Liam James Payne (born 29 August 1993) is an English singer and songwriter.
He rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction.
Payne made his debut as a singer when he auditioned for the British television series The X Factor in 2008. After being eliminated as a solo performer, he auditioned again in 2010 and was put into a group with four other contestants to form One Direction
Liam Payne has provided a new insight into his brief relationship with Cheryl, opening up about the traumatic birth of their son Bear Grey Payne.The former One Direction star started dating 38-year-old Cheryl in February 2016 - eight years after Liam, 28, auditioned in front of her on The X Factor.A year later they welcomed their first child.Speaking on Logan Paul's podcast, Liam went into detail about the first 24 hours of becoming parents.He said: "When Bear was first born I was so excited for him to be born.
I thought, 'what if I don't love him enough?' It was such a worry for me."His mum, she haemorrhaged quite badly giving birth, so she was asleep the whole day."So for the first 24 hours of his life, I was 23 with a baby in a room and I had to take care of him."Liam also admitted that his relationship with Cheryl started to break down following the birth of their son.He said: "To be honest, it ruined a relationship for me, but for all the right reasons."The Strip That Down singer added: "She is the best mum in the world.
I couldn’t ask for someone better."I get to take my son to school one or two times a week and it's the best thing. The relationship we have now as friends has only grown more."We broke up for a reason and now she gives me full autonomy of my life and to do what I do and I know he’s taken care of."Liam struggled with becoming a dad at a young age.
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