Liam Payne's friend Ben Winston makes sad admission ahead of Grammys

Tonight's Grammy Awards volition diagnostic a tribute to the precocious Liam Payne, and his shaper person shared that it was 'devastating' to enactment the In Memoriam conception together

Grammys shaper Ben Winston struggled erstwhile putting unneurotic the In Memoriam section, which volition see Liam Payne.

Ben was a adjacent person of Liam, 31, and worked with One Direction connected euphony videos for Night Changes, You & I and Midnight Memories among others - and helium admitted it was devastating to prime retired clips of Liam to see among different musicians who died implicit the past year.

Speaking astir tonight's show, which volition beryllium held astatine the Crypto.com Arena successful Los Angeles, Ben told The Sun connected Sunday's Bizarre column: "It is simply a precise hard time. Losing Liam was very, precise tough. No uncertainty astir it. But, no, determination volition beryllium nary One Direction performance.

"He was the astir beautiful, fantastic lad and I emotion him very, precise much. He is in, of course, our ‘in memoriam’, without question. And really that is simply a precise bittersweet happening for maine — erstwhile you are going done rehearsals and seeing the clips and a feline that was sat successful this bureau 4 weeks earlier that calamity happened.

He added: “Seeing him up connected that surface is not thing that I would ever person imagined. It is other bittersweet for radical — not conscionable maine who loved Liam, but for many."

Liam died astatine the property of conscionable 31 connected the 16th October past year, 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 Amersham connected November 20.

While Ben revealed that determination won't beryllium a One Direction show astatine tonight's ceremony, an insider suggested that the remaining members of the set - Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan - could travel unneurotic again for a show successful tribute to Liam astatine the BRIT Awards, which are taking spot connected March 1.

A root told The Sun: "The tribute to Liam astatine this year’s awards amusement has caused a existent buzz and speculation that the remaining One Direction bandmates could yet travel backmost unneurotic again connected stage. It would beryllium an wholly fitting mode to honour Liam and talks are already nether mode astir however to marque this conception of the BRITs unforgettable."

The root added that the One Direction alums would not beryllium unsocial and that different musicians whitethorn beryllium progressive successful the tribute. The set has scooped 7 awards astatine the BRITs implicit the years, since they were formed connected The X Factor successful 2010.

According to a amusement insider, Liam "loved" the lawsuit and it was suggested that helium volition "forever beryllium portion of the show’s history."

The insider continued: "It’s inactive successful the precise aboriginal stages of mentation and the finer details are inactive being worked out, with authoritative approaches to beryllium made successful coming weeks. But determination are acceptable to beryllium a substance of performances, tasteful photograph and video montages and a unrecorded orchestra."

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