Liam Payne's secret One Direction battle years before tragic hotel fall

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Liam Payne opened up about the challenges he faced while being part of One Direction, years before his death in Argentina.The 31-year-old tragically died after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires.

A poignant interview with Stephen Bartlett on the Diary of a CEO podcast in 2021 has resurfaced. In it, Liam shared his honest thoughts on the difficulties of being in a boyband at a young age and how it led him to turn to alcohol.

He revealed that at times, it felt like the band was only allowed brief periods of freedom before being confined to their hotel rooms.

Liam explained: "The problem we had in the band. It feels like when we were in the band the best way to secure us because of how big it got was just to lock us in our rooms and of course what's in the room, minibar." "So, at a certain point, I thought 'Well I'm going to have a party for one' and that just seemed to carry on through many years of my life'.