Niall Horan fears he may need hip surgery soon as he opens up on health worries

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26 Mar 2026 • 5:28 AM MYT
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Niall Horan has said that he fears that he may need a hip replacement soon.

Appearing on the Zach Sang Show on Monday (23 March), the musician said that he worries his hips will be the next to falter after revealing that the joints in his knees are “already going”.

“I think I was just genetically f***ed from the day I was born,” he said, before explaining that his father recently underwent knee and hip replacement surgery.

When Sang pointed out that his father is more than twice his age, Horan replied: “I know, but it was clearly in there.”

The former One Direction star, 32, has previously had issues with his knees - needing reconstructive surgery on one of his knees in 2014, with the other knee needing injections in 2023 after he tore a tendon.

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