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 speaks for the first time about his ‘happy’ engagement to Maya Henry as his son with Cheryl starts school
thesun.co.ukLIAM Payne has spoken about his engagement to model Maya Henry for the first time. The former One Direction star said he was "really happy" in his first interview since he popped the question to his girlfriend of two years. "We’re just really happy!" he said during an appearance on American talk show Good Morning America.
He went on to explain it's been a week of firsts as his son Bear, three, has also started school for the first time. "I mean, in the last week, I’ve just had a birthday, my son has gone to school for the first time today, so it seems like a lot of firsts for me, really, actually, which is great," he said.
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