Late singer Liam Payne enjoyed a special love story with pop star Cheryl Cole, the mother of his only child.
Friends, companions and family of One Direction star Liam Payne (1993-2024) react in shock to the 31-year-old’s death. Payne’s seven-year-old son Bear now has to grow up without his father. The child comes from Payne’s relationship with pop star Cheryl Cole (41). The two musicians had a more than unusual love story.
Getting to know each other on “The X Factor”
Cole and the now deceased Payne looked into each other’s eyes for the first time on the music talent show “The X Factor”. Payne applied in 2008, when he was just 14 years old. Cole, who was married to footballer Ashley Cole (43) at the time, was part of the jury for the casting show.
Payne crooned “Fly Me to the Moon” by Frank Sinatra (1915-1998) on the television show, winking at judge Cole as he sang. about her future partner: “I think you’re really cute, you have charisma and you gave me a cheeky wink.”
Liam Payne was subsequently eliminated from “The X Factor”. But two years later he returned to the show. Cole was still on the jury at the time. The boy band One Direction emerged from this second participation in the talent show. But it wasn’t until a few years later that Payne and Cole would actually become a couple.
Son Bear is born
In 2016, rumors circulated that Girls Aloud member Cole and One Direction singer Payne were dating. At the beginning of March, Payne shared some pictures of the singer on his Instagram profile. Confirmation followed in May. The couple appeared in Cannes with a ten-year age difference.
And just a year later, on March 25, 2017, son Bear was born. “I’m incredibly happy to welcome our new baby boy into the world,” Payne wrote.
Separation after a year
But a little later the love fell apart. They announced their separation in July 2018. “Cheryl and I are sad to announce that we are going our separate ways. It was a difficult decision for us to make,” Payne announced.
However, the former couple remained friends for their son Bear. “I take my son to school once or twice a week and that’s the best. The relationship we have [Payne und Cole] now having them as friends has only grown more,” (29).
Just in March of this year, Payne shared a moving picture of his son on Instagram. In the photo, the little boy is looking at a huge advertising poster of his father. “I want to be on a billboard someday, daddy”, .
The pop star died on Wednesday (October 16) at the age of 31 after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires.
Source: Stern
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