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
Piers Morgan hit with backlash over Liam Payne comments as fans tell him to 'do better'
dailyrecord.co.ukPiers Morgan has been criticised after discussing the tragic death of Liam Payne. The ex-One Direction star met a heartbreaking end at 31, falling from his hotel room balcony on the third floor in Buenos Aires, Argentina, last week.He suffered multiple injuries leading to an "internal and external haemorrhage".
On his YouTube show, Piers was joined by Howie Mandel, Liam's friend and former X Factor colleague Katie Waissel, radio personality James Barr, and broadcaster Esther Krakue to talk over the sorrowful event.Piers mentioned that Liam had various substances in his system, "including cocaine, crack and benzodiazepine," at his time of passing.
Reports suggest these were part of "pink cocaine", which contains drugs like MDMA, ketamine, methamphetamine, cocaine, benzodiazepine, and crack, reports the Mirror.In the latest episode of Uncensored, Howie, the ex-judge of America's Got Talent, remarked that on talent shows like Got Talent and X Factor: "if we feel that somebody is going south a little bit, there is somebody to watch over them and talk to them." He continued: "This is not a talent thing.
In fact, Liam if he came to a talent thing, his outcome was great. The people who are rejected have the harder time."He elaborated on Liam's candid discussions about his past struggles with substances, noting that he had since become sober.
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