Liam Payne: Former One Direction member, complicated personal life, dating a series of beauties

Liam Payne , born in 1993, is a famous British singer-songwriter, known as the former member and lead vocalist of the world-famous band One Direction. Liam Payne joined One Direction when he was only 16 years old.

Liam Payne rose to fame in 2010 when he appeared on The X Factor. He was then paired with Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson by judge Simon Cowell to form One Direction. They went on to become one of the best-selling boy bands of all time, touring the world and winning numerous awards including the BRIT Awards, VMAs and American Music Awards. At the 2012 Olympic Games in London, the band performed their hit song What Makes You Beautiful as part of the closing ceremony.

The group had a total of 29 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, released five albums, and became one of the defining boy bands of the 2010s.

The band went on to release three more albums as a five-piece: Up All Night, Take Me Home, and Midnight Memories. Zayn Malik left the band in 2015. The remaining four members released two more albums before going on an indefinite hiatus in 2016.

Payne then began his acting career. Payne signed a recording deal with Republic Records in North America. In May 2017, Payne released "Strip That Down" as a single from his upcoming debut album. The song peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart and number 10 on the US Billboard Hot 100, being certified platinum in both countries. His debut album, LP1, was released on December 6, 2019.

In the years since Liam Payne's rise to fame on X Factor, his personal life has become complicated and the singer has spoken openly about his struggles with alcoholism and mental health, even being diagnosed with ADHD as an adult.

In a candid TV interview with SAS veteran Ant Middleton in 2019, he spoke about his fight against recklessness: "In certain circumstances, I'm quite lucky to still be here. There are times when I feel lonely and people come to see me every day, like, 'When is this going to end?'. It nearly killed me a few times."

In July 2023, he also shared on social media that there were a lot of crazy things going on in his life and the singer revealed that he had sought help from professionals.

Liam described himself as hitting "rock bottom" after appearing drunk on Logan Paul's podcast in June 2022, sparking backlash over the singer's controversial comments about other members of One Direction.

In his personal life, Liam Payne once had a beautiful but sad love affair with Cheryl Cole. The love affair between Cheryl Cole and the former One Direction member was once considered a true fairy tale. Liam Payne was a fan and had a crush on Cheryl Cole since he was a teenager.

Cheryl and Liam first met on The X Factor UK in 2008. At the time, Cheryl was married to football star Ashley Cole.

Seven years later, they reunited at The X Factor. Liam was 21 years old at the time and a member of the famous band One Direction. Cheryl Cole had already broken up twice and had many tumultuous relationships. When she met Liam again, Cheryl was in a state of depression because her second marriage to French businessman Fernandez-Versini had broken up.

In early January 2016, Liam Payne implicitly announced his relationship by posting a tattoo of three roses on his arm. This is also the tattoo on Cheryl Cole's butt. A month later, the two publicly appeared together at many entertainment events. Liam's Instagram is filled with sweet pictures with his older girlfriend.

After leaving One Direction, Liam Payne developed a successful solo career. His life became even more fulfilling when Cheryl Cole gave birth to his first son in February 2017. However, shortly after Cheryl gave birth, rumors of the couple's breakup surfaced. In July 2018, the couple officially announced their separation.

Liam has been romantically linked to a number of women over the years, including model Naomi Campbell in 2019 and then Maya Henry - who he became engaged to in 2019. The couple had a three-year on-and-off relationship that ended in 2022. Since October 2022, Liam has been dating influencer Kate Cassidy and they were pictured together in June in London.

On Instagram, he posted about their relationship: "I've never felt so in love with Katelyn. We make each other better people," adding that "for the first time in my life I'm happy to be myself and that's priceless." At the time of Payne's death, he and Cassidy were still together. The two traveled to Argentina together, but Cassidy left first.

Last week, the Sun reported that Liam had parted ways with his management company and shelved plans to release a second solo album.

People reported that a source close to Liam Payne said the singer was in "crisis" over all the legal issues related to his ex-girlfriend. Accordingly, on October 6, Maya Henry (23 years old) accused Liam Payne of constantly "blowing up" her and her relatives' phones.

Currently, according to a close source, Maya Henry is in 'shock' about the sad news of her ex-boyfriend. She only learned about the incident when a member of her team was contacted by a reporter.