Liam Payne’s girlfriend Kate Cassidy turned emotional whereas reflecting on his ultimate moments in her first interview since his demise.
The One Course singer died after falling from a balcony on the CasaSur Palermo Lodge in Buenos Aires on Oct. 16, 2024. He was 31. Greater than three months later, his girlfriend is remembering their ultimate days collectively in an unique with The Sun revealed Wednesday, Feb. 5.
The 25-year-old influencer had been vacationing with Payne earlier than his demise and appeared in numerous movies from his ultimate posts on Snapchat. Throughout her dialog with the U.Ok. outlet, she revealed she wished she would have stayed as an alternative of returning to their house in Florida.
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“I had a accountability, we had a accountability. We had our canine and clearly I by no means, ever thought this occasion would happen,” Cassidy stated of her determination.
The couple, who dated for 2 years earlier than the tragedy, shared a rescue canine named Nala.
She described Payne’s demise “a tragic accident,” telling The Solar she “by no means” thought he would die younger.
“However, you already know, we did have our personal separate lives — this wasn’t the primary time now we have traveled individually,” Cassidy stated. “I simply by no means thought this might have occurred, that it might end up the way in which it did. It nonetheless doesn’t really feel totally actual for me that he’s not right here.”
She added that she nonetheless thinks in regards to the English singer “each second of day by day.”
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“From the second I met Liam, I genuinely believed we have been soulmates; he was probably the most humble, charming, regular particular person you possibly can ever hope to return throughout, and genuinely among the best individuals I’ve ever met in my life,” Cassidy stated.
The influencer added that figuring out Payne would not “be there with me to navigate by this life, that I’ll should take care of this with out him by my facet” is “actually laborious.”
“You don’t take into consideration the worst potential factor that may occur,” she continued.
On her Instagram Tales Wednesday, Cassidy advised her followers in regards to the interview, saying she “needed to share an perception into the connection with the love of my life” after receiving 1000’s of messages from his followers.
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“That is my first ever interview whereas I navigate the ache of shedding Liam, so please bear with me as I share my expertise, which I hope will probably be acquired with compassion and understanding,” she wrote.
The week after his demise, Cassidy shared an Instagram tribute to the “What Makes You Lovely” singer.
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Included in a carousel of a few of their happiest moments collectively was textual content of her saying, “I do not even know the place to start. My coronary heart is shattered in methods I am unable to put into phrases.”
She referred to Payne as “my finest buddy, the love of my life.”
“I’ll love you for the remainder of my life and past, carrying our goals and reminiscences with me all over the place I’m going,” she concluded.
