Liam Payne’s girlfriend says she’s “still working on accepting” his death

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Liam Payne‘s girlfriend Kate Cassidy has admitted that she is “still working on accepting” the former One Direction singer’s death.Payne died on October 16 last year after he fell from a third-floor balcony at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires, with the Argentinian prosecutor’s office sharing at the time that his cause of death was due to multiple traumas and internal and external bleeding.

He was 31 years old.Cassidy gave a rare interview to Lorraine in which she spoke about the emotional toll Payne’s loss had taken on her.

She admitted that she had “better days” and “harder days”, but those harder days could involve her struggling “to get out of bed” in the morning.

In addition, she said she hasn’t yet got accustomed to referring to Payne in the past tense.“I find myself talking about him so much in the present tense … I don’t even feel the need to correct myself because that’s part of my healing journey,” Cassidy said. “I’m still working on accepting the fact that he’s not here anymore, so it’s hard for me to refer to him in the past tense.”“It is really hard.