Liam Payne’s death isn’t Maya Henry’s fault – stop blaming her

It was conscionable days earlier his decease that Maya Henry unknowingly shared an eerie prediction astir Liam Payne. 

In October 2024, the American actress, 23, took ineligible enactment against the precocious One Direction prima aft accusing him of persistently contacting her pursuing their break-up successful 2022. 

Then soon after, Maya heartbreakingly revealed successful an interview: ‘Even until my publication was coming out, adjacent 1 of his friends was calling maine and my mum and being like, “This isn’t a bully clip for him, I don’t deliberation you should enactment the publication out, he’s not doing good and adjacent if thing happens to him, not lone are you going to blasted yourself but the full world’s going to blasted you.”

‘And truthful I was like, conscionable the information that they support trying is specified a debased manipulation tactic. It’s disturbing.’ 

It is disturbing because, successful a shocking crook of events, Maya is truthful cruelly being blamed for Payne’s death. The What Makes You Beautiful singer fell from a edifice balcony successful Argentina connected October 16 aft reportedly exhibiting ‘erratic’ behaviour. He was conscionable 31 years old. 

Many person pointed retired the timing arsenic it came conscionable days aft Maya went nationalist with her allegations, however, that does not warrant the horrific level of vitriol she has been subjected to since. 

The negativity against Maya has lone been exacerbated this period pursuing her archetypal interrogation since Payne’s death, wherever she discusses the individuality situation helium reportedly faced and substance use.

X idiosyncratic @smthngboutuu antecedently shared a screenshot of immoderate of the astir concerning tweets blaming her for Payne’s decease and it makes for harrowing reading. 

‘You [sic] lowkey evil,’ 1 idiosyncratic appears to person written. 

‘This is your fault,’ different claimed, portion 1 X idiosyncratic adjacent dared to question: ‘Now helium is dormant – are you happy?’ 

It’s messages similar this that truly amusement the viciousness that lurks wrong the heavy acheronian depths of the internet. 

Very few details person been confirmed astir the incident successful these aboriginal stages of the probe and, adjacent erstwhile we bash person the afloat picture, however could anyone perchance pin what happened to Payne connected 1 person? 

Five radical person been charged successful narration to Payne’s death successful Argentina but the lawsuit is inactive ongoing.

With this successful mind, it’s unfair and irresponsible to pin what happened connected Maya.

She had each close to travel guardant with her allegations against Payne and let the ineligible process to enactment without fearfulness of repercussions – to suggest she had immoderate blasted for it is the benignant of victim-blaming we should agelong beryllium past by now. It sends the incorrect and frankly unsafe connection to survivors of maltreatment that they should soundlessness themselves to support their accusers. 

We didn’t get to perceive Payne’s broadside of the communicative and, sadly, present ne'er will. 

But rather simply, it’s not a black-and-white concern and it feels arsenic though, successful this time and property of societal media, the nuance has disappeared into oblivion. So overmuch of the fallout from his decease has been tasteless; from photos of his assemblage being shared online, and present the rhetoric against Maya.

Even with her accusations astir Liam, she inactive has the close to mourn, having spent a information of her beingness with him, if she feels truthful inclined. Naturally, she whitethorn person conflicting emotions astir Payne’s decease and she deserves the abstraction to travel to presumption with this. 

Right present she’s connected the receiving extremity of an unjustified pile-on and it feels precise uncomfortable arsenic her intelligence wellness should beryllium protected astatine a clip similar this, too. 

Some person adjacent compared the concern to the aftermath of Mac Miller’s decease where his ex-fiancee Ariana Grande was inexplicably blamed for his demise pursuing a cause overdose. Bearing successful mind, Miller’s decease occurred months aft their split. It falls into precise icky territory to nexus 2 abstracted situations unneurotic and get astatine a factual conclusion, peculiarly erstwhile these radical are known to person struggled with assorted idiosyncratic issues. 

Women often find themselves blamed for the actions of men and, portion we hold to find retired however and wherefore Payne died, it’s earnestly damaging to resistance Maya into the tragic circumstances. 

It’s not her fault.

This nonfiction was primitively published connected October 17, 2024.

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