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 energy fund tycoon pal apologized to hotel guests for star’s behavior before death: ‘He just gets so high’
nypost.complunged to his death from his balcony, a witness has claimed.The 31-year-old singer was spotted hanging around with his pal, Rogelio “Roger” Nores, in the lobby of CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires Wednesday evening in the lead up to his fatal fall, the Daily Mail reported.
A frustrated Nores had apparently been trying to coax Payne into the elevator so they could return to his third-floor room, grab his things and then check out, a woman claiming to be a guest at the hotel told the outlet. “Roger seemed definitely irritated with Liam because Liam was clearly high.
Roger was rolling his eyes at Liam and then he gave us a look as if to say, ‘err sorry, can you believe this guy?'” said the woman, identified only as Rebecca.“So, Roger was standing in the lift, trying to get Liam to go up to his room but Liam was trying to get fan attention.” The guest, who was described as a 28-year-old IT consultant from Washington, added that Nores was slightly visible in a surveillance photo that surfaced Thursday showing Payne waiting outside the elevator doors. “Roger was holding the lift door open urging Liam to go to his room.
You can see Roger’s arm holding the ‘door open’ button on the lift. Then they took the elevator up to the third floor,” she said. “Some time later Roger stormed out of the hotel and apologized for Liam’s behavior.
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