Liam Payne and Cheryl's 'struggle' with son Bear over big parenting decision

One Direction prima Liam Payne, who tragically died falling from the 3rd level of a edifice connected Wednesday, proudly had a lad called Bear, whom helium shared with ex Cheryl

Liam Payne and ex-partner Cheryl were doting parents to their young son, Bear, contempt the extremity of the narration successful 2018.

The devoted mum and dada made definite to co-parent the seven-year-old until Liam's tragically aboriginal decease aft a autumn from his 3rd level edifice balcony successful Argentina past month. He was conscionable 31. A assemblage was recovered successful an interior patio of the Casa Sur Palermo edifice soon aft 5pm section time. It's believed Liam fell from astir 14 metres and suffered "very superior injuries incompatible with life".

A station mortem revealed the vocalist had died from multiple traumas starring to an "internal and outer haemorrhage". At the clip of his decease a toxicology study stated that Liam had anti-depressants and cocaine successful his strategy astatine the clip of his decease – contempt having been cleanable from drugs conscionable days before. But successful the weeks aft his death, 3 radical are presently nether probe arsenic section constabulary forces effort to get to the bottommost of however Liam was successful possession of amerciable substances. However, it's since been claimed that Liam had asked a edifice worker to unafraid "seven grams" of "cocaine" anterior to his death.

It's claimed that Class A drugs were smuggled to Liam's edifice room, disguised successful a Dove soap box. Hotel unit person since stated that only employees person entree to the determination wherever the soap supplies are held. Three radical person since been charged pursuing the songwriter's passing.

Liam was 23 years aged erstwhile helium became a dada and 31 erstwhile helium sadly died. The brace confirmed their divided a twelvemonth aft they announced the commencement of their son. On March 25, 2017, Cheryl posted the quality of her and Liam's kid connected Instagram with a representation of the 1D prima holding the baby. She wrote: "On Wednesday 22nd March Liam and I became parents to an incredibly beautiful, steadfast babe boy, weighing 7lb 9 and looking similar a dream. Although helium inactive doesn't person a sanction helium is already stealing hearts."

She continued: "We are each madly successful emotion and overwhelmingly blessed with our small arrival. Happy Mother's Day to each the mothers astir the world. A time that present has a antithetic meaning to maine forever." Before yet deciding connected the sanction Bear, the erstwhile mates shared their conflict astir whether their son's moniker should beryllium accepted oregon modern.

In May 2017, Liam told Total Access astir their debate: "It was similar an interior battle. I wanted a much accepted sanction and she wanted a sanction that was much unusual. And the crushed she chose Bear successful the extremity was due to the fact that Bear is simply a sanction that erstwhile you permission a room, you won't forget. And I similar that. When I look astatine him, he's conscionable Bear."

Liam added: "At first, I wasn't truly having it. I was like, 'I'm not truly sure. I don't truly understand'. Now, I look astatine him and he's Bear. You go your sanction arsenic you get older anyway." A fewer months later, Liam shared however 1 of the midwives astatine his commencement called him 'Bear' successful the transportation room, and the sanction carried on.

He told James Corden: "He had this happening wherever if they don't person a bully cry, they get fluid successful their lungs, which is rather serious, truthful helium was similar going 'grrrr'. I had similar 10 doctors travel successful the room, and successful the end, the feline was conscionable like, 'Dude, I'm not being funny. There's thing incorrect with him. He conscionable likes to marque a batch of noise.' And that's carried connected ever since, truthful helium conscionable became Bear.."

Mindful of his personage status, Cheryl and Liam chose not to stock immoderate pictures of Bear's face. But the 1D vocalist revealed successful 2020 that his then-three-year-old lad looked similar him. He said: "He looks precisely similar me, which is precise strange. When household members spot babe pictures of maine now, they say, 'Oh wow, Bear looks truly large there!'"

In 2018, a twelvemonth aft Bear's birth, the parents announced their divided pursuing 2 and a fractional years together, but vowed to stay adjacent to rise their son. A connection read: "We are bittersweet to denote that we are going our abstracted ways. It's been a pugnacious determination for america to make. We inactive person truthful overmuch emotion for each different arsenic a family. Bear is our satellite and we inquire that you respect his privateness arsenic we navigate our mode done this together."

In 2022, Liam shared however helium spent a batch of prime clip with his son. He said: "I spot him 2 times a week, 3 times a week sometimes. And I marque definite erstwhile I spot him, helium has 100 percent of my time. I marque definite that I'm not connected my telephone oregon d***ing astir determination else. So, I similar to springiness him those moments and it's important, helium needs that successful his life, helium needs his dada successful his life, and I'm blessed helium looks astatine maine similar a superhero, and I'm hoping to support it that way."