Rita Ora pays emotional tribute to Liam Payne at 2024 MTV EMAs: “He left such a mark on this world”

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Rita Ora has paid an emotional tribute to her friend Liam Payne while hosting the 2024 MTV EMAs.The former One Direction member died on October 16 at the age of 31 after falling from a third-floor balcony at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The Argentinian prosecutor’s office has since shared that his cause of death was due to multiple traumas and internal and external bleeding.Speaking from the stage of the Co-op Live Arena in Manchester during the awards ceremony on Sunday night (November 10), Ora said: “I just want to take a moment to remember someone that was very, very dear to us.

We lost him recently and he was a big part of the MTV world and my world and I think a lot of yours at home and everybody in here tonight.“Liam Payne was one of the kindest people that I knew.

You know, there were so many ways that we were talking about honouring him, but I think sometimes just simply speaking is enough.”“He had the biggest heart, he was always the first person to offer help in any way that he could, he brought so much joy to every room he walked into and he left such a mark on this world,” she continued, with her voice starting to break.rita ora pay tribute to liam payne tonight during the #MTVEMA.