Liam Payne's rocky love life - struggles with Cheryl, bitter Maya breakup and new girlfriend Kate Cassidy

The decease of Liam Payne has rocked the satellite aft the One Direction prima fell from a edifice balcony successful Argentina. He was conscionable 31 years old.

He had been successful the South American state with caller girlfriend, Kate Cassidy. Prior to his death, the brace were seen unneurotic connected his societal media stories and had attended erstwhile bandmate Niall Horan's concert successful the country's capital, Buenos Aires.

However, anterior to getting unneurotic with Kate, helium revealed helium had been stuck successful a "negative pattern" erstwhile it comes to dating and uncovering love. The prima antecedently admitted that he’s “not precise bully with relationships” and ever recovered himself unintentionally “hurting” the ones helium loves.

His split from Maya Henry saw her contented a cease and desist missive implicit his 'obsessive' contact. However, helium seemed blessed with Kate. While his past relationships didn’t enactment out, there’s nary denying that Liam has enjoyed romances with immoderate of the astir palmy and beauteous women successful the showbiz industry.

Here, The Mirror takes a look backmost astatine Liam’s emotion life.

Danielle Peazer 2010 – 2012

Liam fell caput implicit heels for chap X-Factor prima Danielle Peazer erstwhile they some appeared connected the amusement backmost successful 2010. The young stars enjoyed a two-year narration earlier they yet called it quits successful precocious 2012 amid One Direction’s increasing planetary success.

Their narration became strained owed to Liam’s gruelling world circuit with One Direction, and successful September 2012, the brace announced their divided to the satellite online. At the time, an insider told The Mirror: “They person divided successful the past fewer days due to the fact that it has been much and much hard to support the narration going with Liam spending much and much clip away.

“He has hardly been capable to spot Danielle successful caller months and the set person a satellite circuit adjacent twelvemonth truthful it was lone going to get harder. They ended things but Liam hopes they person near connected bully terms. She was the archetypal existent emotion of his life.” Danielle, who appeared connected the X Factor arsenic a backup dancer, has since performed connected signifier alongside Katy Perry, Rihanna, and Jessie J.

Sophia Smith 2013 – 2015

Back successful 2013, Liam sent shockwaves among One Direction fans erstwhile helium confirmed his narration with Sophia Smith. The Strip That Down hitmaker dated the brunette bombshell for 2 years, but their emotion communicative went mode back. Liam and Sophia had really attended the aforesaid school, and knew each different for years, but it wasn’t until the vocalist was successful the midst of stardom that the genetically-blessed brace decided to springiness things a go.

Lifting the lid connected their narration backmost successful 2013, Liam told Attitude Magazine: “I utilized to spot her astatine schoolhouse and we’d benignant of chat. I asked her sister for her number. She was precise shy and didn’t springiness overmuch denotation that she liked me, truthful I conscionable assumed that she wasn’t interested, arsenic good arsenic thinking, she was mode excessively blistery for maine anyway.”

While the brace seemed similar the cleanable couple, successful 2015, Liam announced his divided from stunning Sophia. “I’m perfectly devastated to person divided with Sophia. But successful bid to bash close by somebody, sometimes it’s amended not to bash what your bosom wants, but to bash what’s amended for them,” the One Direction prima said astatine the time.

Despite their split, it appears that the erstwhile lovebirds are inactive connected bully terms. When Liam welcomed his lad Bear successful 2017, Sophia made definite to nonstop her ex-boyfriend a saccharine message. “I messaged to congratulate him. We’re each good. I’m blessed for him,” she told The Sun.

Cheryl 2016 – 2018

Cheryl archetypal met Liam connected The X Factor backmost successful 2008 erstwhile she was a justice alongside Simon Cowell. While Liam admitted to having a immense crush connected the Girls Aloud stunner astatine the time, it wasn’t until 8 years aboriginal that the brace became romantic.

Although their narration sparked statement owed to their 10-year property gap, Cheryl and Liam soon won fans implicit with their affectionate displays for 1 different connected Instagram aft they made their romance authoritative successful 2016. The lovebirds went connected to invited their son, Bear, successful 2017, and their romance seemed picture-perfect and unbreakable.

But conscionable one-year aft the brace became first-time parents, Cheryl and Liam shocked the satellite erstwhile they announced their split. “Cheryl and I are bittersweet to denote that we are going our abstracted ways,” Liam announced successful a Twitter connection astatine the time.

“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.”

Following their split, Cheryl suggested that Liam’s hugely palmy vocation arsenic a popular prima was 1 of the main reasons for their narration breakdown arsenic it kept them isolated for agelong periods. The Girls Aloud prima admitted that Liam was surviving “a treble life” trying to beryllium some a begetter to Bear portion besides juggling his euphony career.

In a 2018 interview, Cheryl explained: “He wanted to settee down and person a household and not bash the solo thing. Then we encouraged him to bash that. And past it didn’t enactment out. He was astir having 2 lives. You person to power your caput onto popular prima and past power it backmost to daddy.”

Although things didn’t enactment retired betwixt the pair, they remained adjacent and co-parented.

Cairo Dwek 2018

Just a fewer abbreviated weeks aft his divided from Cheryl, Liam was rumoured to beryllium dating exemplary Cario Dwek. The One Direction prima and the Victoria’s Secret exemplary were spotted cosying up to 1 different connected a travel successful Italy – overmuch to the astonishment of Liam’s fans.

At the time, the brace were seen holding fans, embracing, and kissing arsenic they soaked up the Italian sunshine connected the romanticist getaway. An onlooker told The Sun: “There’s nary uncertainty Liam and Cairo are much than conscionable friends. They were kissing passionately with his manus wrapped astir the backmost of her caput and they evidently couldn’t get capable of each other.”

While Liam oregon Cairo ne'er commented connected the rumours, it appeared arsenic though the brace called it quits connected their rumoured romance a mates of months down the line. In September 2018, Liam told fans helium was azygous during an Instagram Q&A.

Naomi Campbell 2019

Liam and Naomi Campbell reportedly enjoyed a little romance astatine the opening of 2019.

Although the brace archetypal met and partied the nighttime distant astatine the BAFTAs successful 2018, it wasn’t until a twelvemonth aboriginal that their rumoured emotion communicative landed connected the radar. The impervious started to trickle retired connected societal media erstwhile the brace started leaving insanely flirty messages underneath each other’s Instagram posts.

“Perfection successful a person,” Liam commented connected a selfie of the brunette bombshell astatine the time. “Don’t springiness maine those eyes,” the cheeky prima added.

A fewer weeks later, the mates were spotted connected a ace romanticist day nighttime successful London and aft that, they were spotted moving retired unneurotic successful a London gym. Liam and Naomi were adjacent rumoured to person celebrated New Years successful Ghana unneurotic aft pictures emerged of the brace broadside by side.

But successful April, it was reported that the brace had called it quits connected their improbable romance. “Naomi has taken the determination to fto things fizzle out. She’s conscionable not into Liam immoderate much and has formed him aside,” a root told The Sun astatine the time.

“Quite simply she got a spot bored. He was ever the much keen, somewhat needy 1 and, arsenic acold arsenic she was concerned, they were ne'er officially an point anyway. It’s ever been precise casual.”

Maya Henry 2018 – 2021

Liam and exemplary Maya Henry archetypal started dating successful 2018, making their narration Instagram authoritative successful October 2019. However, cracks started to amusement amid the pandemic. They moved successful unneurotic during the archetypal lockdown, but sparked separation rumours successful 2020 erstwhile they weren't seen unneurotic - adjacent connected societal media.

Then successful precocious August they were spotted retired astatine a edifice with Maya wearing an tremendous diamond ringing connected her near hand, and sources adjacent to the mates confirmed they were engaged aft 2 years together. Liam had popped the question with a £3million ringing and the brace looked acceptable for marital bliss.

But successful a daze move, Liam insinuated it was his determination to extremity their relationship. "I cognize I was the occupation and I person to benignant myself out. I already consciousness good. It's got my much concentrated and I anticipation she's happy. I consciousness similar much than thing astatine this point, I'm much disappointed successful myself that I support connected hurting people. That annoys me. I've conscionable not been precise bully astatine relationships," helium confessed.

"And I cognize what my signifier of things is with relationships astatine this point. I'm conscionable not precise bully astatine them truthful I conscionable request to enactment connected myself earlier I enactment myself connected to idiosyncratic else."

Earlier this month, Maya said "things request to beryllium addressed" in an online clip arsenic she lifted the lid connected the couple's relationship. Maya didn't clasp backmost successful the self-confessed "rant", successful which she made respective claims astir Liam, alleging helium wouldn't halt 'blowing up her phone

The exemplary issued a cease and desist missive to the prima earlier successful October, accusing him of contacting her relentlessly done antithetic iCloud accounts. Lawyers for Henry told MailOnline: "Maya Henry issued a cease and desist past week to Liam Payne pursuing the emergence of caller and concerning information. helium has retained attorneys Marco Crawford and Daniel Cerna to correspond her. At this time, that is her lone remark connected the matter."

Kate Cassidy 2022 – 2024

Liam Payne's existent girlfriend, Kate Cassidy was with him successful Argentina successful the days earlier helium tragically died. The 25-year-old American was pictured with the precocious One Direction prima successful his last Snapchat post, which helium shared conscionable soon earlier helium died connected Wednesday, October 16. Liam filmed Kate arsenic they ate meal unneurotic and said: "This is the meal table, conscionable enjoying meal and java adjacent though it's 1pm."

The brace were archetypal seen unneurotic astatine a Halloween enactment successful London, dressed arsenic Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson, successful October 2022. They were seen heading to Inca London successful Mayfair and aft that. Kate took to societal media to published a photograph of their costumes and marque it wide she was acceptable to spell Instagram-official.

The mates broke up for a abbreviated clip successful 2023. However, they rekindled their romance and remained unneurotic until his death. Just days earlier the tragedy, they had attended Niall Horan's concert and were filmed singing, dancing and kissing astatine Movistar Arena.

A mentation of this nonfiction was antecedently published connected June 7, 2021

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