Liam Payne died before dream One Direction reunion as Kate Cassidy reveals all about his deep love for bandmates

LIAM Payne’s grieving woman Kate Cassidy has told astir the unthinkable emotion the vocalist had for his bandmates and fans.

She says: “Liam loved One Direction. It was specified a immense portion of his beingness and career. “Who didn’t emotion them?

“I deliberation everybody had hopes for a reunion astatine immoderate point.

“One Direction was specified a immense portion of his beingness and helium would person been much than blessed successful the future to bash that.

“He was truthful arrogant of the boys. He loved them truthful overmuch helium looked astatine them arsenic brothers.

“It’s truthful heartbreaking that the fans volition ne'er get to spot each 5 boys backmost connected signifier together.

“2030 would person marked 20 years since they archetypal got unneurotic and it’s truthful bittersweet that Liam volition ne'er get to relive those memories.”

Liam died successful a autumn from a edifice balcony successful Buenos Aires, Argentina, past October. His country was littered with cause paraphernalia and an opened champagne bottle.

The hotel’s manager, a receptionist and Liam’s friend, Roger Nores, person since been charged with manslaughter. A waiter and different edifice worker look drugs charges.

The set — Liam, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Zayn Malik — was enactment unneurotic connected the X Factor successful 2010, aft they had each entered arsenic solo artists.

They came 3rd connected the ITV show, down victor Matt Cardle and runner-up Rebecca Ferguson.

But wrong 2 years they were planetary superstars, headlining New York’s Madison Square Garden, winning awards and selling millions of records.

While different artists person been speedy to slam Simon Cowell and the ITV1 endowment show, Liam remained everlastingly loyal to the antheral who discovered him.

He and Simon had met months earlier his death.

Kate said she and Liam chatted astir his clip successful 1D aboriginal successful their two-year relationship.

She added: “One of the archetypal films helium enactment connected was the One Direction documentary, This Is Us.

“Liam ever made the clip to spell to immoderate of the boys’ concerts to amusement emotion and support.

“He spoke truthful highly of them all.”

A fortnight earlier his tragic fall, connected October 2, Liam had attended Niall Horan’s gig astatine the Movistar Arena successful Buenos Aires.

Liam shared a photograph of the brace alongside a reddish bosom emoji and the connection “reunited”. It sent excitable fans into meltdown.

Liam added cryptically: “It’s been a portion since maine and Niall person spoken.

"We’ve got a batch to speech astir and I would similar to quadrate up a mates things with the boy. No atrocious vibes oregon thing similar that but we conscionable request to talk.”

Liam's philanthropy

Kate did not accidental what the 1D pals had discussed, lone describing Irishman Niall arsenic “great”.

She added: “It’s conscionable truthful weird that was the past clip Niall saw Liam. You conscionable ne'er cognize what time volition bring.”

Heartwarming stories of Liam’s philanthropy emerged aft his death.

He had softly volunteered astatine nutrient banks, donated immense amounts to Go Fund Me pages, and worked with London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children to rise captious funds.

Liam besides captained England successful the yearly Soccer Aid charity football lucifer for bully causes.

It besides turned retired helium was extraordinarily generous with Directioners adjacent successful the weeks starring to his passing erstwhile his intelligence health, it would appear, was struggling.

Despite this, helium ne'er fto connected to his fans — determined to ever honour their devotion with kindness and his time.

Kate recalled: “When we were successful Argentina, Liam gave up truthful overmuch clip to beryllium with fans.

“Almost each meal preservation we had planned we were astatine slightest 2 hours precocious arsenic he’d instrumentality the clip to talk to each of them.

“We’d permission our hotel and there’d beryllium hundreds — I mean hundreds — of fans outside.

“He spent each 2nd trying to get done each and each instrumentality for a hug and a photo.

“He loved his fans truthful much. They were truthful saccharine with maine arsenic well.

“Dating idiosyncratic from a boyband tin get truthful overmuch hatred and disapproval but they were each truthful beauteous to maine successful Argentina.

“One happening I’ll ne'er hide is portion we were gathering fans extracurricular 1 night, a instrumentality brought 1 of the Liam Payne Barbie dolls successful its box.

“These were sold years agone and past discontinued. I ever joked to Liam however I wanted one.

“And erstwhile the instrumentality brought retired the container for Liam to sign, I got truthful excited reasoning she was giving Liam the doll arsenic a gift.

“Liam past said ‘Kate you don’t request this doll, you person the real-life me,” and I conscionable smiled. After helium passed away, I saw a TikTok saying, ‘She doesn’t person him anymore’ and it truly struck me.”

Kate besides recounted Liam’s excitement astatine the imaginable of his caller solo music.

She said of his past azygous Teardrops, a No3 deed successful March 2024: “It is specified a bully song. I haven’t been capable to perceive to it since.

“If it comes connected the radio I person to alteration the song. It’s excessively soon.

“When Teardrops was finished, and earlier helium released it, I decorated the room for Liam and filled it with balloons, gifts, a paper and a barroom which I made successful the signifier of a teardrop.

“It was specified a blessed time and helium was truthful pleased astir the surprise.

“It was the small things that made him the happiest and I’m gladsome I could bash that for him.”