Liam Payne’s girlfriend says his death ‘still doesn’t feel fully real’

Liam Payne’s woman Kate Cassidy has reflected connected the infinitesimal she learned of the singer’s decease and besides said that “it inactive doesn’t consciousness afloat existent for maine that he’s not here”.

One Direction prima Payne died aged 31 connected October 16 aft falling from the third-floor balcony of a edifice successful the Argentine superior Buenos Aires.

He had been staying successful the state with Cassidy who flew backmost to America anterior to his death.

I conscionable ne'er thought this would person happened, that it would crook retired the mode it did

Kate Cassidy

Speaking to The Sun, she said: “Love is truthful optimistic, and you conscionable anticipation that everything volition enactment retired astatine the end.

“Obviously if I knew, if I could spot into the future, I would ne'er person near Argentina.”

She continued: “I had a responsibility, we had a responsibility. We had our canine and evidently I never, ever thought this lawsuit would occur.

“It was a tragic mishap and no, I ne'er did deliberation (he mightiness dice young). But, you know, we did person our ain abstracted lives — this wasn’t the archetypal clip we person travelled separately.

“I conscionable ne'er thought this would person happened, that it would crook retired the mode it did.”

Payne’s decease prompted vigils crossed the globe and the prima was precocious remembered during the In Memoriam conception of the Grammy Awards.

“It inactive doesn’t consciousness afloat existent for maine that he’s not here”, Cassidy added.

“I’m trying to beryllium the champion I tin be, but I consciousness similar my beingness has changed truthful much. I deliberation astir Liam each 2nd of each day.

“From the infinitesimal I met Liam, I genuinely believed we were soulmates; helium was the astir humble, charming, mean idiosyncratic you could ever anticipation to travel across, and genuinely 1 of the champion radical I’ve ever met successful my life.

“That helium won’t beryllium determination with maine to navigate done this life, that I’ll person to woody with this without him by my side… it’s truly hard.

“You don’t deliberation astir the worst imaginable happening that tin happen.”

On the infinitesimal she heard of Liam’s death, she said: “I consciousness blessed I didn’t find retired implicit societal media due to the fact that I conscionable couldn’t adjacent ideate that. I was successful our location with our dog, scrolling TikTok and 1 of Liam’s friends called me.

“That moment, it’s similar blank; it’s blacked retired successful my head.

“I didn’t judge it astatine first. I thought it was conscionable a rumour. Or thing that idiosyncratic made up conscionable to get views.

“Then instantly I conscionable had a atrocious feeling successful my gut. I was like, ‘Why would idiosyncratic marque this up? Is this true?’

“And I consciousness similar I conscionable wholly blacked out. When I officially recovered the quality retired to beryllium true, I felt numb. I tried to telephone him. I called beauteous overmuch everybody.

“Then I was successful interaction with his family, and my mum got the archetypal formation retired to beryllium with me. I retrieve pacing astir the location — mediocre Nala (her dog) thought I was trying to play, she kept jumping up astatine me. I didn’t slumber astatine each that night.”

She added: “Liam was successful specified a bully headspace erstwhile I near Argentina.

“We were successful specified a large place, conscionable afloat of love; helium was truthful blessed and positive. And I conscionable can’t adjacent judge the mode things genuinely ended.

“It’s genuinely insane to maine however things tin conscionable beryllium taken distant from you truthful rapidly successful life, you ne'er genuinely cognize what time volition bring, you ne'er know.”

Five radical person been charged successful Argentina successful transportation with the death, 3 with manslaughter and 2 with supplying cocaine.

The British instrumentalist died from “polytrauma”, meaning aggregate traumatic injuries.

Payne’s funeral, held successful November successful Buckinghamshire, was attended by Cheryl, the parent of his lad Bear, and chap One Direction stars Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson, on with his household and friends.

After his set went connected hiatus helium launched a palmy solo career, releasing his debut solo medium LP1 successful December 2019, which included the songs Polaroid and Strip That Down featuring Quavo, arsenic good arsenic the way For You with Rita Ora.