United Kingdom, Oct. 20 -- Louis Tomlinson is a "full-time dad" to his son Freddie whenever he is in Los Angeles.

The former One Direction star became a first-time father in 2016 when his ex Briana Jungwirth gave birth to Freddie and he now tries to spend as much time with him as possible even though the pop star is based in the UK and his son is in the US.

Louis told The Independent newspaper: "I'm pretty much playing full-time dad when I'm out there. I don't do loads of work or even [much] socialising ...

"[Freddie is] good as gold."

The 33-year-old singer added of school runs: "I'm still the youngest dad there. It kills me in the mornings though ... I've never been great at early starts."

Louis was just 24 when he first became a d...