Liam Payne's X Factor co-star who he called 'mammy' pays tear-jerking tribute to singer

X Factor prima Mary Byrne, who competed connected the aforesaid bid arsenic Liam Payne, paid a heartfelt tribute to the One Direction prima and revealed moments from their clip together

Former X Factor prima Mary Byrne has paid an affectional tribute to Liam Payne following his daze death.

The singer, 64, competed connected the aforesaid bid of Liam erstwhile One Direction was created and said their narration was similar "the older mammy and the boy". Mary, who came 5th connected the 2010 series, revealed she past spoke to him six years agone portion they were appearing arsenic guests connected RTE's The Late Late Show.

Liam died astatine the property of 31 aft falling from the third-floor balcony of a edifice successful Argentina. Local constabulary said helium fell into the courtyard of the CasaSur Hotel successful the Palermo neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, earlier medics confirmed his death. Speaking astir the narration she had with Payne, Byrne told PA quality agency: "I benignant of became bully friends with Liam.

"As a 50-year-old woman going into the X Factor, I recovered it tough, similar the young kids recovered it pugnacious enactment arsenic well, and I retrieve getting to conscionable Liam astatine footwear camp, and we conscionable got talking 1 day, and a benignant of friendship, a small bond, came betwixt us, the older mammy and the boy.

"And it was beauteous that went connected into the house, and into the unrecorded shows and the full lot, Liam was 1 of the guys who if anyone successful the radical felt a spot down, helium was the 1 to springiness you the hug. He was the 1 to travel implicit and guarantee you that everything was going to beryllium OK, conscionable support going. And helium got the remainder of the lads doing the aforesaid thing."

Mary recalled 1 clip she was feeling "a small spot down" connected the show, but contestant Storm Lee went retired with One Direction to bargain her "a large container of roses" on with a card. She said: "On the apical of the paper they each signed it, but Liam said, 'mammy Mary, I'm present for you, you've got to support going, we'll bash this together'.

"I mean, travel on, I inactive person that card, that to maine proved the bosom that young lad had." The Dublin-born vocalist said the brace took photos unneurotic erstwhile they past met connected the Irish chat amusement adding that helium was connected "top form" astatine the time. She said: "We had photographs taken backstage and successful the dressing country and helium was connected apical form.

"The archetypal happening helium did was springiness maine a hug and archer maine that his parents were blessed and everything was going well. I'm atrocious present that I didn't support successful interaction with him, but beingness goes connected and we each spell our ain ways, it's sad." Mary said Liam was "the 1 that truly wanted the radical to work" during their clip connected The X Factor and said helium was a person successful the boyband.

She added: "He was similar an aged soul, helium conscionable had this happening astir him, that helium was benignant for starters, and helium was funny, and helium was generous with time, which for a 16-year-old boy, it's a beauteous happening to see. He was truthful good brought up and evidently truthful good loved that helium would springiness this passionateness to different people.

"He was specified a large guy, and helium was lone a babe erstwhile I met him, and to spot him increasing into the beauteous antheral helium is, and helium has that beauteous babe Bear with Cheryl. It's truthful bittersweet to deliberation present that, that beauteous prima has gone retired of the sky."

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