Boy George regrets 'not very nice' things he said about Liam Payne before his death

The erstwhile One Direction vocalist died aged 31 connected October 16 erstwhile helium fell from the 3rd level balcony of the edifice country helium was staying successful portion holidaying successful Argentina.

In the weeks earlier Payne’s death, Culture Club frontman Boy George had remarked connected a video posted online of the That What Makes You Beautiful hit-maker that helium appeared “off his nut”.

With the payment of hindsight, Boy George - existent sanction George O’Dowd - present believes that was incorrect of him to say.

Opening up connected the taxable connected the latest occurrence of the High Performance podcast with Jake Humphrey and Damian Hughes - released the time of Payne’s ceremonial - helium explained: “In the lawsuit of Liam Payne, I’d watched him a fewer days earlier it happened. I retrieve watching online and I’d really enactment a connection nether a station saying ‘He’s disconnected his nut’, which wasn’t precise nice, but I felt it. I felt similar helium was retired of control.

“And erstwhile it happened, it conscionable deed me, the aforesaid mode that Amy Winehouse deed me, due to the fact that it felt truthful senseless.”

He besides spoke of his full daze upon proceeding the quality that Payne had died, believing astatine archetypal that it was not true.

“I was up astatine 5 successful the morning, and it came up connected the American news, and I virtually was similar ‘What the f**k?’ I was virtually similar ‘No, this isn’t real’. I couldn’t instrumentality it in,” helium said during the interview.

He added: “I attraction astir his family. I watched the dad, heartbreaking. I was rather tearful astir it. I really truly felt precise sad.”

The Do You Really Want To Hurt Me hitmaker antecedently clashed with Payne pursuing the 2013 BRIT Awards.

Boy George had taken his 13-year-old niece to the awards amusement and slated Payne online afterwards, claiming helium had refused to person a photograph with her.

“Top marks to Harry Styles for stopping for a representation with my niece and B****x’s to Liam and the disrespectful w****r of a minder!” helium wrote connected Twitter (now known arsenic X) astir a decennary ago.

Not having immoderate of it, Payne deed back: “@BoyGeorge present now lad lets not archer porkies. Firstly acknowledgment for getting my sanction incorrect 3 times, past asking maine wherever is liam?…awkward. Then erstwhile you yet got it close saying you wanted Niall instead.

“If you would person asked maine for a representation one would person stopped bro I conscionable did what you said and pointed niall retired for you truthful u conscionable support wearing ur unusual hats and bask yourself my small Georgie pie… It’s inactive not chill you conscionable look weird.”