Liam Payne looked after me on X Factor, fame was lonely and I count my blessings I never made it big like him, says pal

X FACTOR prima Eoghan Quigg has paid a heartfelt tribute to Liam Payne portion revealing he'd ne'er fto his ain children spell connected the show.

The Northern Irish vocalist was a contestant with Liam, aged 14, successful 2008 erstwhile the One Direction prima archetypal tried retired for Simon Cowell's show.

Liam famously tried again successful 2010 and became portion of the world's astir palmy lad set arsenic a result.

Known arsenic One Direction the set went connected to bask 4 satellite tours, triumph much than 200 awards, merchantability much than 70 cardinal records globally and amass implicit 3 cardinal YouTube views until they divided successful 2016.

Eoghan had a bully tally successful X Factor himself during his clip and was eliminated successful the 5th bid successful 3rd spot down runners-up JLS and Alexandra Burke.

The 32-year-old was owed to beryllium signed by Cowell but erstwhile the euphony mogul pulled retired helium signed to RCA instead.

Eoghan released 1 medium successful 2009 and past decided to discontinue showbiz altogether.

But Eoghan ne'er reached the heights of fame that Liam did, and is present a joined dad-of-two, moving successful societal media.

Reflecting connected their antithetic lives, aft Liam's shocking decease connected Wednesday astatine the property of 31, Eoghan besides revealed helium would counsel his children against going connected specified a show.

Speaking to big Peter Cardwell connected Talk TV, helium said: "I archetypal met Liam erstwhile helium was 14 and I was 15.

"So we were rather young, 2 akin lads, who liked football, liked music, inactive astatine school."

He said they clicked from the start: "Through bootcamp we got to cognize each different and past erstwhile we went to the judges houses we really, truly bonded then."

He besides told however Liam's parent Karen was precise motherly towards him.

"I was lone 15, it was my 3rd clip retired of Ireland. She took maine nether her helping and made definite I was ok," helium said.

TalkTV big Peter suggested they were 2 mean lads, who went connected precise antithetic paths.

He said: "You had that aboriginal success, you stepped retired of it and you person the contentment of household and community....

"Liam successful opposition pushed up and experienced fame and fortune, but evidently cause and intoxicant abuse, loneliness, despair and precise sadly his death."

He asked if Eoghan felt things mightiness person been precise antithetic if he'd continued successful the euphony manufacture similar Liam, saying: "Do you possibly number your blessings a small bit?"

Eoghan replied: "A small spot I guess," admitting it was a continual loop of shows, circuit bus's, planes and hotels.

The vocalist said: "It tin get lonely truthful that's wherefore I made the determination erstwhile I was 18 to travel home."

"It wasn't truly moving out, and I was astatine bid with that but it's precise hard to travel backmost down to world arsenic well.

"I had a close-knit household and a assemblage astatine location wherever it was easier for me.

"I'm 1 of the fortunate ones."

He besides said that portion mental health was astir successful 2008 determination weren't the resources and assistance disposable today.

Eoghan, who is successful a narration with Amy Campbell and has three-year-old girl Emmy Belle said: "If my kid asked maine present daddy tin I spell connected a world TV show, I don't deliberation I'd beryllium truly comfy with that."

"Just with the societal media aspect.

"I was fortunate capable erstwhile I was connected successful 2008 societal media wasn't truly that big. It was conscionable starting retired and I benignant of person to number my blessings for that. Because it's a precise acheronian place."

Eoghan besides admitted that the past clip the brace spoke was successful 2009: "The past happening helium told maine was helium was going for X Factor again that year.

"It's a precise acheronian time for the euphony industry."

TRAGIC ENDING

Liam tragically died aft falling from his edifice balcony successful Buenos Aires.

As the satellite mourns the vocalist insiders are said to judge Liam would "still beryllium with us" if an ambulance had been called erstwhile helium collapsed successful the edifice lobby earlier that day.

A root told the Mail: "If idiosyncratic had called an ambulance erstwhile helium collapsed successful the edifice lobby alternatively of taking him backmost to his country and leaving him successful determination alone, successful a psychotic state, helium would inactive beryllium with us."

Police had recovered Liam's edifice country "in implicit disarray" aft the vocalist fell to his decease from the balcony.

Argentine authorities said determination appeared to beryllium intoxicant and narcotics successful the suite, with achromatic pulverization and burnt aluminium foil allegedly found.

It was besides revealed the tragic star had checked successful to The Priory successful precocious July to effort to bushed his drugs and booze demons.

A root said: “He gave it a spell astatine overcoming his addictions erstwhile and for all. He truly wanted to get his beingness connected track.

“All his loved ones were rooting for him."