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