Cheryl says Liam Payne’s death ‘breaking my heart’ as their son Bear ‘faces reality of never seeing father again’

Girls Aloud prima Cheryl has described Liam Payne’s decease arsenic “earth-shattering” and said the imaginable of their seven-year-old lad Bear learning astir what happened is “troubling my heart”.

Payne died connected Wednesday aft falling from the 3rd level balcony successful his edifice successful Buenos Aires.

Cheryl, who was successful a high-profile narration with Payne between 2016 and 2018, said successful a connection connected Instagram their lad has to “face the world of ne'er seeing his begetter again”.

She said: “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.”

Sharing a achromatic and achromatic representation of Payne in furniture with his son, the 41-year-old said: “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.

“What is troubling my tone the astir is that 1 time Bear volition person entree to the abhorrent reports and media exploitation we person seen successful the past 2 days. It is breaking my bosom further that I cannot support him from that successful his future.

“I americium begging you to see what usage immoderate of these reports are serving, different than to origin further harm to everyone near down picking up the pieces. Before you permission comments oregon marque videos, inquire yourself if you would similar your ain kid oregon household to work them.

“Please springiness Liam the small dignity helium has near successful the aftermath of his decease to remainder successful immoderate bid astatine last.”

TMZ has taken down photographs of Payne’s assemblage it shared aft his decease pursuing a backlash from  fans and celebrities.

The American personage quality outlet sparked outrage for publishing cropped photos of the British singer’s assemblage following his fatal fall.

Her connection comes arsenic Payne’s begetter Geoff arrived successful Buenos Aires connected Friday to put for the instrumentality of his son's assemblage to England.

He was photographed emerging successful a bluish suit from a downtown edifice accompanied by British consular officials and stepping into a achromatic van.

Argentine authorities said Payne was headed to the section prosecutor's office, which is investigating the lawsuit arsenic a substance of protocol, to signifier the repatriation of his son's remains. Local media reported helium aboriginal visited the morgue.

Shortly earlier Cheryl’s statement, Payne’s woman Kate Cassidy said “nothing astir the past fewer days person felt real” aft his death.

The societal media influencer, who had been successful a narration with Payne for astir 2 years, said she was astatine a “complete loss” aft his death

“Thank you for each of the benignant words and emotion that has been sent my way,” Cassidy said successful a connection posted connected her Instagram story.

“I person been astatine a implicit loss. Nothing astir the past fewer days person felt real.

“I inquire and commune that you’ll springiness maine the grace and abstraction to navigate this successful private.

“Liam, my angel, you are everything. I privation you to cognize I loved you unconditionally and completely.”

Cassidy said she volition proceed to love Payne “for the remainder of my life”, adding: “I emotion you Liam.”

Also paying tribute was euphony mogul Simon Cowell who said helium is “truly devastated” aft the decease of the singer, successful a connection posted connected Instagram.

Payne found fame alongside Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik and Harry Styles erstwhile The X Factor creator Cowell put them unneurotic to signifier One Direction connected the ITV endowment amusement successful 2010.

“You ne'er truly cognize however you consciousness astir idiosyncratic until a infinitesimal similar this happens,” helium wrote.

“Liam, I americium genuinely devastated. Heartbroken. And I consciousness empty.

“And I privation you to cognize however overmuch emotion and respect I person for you. Every teardrop I person shed is simply a representation of you.”

Cowell said the singer’s lad Bear volition beryllium “so proud” of what helium achieved during his 31 years.

“I person met your son, Bear. He has your grin and that twinkle successful his eyes you have,” Cowell wrote.

“He volition beryllium truthful arrogant of everything you achieved. And however you achieved it.”

The 65-year-old said helium would archer the thousands of fans Payne was “kind, funny, sweet, thoughtful, talented, humble, focused” and “how overmuch emotion you genuinely had for the fans”.

Payne first auditioned for The X Factor successful 2008 erstwhile helium was 14, singing Frank Sinatra’s Fly Me To The Moon, with justice Cowell telling him to instrumentality to the endowment amusement 2 years later.

In 2010 helium impressed the judges with a rendition of Michael Buble’s Cry Me A River earlier being enactment with 4 different solo hopefuls astatine the footwear campy signifier of the contention – the radical which aboriginal became One Direction.

Cowell continued: “I had to archer you erstwhile you were 14 that this wasn’t your time. And we some made a committedness that we would conscionable again. A batch of radical would person fixed up. You didn’t.

“You came backmost and wrong months the full satellite knew Liam. And you ne'er forgot the fans.

“I watched you spending truthful overmuch clip with radical who had wanted to conscionable you. You truly cared.”

Cowell said Payne visited him past twelvemonth “not for a meeting, conscionable to beryllium and talk” and they “reminisced astir each of the amusive times we had together”.

“After you left, I was reminded that you were inactive the sweet, benignant lad I had met each of those years ago,” helium said.

Payne died of aggregate traumas and “internal and outer haemorrhage”, arsenic a effect of his fall, a post-mortem introspection study has said.

A property merchandise from Argentina’s National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor’s Office No 16 said it would beryllium investigating the incidental arsenic an “inconclusive death” aft the conclusions of the report.

Reports accidental unit astatine the edifice made 2 calls to exigency services, with audio revealing a unit subordinate had asked for assistance for a impermanent who was “intoxicated by drugs and alcohol”.

The prosecutor’s bureau indicated the instrumentalist was unsocial erstwhile the autumn occurred and said helium appeared to beryllium “going done immoderate benignant of outbreak owed to substance abuse”.

Forensic experts said nary injuries were observed that would suggest the involution of 3rd parties, though “the probe is besides aimed astatine determining the imaginable involution of 3rd parties successful the events anterior to his death”.

Police successful the Argentine superior antecedently said the euphony star’s edifice country had been “in implicit disarray” with “various items broken”.