One Direction’s Liam Payne laid to rest at private funeral
One Direction bandmates Harry, Zayn, Niall and Louis attended the private funeral for Liam Payne.
Liam Payne’s girlfriend is sharing the details surrounding his death six months ago.
Kate Cassidy appeared on the “On Purpose with Jay Shetty” wellness podcast in an episode Wednesday and detailed her grief, including how she was told about the One Direction alum’s October death.
“I was in the house alone with our dog Nala, and I remember just being on the couch,” Cassidy told Shetty, adding that one of Payne’s friends called and said, “Is Liam OK? I heard he fell from a balcony.”
The former server told Shetty that she “said, ‘What? That must be a rumor.’ I was like, ‘That’s not true at all.’” The British boy band alum, one-fifth of the beloved group, died after he fell from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Cassidy said she was surrounded by her mom, the couple’s housekeeper and childhood friends during the ordeal.
The influencer, who boasts 910,000 Instagram followers, and the “Strip That Down” singer went public with their relationship in 2022.
Cassidy posted a photo of the pair making their red carpet debut at the British Fashion Awards in December of that year, calling the night “amazing” in a caption as Payne looked her way with a smitten smile.
Liam Payne girlfriend Kate Cassidy recounts their final conversation
During her interview with Shetty, Cassidy said her last conversation with Payne brings her “a mixture of pain and peace.” On their final day together in Argentina, the last time she saw the singer, Cassidy said the duo “had an amazing breakfast” in the countryside and went horseback riding.
She recalled grabbing her suitcase and said the pair sat together on the couch before she left.
“I just kept going on and on and on about how much I love him and how much he means to me, and how much I’m gonna miss him, and that I can’t wait for him to already be back in Florida because we were starting this new chapter of our life,” she detailed.
“We just bought a new house. We just got a dog. We just moved to America as well. I was living in England with him for two years. We just moved to, you know, my country. It was just all these new beginnings, and it was in just such a positive light,” Cassidy continued. “I remember sitting there with him, and I was going on and on and on and saying to Liam how much I love him.”
Cassidy said Payne “laughed and he interrupted me, and he just said, ‘Kate, like, you’re gonna miss your flight. Your car’s in the driveway. You’re acting like this is the last time you’re ever gonna see me again.’”
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