Liam Payne's friend lost for words after discovering star's death moments before live TV interview

Liam Payne's adjacent person Ant Middleton said helium was successful daze aft appearing connected unrecorded TV to sermon the precocious celeb, conscionable moments aft helium was told astir his tragic death

One of Liam Payne's closest friends was mid-way done filming erstwhile helium learned astir the star's tragic death.

It was confirmed yesterday that the One Direction star, 31, fell to his decease from the 3rd level of a edifice successful Buenos Aries. Reports accidental a preliminary autopsy shows the singer's death was caused by 'multiple trauma' and attributed to 'internal and outer bleeding'.

The daze incidental follows unit astatine the luxury accommodation expressing fears for the star's wellbeing aft seeing him 'acting erratically'. Police were aboriginal called owed to a man, who could person been nether the power of intoxicant oregon drugs, behaving aggressively. Local quality outlets person since released photos of what is believed to beryllium Liam's deluxe edifice room, wherever traces of a achromatic pulverization and burnt foil tin beryllium seen, arsenic good arsenic a smashed TV.

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Ant Middleton, who featured alongside Liam successful the 2019 documentary Straight Talking, appeared connected Australia's Channel 7 greeting amusement to wage tribute to his person conscionable moments aft uncovering retired astir the tragedy. "I talk to Liam rather often, he's a bully person of mine. And, wow, I'm shocked. This is evidently the archetypal I'm proceeding of it," the 44-year-old said connected air.

"I don't truly cognize what to accidental astir that. I'm going to person to marque definite that I scope retired to the applicable radical to find retired what's happened to my bully friend. But I'm distant filming astatine the infinitesimal arsenic you tin see, that's wherefore I'm bedewed and there's a spot of sound astir me. But yeah, my condolences and I anticipation they find retired what's gone on."

He went connected to picture Liam arsenic a 'younger brother' and said the celeb would often 'confide' successful him. "There were immoderate issues there, but thing that a young personage astatine his caliber wouldn't endure from," helium added. "So I'm conscionable shocked astatine the infinitesimal really, wow. Yeah. [I] don't truly cognize what to say."

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Ant, an writer and podcaster, aboriginal posted a bid of pictures of him and Liam connected his Instagram, including surface grabs from the pair's documentary. "That was immoderate sunset you captured determination mate!" helium captioned the post.

"A talented affirmative antheral with a bully heart. I'm gladsome our relationship flourished and that I was idiosyncratic you could confine in. Your crook to look implicit maine present bro! Luv ya and volition miss you sorely… My sincere condolences to Liam Payne's household during these unimaginable times."

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