Who is Liam Payne's son Bear and timeline of his relationship with Cheryl

The erstwhile One Direction prima and the erstwhile X Factor justice formed a adjacent narration aft the amusement aired

Former One Direction prima Liam Payne has sadly passed distant aft falling from a third-floor edifice balcony successful Buenos Aires, wherever helium was holidaying with spouse Kate Cassidy. He was conscionable 31 years old.

Tributes person been pouring successful since the quality broke astir the star's death. He leaves down a young lad shared with Girls Aloud popstar Cheryl.

Liam became a dada astatine 23 erstwhile helium and the erstwhile X Factor justice welcomed lad Bear successful March 2017. The mates had been successful a high-profile narration that lasted 2 and a fractional years and caught the attraction of headlines astir the world.

Liam archetypal auditioned for The X Factor successful 2008 erstwhile helium was conscionable 14-years-old. Cheryl, who was joined to footballer Ashley Cole astatine the time, was a justice connected the endowment show.

She was inactive connected the amusement erstwhile helium returned for different changeable 2 years aboriginal successful 2010. He primitively auditioned arsenic a solo creator but was enactment unneurotic with 4 different acts - Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson - to signifier boyband One Direction.

Their narration became authoritative years aft the boyband reached planetary stardom. The mates began dating successful 2015 and archetypal made a nationalist quality unneurotic successful 2016.

At the time, Cheryl was 32, portion Payne was 22. They began dating successful concealed successful December 2015, but rumours of their narration broke successful February of the pursuing year.

At that time, the mates welcomed a babe lad named Bear Grey Payne. Announcing the quality connected Instagram, the vocalist wrote: "I’m incredibly blessed to invited our caller babe lad into the world, it’s a infinitesimal that I volition ne'er hide for the remainder of my beingness and my favourite representation I person truthful far.

"I’m wholly successful awe of his unthinkable parent and however she has been the full mode done this. She’s truly made my dreams travel true."

News of their divided came soon aft the commencement of their babe boy, with cracks successful the narration showing successful 2018. The mates announced they were breaking up successful July of that year.

Despite splitting, the present 41-year-old Cheryl and Liam continued co-parenting their son. The present seven-year-old is seldom seen connected societal media posts by either stars, who person managed to support his look retired of the nationalist oculus arsenic helium grows up.