Liam Payne’s girlfriend Kate Cassidy has explained in a recent social media video why she’d left the singer in Argentina, opting to travel back to the US alone just days before the One Direction star died.
The couple had been in South America to watch Payne’s former bandmate Niall Horan’s concert but decided to extend their stay in Buenos Aires. Tragically, the 31-year-old’s death was announced late on Wednesday night, sending shockwaves through his fanbase.
Payne had only posted snaps of himself and Cassidy, 25, to his social media hours before tragedy struck, although it was reported these were recorded days earlier.
On Cassidy’s own social media pages, she’d posted a clip detailing her reasons for leaving Argentina as she explained on TikTok: “Honestly, I love South America but I hate staying in one place for too long.
“And we were supposed to be there for like five days, [which] turned into two weeks. I was just like, ‘I need to go home.'”
She also told fans she had developed a “weird rash” because of the “anxiety” she felt about flying.
Liam Payne died on Wednesday after falling from an Argentina hotel balcony
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By coincidence, she ended up being seated in “1D,” something she also shared on her socials. “I was so happy to be home – it was so relieving,” she concluded.
Payne’s final post online showed himself and Cassidy seemingly enjoying the break as he shared on Snapchat that the two had tucked into a late breakfast.
“This is the breakfast table, just enjoying breakfast and coffee even though it’s 1pm,” he told fans, with Cassidy jokingly labelling them “losers” for waking up late.
Another recent TikTok post of Cassidy’s showed the couple enjoying a horse-riding session as she penned over the photo: “I am very grateful for the simple things in life.”
LISTEN HERE: Translated transcript of emergency 911 call from staff in Liam Payne’s Argentinian hotel
On Wednesday night, it was announced Payne had fallen to his death from a hotel balcony at Hotel CasaSur in the Palermo neighbourhood of the Argentinian capital.
It has been reported police officers had previously been called to the hotel due to an “aggressive man who may have been under the effects of drugs and alcohol”.
City ambulance spokesperson Alberto Crescenti told the media that “injuries he had suffered as a result of the fall proved to be fatal. There was no possibility of resuscitating him”.
Payne started dating Cassidy in late 2022, with the pair making their red carpet-debut together in December of the same year.
The relationship came following Payne’s engagement to his model ex Maya Henry. The pair split for good in May 2022.
Mere days before Payne’s death, Henry served him with a legal cease and desist order following bouts of “obsessive” contact towards her, her friends, and her family.
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A recent social media post by Liam Payne’s girlfriend Kate Cassidy detailed why she’d left Argentina
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Chillingly, she recently explained that Payne had warned her he would “die soon”. She told listeners of The Internet Is Dead podcast that Payne had gone to extreme lengths to contact her.
She claimed: “He would always message me, ever since we broke up, like ‘Oh, I’m not well’ — he would play with death be like, ‘Well, I’m going to die. I’m not doing well’.”
Among the tributes that have flooded in for Payne was a statement from his “devastated” family who said to the media: “We are heartbroken. Liam will forever live in our hearts and we’ll remember him for his kind, funny and brave soul.
“We are supporting each other the best we can as a family and ask for privacy and space at this awful time.”