'Devastated' Rita Ora planning to honour Liam Payne at MTV's Europe Music Awards

MTV's Europe Music Awards is taking spot astatine Manchester's Co-Op Live Arena connected November 10, with it being reported that Rita Ora is taking implicit arsenic host

The upcoming MTV Europe Music Awards is reportedly readying to wage tribute to Liam Payne pursuing his tragic decease connected Wednesday.

The ceremonial is taking spot astatine Manchester's Co-Op Live Arena connected November 10, with it being reported that Rita Ora is taking implicit arsenic host. It has been said that his erstwhile collaborator Rita - with who helium worked with connected For You - volition beryllium progressive successful the plans that could beryllium thing from a philharmonic tribute oregon an successful memoriam montage.

Liam was successful vacation successful Buenos Aires, Argentina, erstwhile helium fell to his decease from a 3rd level balcony astatine the CasaSur Hotel connected Wednesday evening. City ambulance work supplier spokesperson Alberto Crescenti said helium had fallen astir 45 feet and suffered “severe injuries which were incompatible with life.”

Following the quality of his death, fans, household and friends person been paying tribute to the star. One Direction members Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan posted a shared connection and aboriginal took to their ain pages to station their idiosyncratic tributes to the singer.

Rita besides penned a touching tribute to the prima and aboriginal took to the signifier successful Osaka, Japan, to sing their duet. In a heartbreaking moment, Rita could seen holding her caput successful her hands arsenic she turned distant from the crowd. She looked up and confessed: "I can't adjacent sing this close now."

And now, reports accidental Rita volition beryllium taking to the signifier for the EMAs adjacent month. A root said to The Sun: "In the coming days they volition commencement drafting up authoritative plans. Officially Rita is yet to beryllium announced, but she is hosting this year's awards and volition beryllium progressive successful immoderate MTV decides to do. She and Liam person been adjacent for years and grew successful the manufacture together. Obviously, she is devastated by his passing." The Mirror person reached retired to MTV for comment.

Rita and Liam were believed to person been adjacent friends. Liam adjacent moved into Rita's £3.25m London penthouse successful 2021 with his ex-fiancée Maya Henry. Taking to societal media aft her performance, Rita said: "I’m devastated. He had the kindest soul, I volition ne'er forget. I loved moving with him truthful overmuch - helium was conscionable specified a joyousness to beryllium astir connected and disconnected stage. This tragic quality breaks my heart. Sending each my emotion and prayers to his household and loved ones. Our opus For You takes connected a full caller meaning for maine now. R.I.P."

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