He was every thing she had ever dreamed of.
Liam Payne’s girlfriend, Kate Cassidy, has opened up in regards to the former One Route singer’s stunning dying.
In her first interview since Payne’s sudden passing final October, Cassidy, 25, shared heart-wrenching particulars about how she discovered that the star died, admitting she “completely blacked out.”
“I feel blessed I didn’t find out over social media because I just couldn’t even imagine that,” Cassidy instructed The Solar. “I was in our home with our dog, scrolling TikTok and one of Liam’s friends called me.”
However she will be able to bear in mind little or no else of what occurred after she picked up the decision.
“That moment, it’s like, blank; it’s blacked out in my head,” she shared. “I didn’t believe it at first. I thought it was just a rumor. 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?’”
Cassidy admitted, “And I feel like I just completely blacked out. When I officially found the news out to be true, I felt numb. I tried to call him. I called pretty much everybody.”
“Then I was in touch with his family, and my mum got the first flight out to be with me. I remember pacing around the house — [our] poor [dog] Nala thought I was trying to play, she kept jumping up at me. I didn’t sleep at all that night.”
Whereas she will be able to’t bear in mind their final cellphone dialog, she stated his cell nonetheless rang when she known as it after studying the horrific information.
The final photograph she took of Liam exhibits him horseback using on her final morning in Argentina. “He looks so happy,” she stated of the snap.
The influencer left the nation two days earlier than Payne tragically fell from the balcony of his third-floor Buenos Aires suite. The reason for dying was “polytrauma” and “an internal and external hemorrhage,” in accordance with native officers. 5 folks have been charged in reference to Payne’s dying over allegedly buying and supplying him with medicine.
The star was 31.
Cassidy’s last textual content to Payne referred to Halloween decorations she had put in of their dwelling as a shock. “I can’t wait for you to get home and see the house,” she wrote.
“Love is so optimistic, and you just hope that everything will work out at the end. Obviously if I knew, if I could see into the future, I would never have left Argentina,” she stated.
Addressing questions on why she traveled again to the couple’s rented Florida dwelling with out Payne, Cassidy defined she left to care for their canine.
“I had a responsibility, we had a responsibility,” she stated. “We had our dog and obviously I never, ever thought this event would occur.”
“It was a tragic accident and no, I never did think [he might die young]. But, you know, we did have our own separate lives — this wasn’t the first time we have travelled separately.”
Although she solely met him in 2022 whereas working as a server in a Charleston, South Carolina, restaurant, Cassidy confessed, “I’ve loved Liam Payne since I was 10.”
“From the moment I met Liam, I genuinely believed we were soulmates; he was the most humble, charming, normal person you could ever hope to come across, and genuinely one of the best people I’ve ever met in my life.”
Cassidy additionally stated their love story was a “fairytale romance,” and he or she deliberate to marry Payne.
Requested in regards to the former One Directioner’s reported drug relapse earlier than his dying — drug paraphernalia was discovered within the singer’s lodge room — Cassidy stated, “With addiction, you just never know when it’s going to come out.”
“I supported Liam through thick and thin, and I always just loved his soul. I always wanted to be there for him. I genuinely always really did try to do anything I could do to help.”
“I just did what I could do, and what I could manage to do,” she went on. “Liam was in such a good headspace when I left Argentina. We were in such a great place, just full of love; he was so happy and positive. And I just can’t even believe the way things truly ended.”
Nonetheless shell-shocked, Cassidy stated, “It’s genuinely insane to me how things can just be taken away from you so quickly in life, you never truly know what tomorrow will bring, you never know.”
In an Instagram story linking to her interview, the influencer wrote, “The past few months have been truly heartbreaking. I keep hoping I’ll wake up and this was all just a bad dream. Most days I feel numb and broken. The weight of it all feels unbearable.”
“However, after receiving thousands of messages from Liam’s fans seeking clarity during this devastating time, I wanted to share an insight into the relationship with the love of my life,” Cassidy added. “This is my first ever interview while I navigate the pain of losing Liam, so please bear with me as I share my experience, which I hope will be received with compassion and understanding.”
She concluded, “Thank you so much for your kindness and support. It means more than I can put into words.”
