Cheryl Cole has learned a lot about grief since losing a dear friend a few years ago. And that’s helped her navigate the truly shocking loss of Liam Payne.
The Girls Aloud singer lost her bandmate Sarah Harding to breast cancer in September 2021.
Years before then, in 2005, she also lost her childhood friend, budding football star John Courtney, to a heroin overdose.
Just so heartbreaking. The bittersweet silver lining to these tragedies is that it gave her a new “perspective” on life — one that will hopefully help her and Liam’s 7-year-old son Bear get through the One Direction star’s loss. Related: Chilling 2010 Post From Liam About Funeral Resurfaces In a resurfaced interview from last year, Cheryl opened up to DailyMail.com about what grief had taught her about life, saying of Sarah: She sadly added: Oof.
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