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 ‘asked X Factor stylist to sit on his lap’ when he was just 17 as she slams ‘misogynistic’ culture on show
thesun.co.ukLIAM Payne asked an X Factor stylist to sit on his lap as a fresh-faced 17-year-old, it has been claimed. The show's former fashion director, Grace Woodward, 46, accused The X Factor of being "rife with misogyny" in an interview with The Sun on Sunday.
After she was falsely romantically linked to X Factor winner Matt Cardle in 2010, she claims One Direction's Liam began paying her more attention.
She said: "When he asked me to sit on his lap it was light-hearted. But how many ordinary 17-year-olds would ask that of someone working with them in a professional capacity?
But no one said a word. “To me it was always evident that the One Direction boys were treated differently. They were set apart from the rest from the start. “Unlike the other acts, who shared the styling team, they always had the same stylist.
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