Zayn Malik's Ex Perrie Edwards Breaks Silence On Liam Payne's Death -- Why She Thinks He Wasn't 'Looked After Enough'

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Perrie Edwards has broken her silence on Liam Payne‘s death. On Monday’s episode of Fearne Cotton‘s Happy Place podcast, the Little Mix star opened up about the loss of the One Direction singer.

But what makes the conversation even more heartbreaking is that it was seemingly filmed just one day after his death! Oof! As Perezcious readers know, the 31-year-old died on the evening of October 16 after falling from his hotel balcony in Argentina.

It’s unclear if it was intentional, but he was on a lot of drugs at the time. While opening up the podcast episode, the host made reference to their being “an odd energy” in the room because everyone “woke up to the awful news.” Oh, whoa.

What difficult timing. We cannot even imagine having to sit down for a lengthy interview right after walking up to that – especially for Perrie, who was so close to the One Direction boys. Related: Liam’s Final TV Show May Never Come Out! Perrie agreed with the host, sharing that she was struggling to process the shocking loss: Just like the 1D members, Perrie was put into a girl group with Jade Thirlwall, Leigh-Anne Pinnock, and formerly Jesy Nelson on The X Factor UK in 2011 — the year after the boys came in third place and rocketed to fame.