Liam Payne’s girlfriend, Kate Cassidy, was at home with her dog in the United States of America when she was told of the One Direction singer’s death in October last year
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(Image: Getty/PA)Kate Cassidy shared how she felt in the seconds after finding out her boyfriend, Liam Payne, had died.
The One Direction singer was on holiday in Argentina with Kate in the days leading up to his death. However, she soon left the country and returned to their rented home in Florida. Two days after she left, Liam fell to his death aged 31 on October 16, falling from the balcony of his third-floor hotel room.
He died after suffering multiple traumas leading to an “internal and external haemorrhage”. While Kate has shared heartbreaking tributes to Liam on her social media, she hasn’t spoken out about his death in interviews until now. She revealed she was scrolling through TikTok when she had a sudden bad feeling in her gut.
Speaking about how she found out, she said: “I feel blessed I didn’t find out over social media because I just couldn’t even imagine that. I was in our home with our dog, scrolling TikTok and one of Liam’s friends called me. That moment, it’s like blank; it’s blacked out in my head.
“I didn’t believe it at first. I thought it was just a rumour. Or something that somebody made up just to get views. Then instantly I just had a bad feeling in my gut. I was like, ‘Why would somebody make this up? Is this true?’ And I feel like I just completely blacked out. When I officially found the news out to be true, I felt numb.“
She continued to The Sun that she “tried to call“ Liam in the hope the news wasn’t true. Kate then reached out to Liam’s family and also called her mum for support – who “instantly“ flew across the US to be with her. Kate added: “I remember pacing around the house — poor Nala thought I was trying to play, she kept jumping up at me. I didn’t sleep at all that night.”
Kate and Liam met in September 2022 when she worked as a waitress in Charleston, South Carolina. At the time, Liam had been on a US road trip with his friends yet delayed his flight back to London so he could get to know Kate. They booked a hotel room and spent the next two days together, which ended up cementing their romance.
When she paid tribute to him on social media, Kate revealed they had been hoping to take their relationship to the next level. She said: “A few weeks ago we sat outside on a beautiful evening manifesting our lives together. I keep your note close, even though you told me not to look at it.
“It said: ‘Me and Kate to marry within a year/engaged and together forever 444. Liam, I know we’ll be together forever, but not in the way that we planned. You’ll always be with me. I’ve gained a guardian angel. I will love you for the rest of my life and beyond, carrying our dreams and memories with me wherever I go. Forever yours, Katelyn, 444.“
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