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’s heartbreaking final words about his ‘mini-me’ son Bear before his death revealed
nypost.comsinger’s tragic death.The former One Direction member talked about his 7-year-old child publicly for the last time on his Instagram story as he celebrated his 31st birthday on Aug.
29.“I didn’t get any dad socks yet though,” Payne told his followers in the video. “I’m going to speak to my son in a little bit which I’m really excited about.”“Bless him.
He’s getting so big now,” the late star added about Bear. “He’s a big boy and he looks like a mini me. As if we needed any more me in the world.”Payne welcomed his son in March 2017 with singer Cheryl Cole, when Payne was 23 years old.The former couple met in 2008 when Payne audition for “The X-Factor UK” for the first time.
Payne made it onto the show two years later, when Cole, 41, was still a judge, and he became a member of One Direction formed by Simon Cowell.Payne and Cole did not start dating until 2016, following Cole’s split from ex-husband Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini.The singers later broke up in July 2018 but remained amicable co-parents to Bear.Cole has yet to speak out about Payne’s death.
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