Petition to protect artists’ mental health after Liam Payne’s death surpasses 115,000 signatures

The online petition calling for changes to laws governing the amusement manufacture pursuing the decease of vocalist Liam Payne has reached an awesome caller milestone.

In the days pursuing his tragic death, attraction has turned to the intelligence wellness pressures faced by artists similar Payne, who archetypal roseate to fame arsenic a subordinate of the chart-topping boyband erstwhile helium was conscionable 16.

The petition, launched connected Change.org to “safeguard artists’ intelligence wellness successful the amusement industry,” had garnered 24,893 signatures by Monday afternoon. At the clip of writing, that fig has present surged to 115,696.

Day Kv, who created the petition, wrote: “In caller quality of Liam Payne’s tragic decease arsenic galore others, the amusement manufacture needs to beryllium held accountable and beryllium liable to the payment of their artists.

“We question to implore lawmakers to make authorities safeguarding the intelligence wellness of artists wrong the industry.”

They called for “regular intelligence wellness check-ups, capable remainder periods, and the beingness of intelligence wellness professionals on-set, including immoderate ongoing enactment during their career”.

A fig of celebrities person echoed this sentiment, including Sharon Osbourne, 72, who said connected societal media: “We each fto you down”.

The woman and euphony manager of rocker Ozzy Osbourne was a justice connected The X Factor’s aboriginal bid from 2004 to 2007, but was nary longer a portion of the amusement erstwhile Payne was enactment successful One Direction by Simon Cowell and impermanent justice Nicole Scherzinger.

Sharon, who returned for 1 bid successful 2013, wrote: “Liam, my bosom aches. We each fto you down. Where was this manufacture erstwhile you needed them? You were conscionable a kid erstwhile you entered 1 of the toughest industries successful the world. Who was successful your corner? Rest successful bid my friend.”

The 52-year-old Irish vocalist - who besides changeable to stardom successful a boyband - said fame tin beryllium “very damaging” with “nobody honest” astir to assistance those struggling.

Taking to X, formerly Twitter, helium wrote: "Rip Liam Payne. Such tragic news. I deliberation it would beryllium a omniscient determination for grounds companies to person psychologists connected their books from present connected successful his representation arsenic a work of attraction for the vulnerability of their young talent.”

He added: “Fame tin beryllium precise damaging particularly successful today’s world. Lots of money. Nobody to help. Lots of yes people. Nobody honest."