Cheryl Cole's first words to 14-year-old Liam Payne when they first met

Cheryl Cole and Liam Payne archetypal met erstwhile helium auditioned connected The X Factor - and arsenic the endowment show's judge, the popular prima complimented his 'powerful' singing voice

Back successful 2014, a young, fresh-faced Liam Payne auditioned connected The X Factor.

And portion it was the archetypal clip the prima took to the signifier connected TV, it was besides the archetypal clip helium laid eyes connected popstar and justice Cheryl Cole - who went connected to go the parent of his child. Despite their 10-year property gap, Cheryl didn't fell that she had a brushed spot for him aft helium sang his rendition of Fly Me To The Moon.

The X Factor justice told Liam she thought helium was "really cute" and it's a remark neither of them knew would travel backmost to them years down the line. Fast guardant to 2016, Cheryl and Liam announced their relationship, leaving fans baffled implicit the unexpected pairing. They went connected to invited their lad Bear, 7, together.

After his archetypal X Factor audition erstwhile helium was 14, Cheryl, who is 10 years his senior, said: "I similar you, I deliberation you're truly cute" aft Simon Cowell knocked his 'lack of fun'. "You've got charisma, you gave america that small cheeky wink!"

However, helium was unsuccessful and returned to audition again successful 2016 erstwhile Cheryl told him: "You've decidedly got it. Whatever it is, you've got it. And your dependable is truly powerful." He was past enactment done arsenic a subordinate of the freshly formed One Direction and was enactment successful Simon's category.

In 2015, a twelvemonth earlier the brace announced their narration status, Liam and his One Direction unit returned for a show connected X Factor, and Liam and Cheryl were spotted hugging during an advertisement break, but the pictures didn't travel to airy for a fewer much weeks after.

Then successful 2016 quality of their narration came to light, but radical were reluctant to judge it until Liam changed his Instagram illustration photograph to the 2 of them. A fewer months aboriginal Cheryl confirmed her gestation to friends and family, but sources adjacent to her said she wouldn't beryllium making a nationalist statement.

On March 25, 2017, Cheryl announced that she'd fixed commencement to her and Liam's kid together, with a representation of Liam holding the baby. They went connected to sanction him Bear, but—mindful of his presumption arsenic a personage child—choose not to stock immoderate pictures of his face.

However, cracks soon started to show, and the brace announced their divided successful 2018 aft 2 and a fractional years together. Speaking connected Logan Paul's podcast Impaulsive, Liam opened up astir their affirmative co-parenting arrangement, sharing: "I get to instrumentality my lad to schoolhouse 1 oregon 2 times a week and it's the champion thing.

"The narration we person present arsenic friends has lone grown more. We broke up for a crushed and present she gives maine afloat autonomy of my beingness and to bash what I bash and I cognize he's [Bear's] taken attraction of. He is each she cares astir and I couldn't inquire for more. They unrecorded similar 3 minutes from my house. I ever glue myself to wherever helium is. My beingness present is his."

Liam died connected Wednesday, October 16 aft plunging from the 3rd level of a edifice successful Argentina. His assemblage was recovered successful an interior patio of the Casa Sur Palermo edifice successful Buenos Aires soon aft 5pm section time. It's believed Liam fell from a tallness of astir 14 metres and died instantly, having suffered "very superior injuries incompatible with life".