Liam Payne defended his waitress girlfriend Kate Cassidy from accusations she was solely with him for his cash and stated she made him ‘completely happy to be me’ and that he had ‘by no means felt a love like this earlier than’.
The previous One Path star died after he fell from the third ground of the Casa Sur Palmero resort in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Wednesday.
The popstar had reportedly arrived within the Latin American nation earlier this month to attend his ex bandmate Niall Horan‘s live performance.
Liam and Kate first met in October 2022 when she served him at a bar in Charleston, South Carolina, and when he requested for her quantity it was a dream come true for the waitress who ‘manifested’ their relationship when she was a younger One Path fan.
In a 2023 TikTok video, she defined: ‘I’m the most effective manifester, and I will present you why.’
Holding up a popsicle keep on with a drawing of a brunette man in a white shirt and denims, labelled ‘Liam. she exlpained: ‘I drew this once I was 10 years previous.’
Within the early days of their romance, nevertheless, it appeared not everybody was satisfied in regards to the relationship, and one fan even despatched Liam a DM warning him that Kate was after his money.
Liam Payne defended his girlfriend Kate Cassidy from accusations she was solely with him for his cash and stated he ‘by no means felt a love like this earlier than’
The previous One Path star, who fell from the third ground of the Casa Sur Palmero resort in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Wednesday, is pictured with Kate at a good friend’s marriage ceremony in Paris in early September
Liam responded by screenshotting the message and placing it on his Instagram Tales and gushing over his new romance.
He stated: ‘Gotta say you would inform me something and I could not be turned, I’ve by no means felt a love like I do for Katelyn. We make one another higher folks.’
Defending her towards the gold digger accusations, he stated: ‘If it was only for the cash I would give her all of it.
‘It is not although (please keep in mind I am hella horny) and I do know I am enjoyable and a loveable particular person.
‘And I do not give a f**ok to say that for the primary time in my life I am completely happy to be me and that is priceless.’
In a TikTok video shared in September, Kate informed the story of how she and Liam met on the bar she labored at and the way she nearly gave him the mistaken telephone quantity.
She stated: ‘I labored at this bar/lounge place known as Ritual. Me and all my pals labored there, it was solely my second week at work and I did not need to work each weekend.
‘They put me on schedule for week two and I actually needed to get off. I attempted all the things in my energy to get off and nothing labored out.
Earlier than the singer’s dying, he had stared a remaining Snapchat submit confirmed him fortunately posing with Kate as they seemed right into a mirror. An image initially taken final August
In a TikTok video uploaded on September 20, Kate recounted how she and Liam met and the way their relationship nearly by no means occurred in any respect
‘On the way in which to work my supervisor texted me and was like “Liam Payne from One Path is right here, you are going to be caring for him tonight.” ‘
Kate admitted she was ‘freaking out’ when she needed to strategy Liam’s desk and ended up retreating at first.
She stated: ‘After I first approached him, I bought nervous and stopped and circled. I assume we made awkward eye contact for a second.
‘We speak about it as a result of he stated to [his friend] Conor, “Oh my God, did you see that woman strolling over right here? I am not leaving this bar till I get her quantity.”
‘Then two minutes later I come again round. He was like, “is there anyway I can get a desk inside?” He is actually sitting inside ingesting purple bulls and I did not assume something of it, I simply thought he was overly pleasant, I did not assume he was flirting with me.’
Kate informed how everytime she approached his desk, Liam supplied her to take a seat down with him and shortly requested for her quantity.
She stated: ‘Everytime I got here to the desk to investigate cross-check him, he’d be like sit down! I’ve household in London and I used to be like, “Oh I will London to see my cousin” and he was like, “I would like to be your tour information if you come.” I used to be like, OK I am selecting up the sense that you simply’re flirting with me.
‘He requested for my quantity and I did not realise you needed to put the +1 as a result of I am from America. I simply my space code, the 201 and he tried texting me and it stored going inexperienced, not delivered.
‘He thought I would put the mistaken quantity in as in like, not . I used to be freaking out all night time after which he realised I forgot to place the +1 and it went by.’
Kate was ready for the highlight that her romance with Liam introduced because of her personal profession as an influencer and social media star (pictured collectively in 2023)
She later relocated to London, however the globetrotting magnificence repeatedly handled her 109K Instagram followers to beautiful views of her journeys internationally
They suffered one other mishap later that night after Kate’s telephone died when she went to mattress and Liam thought she had blocked his quantity.
She recalled: ‘That night time, I truly did not plug my telephone in earlier than mattress so once I wakened within the morning it was useless. As soon as he lastly bought the quantity to undergo, he thought I blocked him as a result of it did not say delivered.
‘The following morning I texted him and was like so sorry for getting again to you so late, what time is your flight again to England? He was like, earlier than I depart for the airport I can come see you for lunch.
‘We went for lunch which went very well after which went bowling after which went on a ghost tour, we mainly had one in all our first dates in a graveyard.
‘He prolonged his flight after which prolonged it once more the following day so he ended up in Charleston for 3 days. That is the story of how we met.
‘Actually, all the things occurs for a gathering. Do not get off work since you need to go to a celebration since you by no means know, you would find yourself assembly your future husband.’
Kate was ready for the highlight that her romance with Liam introduced because of her personal profession as an influencer and social media star.
Kate, who was born in New Jersey, had ready for a profession by attending Coastal Carolina College, which she graduated from in 2021.
She later relocated to London, however the globetrotting magnificence repeatedly handled her 109K Instagram followers to beautiful views of her journeys internationally.
She has posted herself in scorching outfits at Italy’s Lake Como, in Milan, Paris, St. Tropez, Rome and Spain, amongst different glamorous locales.
A month after Liam and Kate made their public debut, they made it clear that the connection was critical when he appeared once more on her Instagram in a submit documenting her journey to Rome
In Could of 2023, Liam and Kate have been reported to have damaged up. A supply informed The Solar he was targeted on his music whereas she had transfer out and gone again to the US
Final 12 months, the 2 made a show-stopping look collectively on the Wimbledon tennis championships.
Liam additionally often joined his girlfriend on her Instagram web page, although he was a uncommon sight.
His romance with Kate got here simply six months after the tumultuous finish of his engagement to Maya Henry.
Earlier this 12 months, amid Payne’s relationship with Cassidy, Henry reignited their conflicts when she printed a novel with thinly veiled characters showing to face in for herself and her ex, together with his guide avatar urging the feminine result in get an abortion after she bought pregnant.
Then, simply two days earlier than his dying, Henry despatched a cease-and-desist letter to Payne to forestall his alleged makes an attempt to repeatedly contact her. She additionally accused him of ‘weaponizing’ his followers towards her within the missive.
A month after Payne and Cassidy made their public debut, they made it clear that the connection was critical when he appeared once more on her Instagram in a submit documenting her journey to Rome.
Though they’d been coy about their relationship, two got here collectively for a hug within the submit.
In Could of 2023, Liam and Kate have been reported to have damaged up. Rumors of a cut up had been swirling after the 2 hadn’t been pictured collectively since April.
A supply informed The Solar on the time that Payne was extra targeted on his music, and Cassidy had allegedly moved out and gone again dwelling to the US.
However in June, the 2 have been pictured collectively holding fingers, signaling that they have been again collectively.
They have been noticed leaving Chiltern Firehouse in London after attending Annabel’s sixtieth Anniversary Occasion collectively.
Kate seems to have been with Liam in his remaining days.
Ka seems to have been with Liam in his remaining days on a visit to Argentina
In a rush of posts simply minutes earlier than his dying, he stated it was ‘A beautiful day in Argentina’ and revealed the 2 had ‘been waking up at 1pm on a regular basis’ on the journey
On Snapchat, he appeared to have documented the couple’s journey to Argentina, and in a rush of Snapchat posts simply minutes earlier than his dying, he famous that the couple had been ‘waking up at 1pm on a regular basis.’
He additionally posted a somber shot of himself, which he captioned: ‘Pretty day in Argentina ❤️.’
Considerably, Kate appeared with Liam in his remaining submit, however the photograph was not new.
As an alternative, it had beforehand appeared on Kate’s Instagram on August 29, 2023, in a carousel celebrating her boyfriend’s thirtieth birthday.
It is nonetheless unclear if the throwback photograph held particular significance for Payne, but it surely ended up being the ultimate picture he shared together with his followers earlier than his premature dying.
Simply days earlier than his dying, Kate shared a touching submit, devoted to the singer.
The blonde magnificence took a snap of the popstar driving horseback within the countryside The Solar studies.
Liam may very well be seen carrying an off-the-cuff gray T-shirt as he sat on the horse and spoke to somebody who gave the impression to be serving to him.
Over the image, Kate wrote: ‘I’m very grateful for the easy issues in life’.
Earlier than the singer’s dying, he had stared a remaining Snapchat submit confirmed him fortunately posing with Kate as they seemed right into a mirror. An image initially taken final August.
Additional posts from the ultimate moments of the star’s life confirmed him having fun with lunch in his resort room, the place he revealed the pair had been ‘waking up at 1pm daily’ and deciding on Forest Gump as a Halloween costume.
On Wednesday, 1000’s of followers gathered outdoors the resort the place Liam died
Some have been pictured lighting candles and praying for the singer
An additional tragic selfie was captioned: ‘Pretty day in Argentina’ earlier than the star shared a photograph of his resort, writing: ‘Blissful I bought a while away’ adopted by a coronary heart emoji.
He shared an additional photograph with Kate captioned: ‘High quality time.’
Following studies of his dying metropolis ambulance service supplier spokesman Alberto Crescenti stated Mr Payne had fallen round 40 metres and suffered ‘extreme accidents which have been incompatible with life.’
He stated: ‘The alarm was raised at 5.04pm native time saying an individual was mendacity in an inner patio at Casa Sur.
‘At 5.11pm an ambulance arrived and the person was licensed useless.
‘Afterwards we discovered he had been a well-known singer. Sadly the accidents he had suffered because of the autumn proved to be deadly. There was no risk of resuscitating him.’
Liam started his pursuit to stardom when he initially auditioned for X Think about 2008.
At solely 14-years-old Liam impressed judges together with his personal model of Fly Me To The Moon by Frank Sinatra – however was later eradicated from the present.
Nevertheless Payne gave his singing profession one other go auditioning for the competitors once more in 2010, the place he shortly shot to fame as a part of One Path.
He and his former bandmates Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Harry Types and Louis Tomlinson, have been introduced collectively by Simon Cowell and former choose Nicole Scherzinger who noticed their potential as a bunch.
After releasing 5 albums with one of many largest boybands of all time, Liam launched his first solo album titled LP1 in 2019.
His singles Strip That Down co-written with Ed Sheeran climbed its strategy to quantity 10 on the Billboard Sizzling 100 chart that very same 12 months.
Over the course of his music profession, the popstar collaborated with the likes of J Balvin, French Montana, Dixie D’Amelio and A Boogie Wit da Hoodie.
He was beforehand in a relationship with British pop sensation Cheryl Cole and the pair welcomed their son Bear Gray on March 22, 2017. The dad and mom later cut up in 2018.
He was beforehand in a relationship with British pop sensation Cheryl Cole and the pair welcomed their son Bear Gray on March 22, 2017
Following his romance with the Women Aloud singer, Liam had an on-and-off relationship with ex-fiancée Maya Henry, and the pair known as it quits in Could, 2022.