Liam Payne said Kate Cassidy made him ‘happy to be him for the first time’ as she ‘manifested their romance aged 10’

LIAM Payne admitted woman Kate Cassidy made him "happy to beryllium maine for the archetypal time" a twelvemonth earlier his tragic death.

The One Direction star, who died yesterday pursuing a autumn from a edifice balcony successful Argentina aged 31, made the declaration aft exemplary Katie admitted she manifested her romance with Liam arsenic a 10-year-old.

She told fans connected TikTok: "I americium the champion manifester, and I'm going to amusement you why."

Kate, 25, held up a hand-drawn antheral attached to a lollipop instrumentality with the sanction Liam written connected it which she crafted arsenic a child.

Liam shared the clip connected his ain transmission and opened up astir his feelings for Kate.

He said: "Gotta accidental you could archer maine thing and I couldn't beryllium turned, I've ne'er felt a emotion similar I bash for Katelyn. We marque each different amended people."

A fig of trolls accused Kate of being a golden digger, but Liam swiftly and politely rebutted the cruel claims.

"If it was conscionable for the wealth I'd springiness her each of it," helium said.

"It's not though (please retrieve I'm hella sexy) and I cognize I'm amusive and a loveable person.

"And I don't springiness a f**k to accidental that for the archetypal clip successful my beingness I'm blessed to beryllium maine and that's priceless."

The mates archetypal met successful 2022 erstwhile Kate was moving tables astatine a barroom called Ritual.

When she learned Liam was coming in, she "freaked out" and was tense to attack him.

But Kate made an instant content connected the singer.

She said: "We speech astir it due to the fact that helium said to [his friend] Conor, 'Oh my God, did you spot that miss walking implicit here? I'm not leaving this barroom until I get her number.'

"Every clip I came to the array to cheque up connected him, he'd beryllium similar 'sit down!' I person household successful London and I was like, 'Oh I'm going to London to spot my cousin' and helium was like, 'I'd emotion to beryllium your circuit usher erstwhile you come.' I was like, OK I'm picking up the consciousness that you're flirting with me.

"He asked for my fig and I didn't realise you had to enactment the +1 due to the fact that I'm from America. I conscionable my country code, the 201 and helium tried texting maine and it kept going green, not delivered. 

It comes as:

• One Direction fans held candlelit vigils extracurricular the hotel
• The singer posted connected Snapchat conscionable minutes before his death
• Rylan Clark and Dermot O'Leary paid tribute to the singer
• His ex-fiancée Maya Henry broke her silence after his death
• Liam's girlfriend Kate Cassidy's message before helium died
• Harry Styles' mum pays heartbreaking tribute to the star

"He thought I'd enactment the incorrect fig successful arsenic successful like, not interested. I was freaking retired each nighttime and past helium realised I forgot to enactment the +1 and it went through."

Kate was not astir erstwhile Liam tragically died arsenic she had near him down successful Argentina wherever they were holidaying to instrumentality to the US.

The mates had travelled to South America earlier this period to ticker Liam's One Direction bandmate Niall Horan execute successful the state and, portion retired there, extended their stay.

After 2 weeks away, Kate, 25, revealed she was acceptable to permission and decided to caput home.

She explained connected TikTok: "Honestly, emotion South America but I hatred staying successful 1 spot for excessively long. And we were expected to beryllium determination for, like, 5 days, turned into 2 weeks.

"I was conscionable like, ‘I request to spell home’."

Ahead of her formation to Florida, Kate said she developed a "weird rash" owed to her "anxiety" astir flying.

However, each went good during the travel which coincidentally saw her seated successful '1D'.

She added: "I was truthful blessed to beryllium home. It was truthful relieving."

Liam tragically plunged from the 3rd floor of a luxury edifice successful Buenos Aires connected Wednesday afternoon.

The singer-songwriter was staying astatine Hotel CasaSur successful the neighbourhood of Palermo.

Witnesses said Liam smashed his laptop and had to beryllium carried backmost to his country pursuing an erratic incident earlier successful the day, TMZ reports.

Liam was archetypal linked to Kate successful October 2022, earlier making their archetypal red carpet debut unneurotic 2 months later.

In March 2023, Kate accompanied Liam to the premiere of documentary All of Those Voices, made by his One Direction bandmate Louis Tomlinson.

She shared pictures of herself and X Factor prima Liam astatine the lawsuit and told her followers: "What a brainsick oculus opening experience!"

Liam's narration with Kate followed the extremity of his engagement to exemplary Maya Henry.

The mates ended their romance successful June 2021, earlier reuniting aboriginal that year. But they called it quits for bully successful May 2022.