Brave Liam Payne's heart breaking battle against his demons: How One Direction star checked into rehab weeks ago to try and get his life back on track - as Cheryl joins the world in paying tribute

Liam Payne checked into a rehab installation conscionable weeks agone successful an effort to get his beingness backmost connected track, but tragically near aft lone 2 days.

The One Direction star, who passed distant successful Argentina connected Wednesday, had secured himself a spot astatine The Priory, an addiction and intelligence wellness infirmary successful South West London, successful precocious July.

The Sun reported that the 31-year-old signed up to their 28-day Addiction Therapy Programme to yet flooded his demons for his lad Bear, 7, and his family.

But the £5000-per-night installation proved excessively overmuch for Payne and helium checked retired aft conscionable 48-hours, arsenic sources alleged that 'he hardly near his room' and 'failed to be immoderate classes'.

A root who spoke to The Sun alleged that: 'Family and absorption did everything they could. Liam was loved, adored and incredibly talented. But helium conscionable couldn't bushed his demons.

'It got truthful atrocious that past twelvemonth absorption begged him not to drive, it was dangerous. Loved ones hid his keys but helium conscionable bought different car. 

'There is immoderate solace successful his loved ones knowing helium was alert however overmuch everyone was rooting for him. He confronted his issues head-on, hoping to get backmost connected track.'

The vocalist was pronounced dormant astatine the country aft falling 45ft from the balcony of the CasaSur Palermo Hotel successful Buenos Aires. 

Tributes person flooded successful for the popstar from millions of friends and fans of Payne, including the parent of his kid Cheryl Cole. 

The Girls Aloud vocalist was antecedently successful a narration with him for 2 years, with the brace welcoming Bear Grey, into the satellite connected March 22, 2017.

The grieving parent has taken to Instagram telling of her anguish arsenic she tries 'navigate this world shattering event'.

Her connection read: 'As I effort to navigate this world shattering event, and enactment done my ain grief astatine this indescribably achy time.

'I'd similar to kindly punctual everyone that we person mislaid a quality being.

'Liam was not lone a popular prima and celebrity, helium was a son, a brother, an uncle, a beloved person and a begetter to our 7 twelvemonth aged son.

'A lad that present has to look the world of ne'er seeing his begetter again.'

Before his abrupt decease astatine astir 5pm (ART) , the popular prima had been attending his erstwhile bandmate Niall Horan's circuit successful the Latin American country.

A heartbreaking video shows Liam Payne singing and dancing astatine the performance with his existent spouse Kate Cassidy.

Following the gig, to fans delight helium posted a representation with Niall to Snapchat captioned: 'Reunited.'

Kate besides broke her silence earlier contiguous aft his tragic death. She took to Instagram to explicit her saddness, arsenic she told her followers 'I person been astatine a implicit loss', 'nothing feels real'.

The 25-year-old wrote that she volition emotion her 'angel' 'for the remainder of her life', adding successful the tribute '444' which is considered an angel fig successful numerology.

Kate and Liam archetypal started dating successful October 2022, and made their reddish carpet debut astatine the Fashion Awards aboriginal that year. 

Just days earlier his death, Kate shared a touching post, dedicated to the singer.

The blonde quality took a drawback of the popstar riding horseback successful the countryside. Liam could beryllium seen wearing a casual grey T-shirt arsenic helium sat connected the equine and spoke to idiosyncratic who appeared to beryllium helping him.

Over the picture, Kate wrote: 'I americium precise grateful for the elemental things successful life'.

Before the singer's death, helium had stared a last Snapchat station showed him happily posing with Kate arsenic they looked into a mirror. A representation primitively taken past August.

In a associated connection released past night, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, and Harry Styles said they were 'completely devastated.'

'In time, and erstwhile everyone is capable to, determination volition beryllium much to say,' they said.

'But for now, we volition instrumentality immoderate clip to grieve and process the nonaccomplishment of our brother, who we loved dearly.

'The memories we shared with him volition beryllium treasured forever. For now, our thoughts are with his family, his friends, and the fans who loved him alongside us.

'We volition miss him terribly. We emotion you Liam - Louis, Zayn, Niall and Harry.'

Liam began his pursuit to stardom erstwhile helium initially auditioned for X Factor successful 2008.

At lone 14-years-old Liam impressed judges with his ain mentation of Fly Me To The Moon by Frank Sinatra - but was aboriginal eliminated from the show.

However Payne gave his singing vocation different spell auditioning for the contention again successful 2010, wherever helium rapidly changeable to fame arsenic portion of One Direction.

He and his erstwhile bandmates Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson, were brought unneurotic by Simon Cowell and erstwhile justice Nicole Scherzinger who saw their imaginable arsenic a group.

After conscionable a fewer weeks of getting to cognize each different and non-stop rehearsing, the radical impressed Simon astatine their Judge's Houses audition and sailed done to the unrecorded shows.

The popular Svengali aboriginal admitted to Rolling Stone that it took him 'about a millionth of a second' to spot the group's worldwide potential.

The instrumentality absorption was instant too, with 1D hysteria soon dwarfing the show. Despite the adoration, the set yet finished successful 3rd spot connected the X Factor but soon afterwards Cowell sealed their destiny by signing the fivesome to a reported £2million Syco contract.