Liam Payne famous funeral guest defended over outfit choice as anger sparked over jacket

Adrian Chiles attended Liam Payne's ceremonial successful a West Brom jacket, and fans were speedy to instrumentality up for his prime aft trolls smeared him online

Fans of football, Liam Payne, and Adrian Chiles person agreed aft Adrian, 57, was dragged for his outfit prime astatine Liam’s funeral connected Wednesday.

Liam died astatine the property of conscionable 31 connected the 16th October, aft falling from a third-floor balcony astatine the CasaSur edifice successful Buenos Aires, Argentina. After weeks of investigations, his father, Geoff, was capable to bring his assemblage backmost to the UK, and helium was yet laid to remainder successful aged Amersham. His backstage ceremonial included each of those beloved to him, including ITV presenter Adrian.

In opposition to astir guests’ much accepted looks, Adrian wore a shot jacket to the event, with wide Adidas branding and a West Bromwich Albion crest. Some trolls took to societal media to slam the erstwhile Match of the Day 2 big for his covering choice, but fans were speedy to constituent retired its peculiar nexus to Liam.

“Bizarre going to a ceremonial wearing shot gear. Shocking,” 1 idiosyncratic raged connected Twitter, earlier being faced with an influx of enactment for Adrian and Liam.

“You cognize precisely what you’re doing here. Trying to hint that this is comic and unusual erstwhile it’s due to the fact that Liam was a monolithic Baggies instrumentality and they utilized to ticker games together. Shame connected you,” 1 idiosyncratic wrote, pointing retired Liam’s emotion of the footie club.

“Liam Payne was a monolithic West Brom fan, helium would person loved Adrian Chile's turning up astatine his ceremonial successful that nine jacket,” a 2nd agreed.

Another idiosyncratic defended: “Even arsenic a Villa instrumentality I tin admit this. Liam Payne was a monolithic West Brom instrumentality and Chiles is 1 of their astir precocious illustration supporters. It was besides brass monkeys upwind today. This tweet is simply a spot of a debased blow.”

After Liam died, Adrian himself opened up astir their friendship portion speaking connected his BBC Radio 5 Live show. He explained: "I got to cognize him erstwhile helium archetypal did X Factor. He came up to maine and said 'up the Albion' - helium was a West Brom fan.

"Just arsenic a motion arsenic to however monolithic helium was, I retrieve we snuck him into a Boxing Day crippled and I deliberation his mum and dada came and sat with me. But we managed to secrete our antheral up successful the commentary gantry truthful helium didn't get bothered.

"Then a person of excavation texted maine to inquire 'why are West Brom trending fig 1 connected Twitter?' I went, good it could beryllium due to the fact that Liam Payne is present and helium tweeted helium was present and the full world went huffy for it."

Former One Direction subordinate Liam was a play summons holder astatine the Hawthorns, and the nine shared a moving tribute to him aft proceeding the quality of his passing.

"We're shocked and saddened to larn of the passing of Baggies instrumentality and musician, Liam Payne," the nine wrote connected societal media. "Our thoughts are with Liam's family, friends and loved ones astatine this tragic time."

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