Liam Payne: Real reason there's no photos of son Bear after Cheryl Cole's big decision

Liam Payne and Cheryl Tweedy welcomed their lad Bear successful 2017 and amicably co-parented pursuing their split, with the erstwhile mates passionately agreeing connected 1 decision

Liam Payne and Cheryl Tweedy were connected the aforesaid leafage erstwhile it came to their lad Bear.

The erstwhile X Factor prima devastatingly died aged 31 aft plunging from the 3rd floor of a boutique edifice successful Argentina past month. His heartbroken household are still trying to alert his assemblage home, pursuing reports that suggest the vocalist fainted connected the balcony, which led to his catastrophic fall.

Liam is survived by his loved ones and seven-year-old lad Bear, whom helium welcomed with ex Cheryl backmost successful 2017, a twelvemonth earlier their split. Although their narration didn't enactment out, the brace shared a committedness to their son, and determination was 1 taxable they some felt passionate about.

At an lawsuit successful 2017, Liam shared however they took "a cardinal pictures" of the youngster, but decided against posting them online. He said: "[Cheryl] has her remainder clip bonding with Bear astatine the start. She's an incredible, a earthy mum. We instrumentality a cardinal pictures of Bear but we privation him to beryllium capable to determine what helium wants to stock erstwhile he's older."

In a 2023 interrogation with British Vogue, Cheryl expressed her longing for Bear to person a mean childhood. She said: "I don't privation radical recognising him connected the street. But he's twigged that I'm famous. The different time helium said, 'How fortunate americium I to person celebrated parents?' I said, 'It doesn't matter'. He goes: "Yeah. But it's beauteous cool'."

Liam revealed they had taken steps to support Bear from the darker aspects of fame successful 2021. He told Stephen Bartlett connected The Diary Of A CEO podcast: "Obviously, we protected his individuality to commencement disconnected with, and that's not being pretentious oregon thing different than the information that I privation to springiness him a accidental to beryllium Bear archetypal earlier helium has to be, 'Oh, your mum and dada are truthful and so' you know. And I made my prime to beryllium wherever I was astatine 14 [or] 15, truthful I fig helium tin marque his ain prime past too."

Both Liam and Cheryl chose not to amusement Bear's face, however, it's understood helium looks strikingly similar his dad, arsenic elaborate by Liam successful a 2020 interrogation with People magazine. Liam shared: "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."