{"id":118638,"date":"2024-10-18T21:01:38","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T21:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/10\/18\/kate-cassidy-speaks-out-following-the-death-of-boyfriend-liam-payne\/"},"modified":"2024-10-18T21:01:38","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T21:01:38","slug":"kate-cassidy-speaks-out-following-the-death-of-boyfriend-liam-payne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/10\/18\/kate-cassidy-speaks-out-following-the-death-of-boyfriend-liam-payne\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Cassidy speaks out following the death of boyfriend Liam Payne"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-10-18\/Getty_LiamPayne_101724_0.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Gareth Cattermole\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Kate Cassidy<\/strong>, the girlfriend of late <strong>One Direction<\/strong> singer <strong>Liam Payne<\/strong>, is speaking out about his death.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thank you for all of the kind words and love that has been sent my way,&#8221; she began in a message shared on her Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stories\/kateecass\/\">Story<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have been at a complete loss,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;Nothing about the past few days have felt real. I ask and pray that you&#8217;ll give me the grace and space to navigate this in private.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She then said, &#8220;Liam, my angel. You are everything. I want you to know I loved you unconditionally and completely.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I will continue to love you for the rest of my life,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I love you Liam.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Payne died at age 31 on Oct. 16 after falling from the third floor of his hotel in Argentina, according to state police. Payne&#8217;s body was found in the inner courtyard of the hotel, where he was pronounced dead on the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Cassidy and Payne had been linked since 2022. They made their official red carpet debut in December 2022 at the Fashion Awards in London.<\/p>\n<p>Cassidy frequently shared photos of her and Payne together on social media throughout their relationship. She explained how they met in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kateecass\/video\/7416774116130196766\">TikTok<\/a> posted in September.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, Cassidy detailed meeting Payne while working at a bar in Charleston, South Carolina. After their initial meeting, Payne and Cassidy had lunch and bowled together in Charleston, according to Cassidy. &#8220;He ended up staying in Charleston for three days past his original flight,&#8221; she said, adding at the end of the video, &#8220;Everything happens for a reason.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Payne was previously engaged to <strong>Maya Henry<\/strong> and shared a 7-year-old son, <strong>Bear<\/strong>, with ex-girlfriend <strong>Cheryl Cole<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gareth Cattermole\/Getty Images Kate Cassidy, the girlfriend of late One Direction singer Liam Payne, is speaking out about his death. &#8220;Thank you for all of the kind words and love that has been sent my way,&#8221; she began in a message shared on her Instagram Story on Friday. &#8220;I have<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/10\/18\/kate-cassidy-speaks-out-following-the-death-of-boyfriend-liam-payne\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425,426,427],"tags":[701,702,227,527,700,490,528,276,703,648],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118638"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118638\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}