time, see how you feel.'
Zayn was holidaying in Phuket with fellow band member Louis Tomlinson when he was pictured holding hands and with 19-year-old girl, Lauren, last week.
Two pictures, including one that saw Zayn resting a hand on the same girl's midriff in an embrace and another of him leaving the Seduction nightclub with the girl, quickly went viral on social media.
As a result flew straight home for 'crisis talks' with girlfriend Perrie Edwards, who he has been engaged to just over a year.
Zayn tweeted about the most recent incident to publicly apologise for 'what it looked like' and declare his love for the Little Mix singer, shortly after the incriminating pictures surfaced.