Liam Payne and Kate Cassidy.
DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty ImagesOne Direction alum Liam Payne he had been in love with influence Kate Cassidy two years before he died at the age of 31 in October 2024.
Payne and Cassidy were first linked in October 2022, and Cassidy posted the singer on her Instagram page one month earlier. Us Weekly confirmed the news of his death on October 16. Payne died after falling from the third floor of his hotel in Argentina, according to CNN.
Before his relationship with Cassidy, Payne dated Cheryl Colewelcomed son Bear in 2017, from 2016 to 2018, and was engaged Maya Henry from 2020 to 2021.
Keep scrolling for a look back at Payne and Cassidy's relationship:
October 2022
Payne and Cassidy sparked romance rumors after the Daily Mail published pictures of them attending a Halloween party holding hands.
December 2022
The couple made their first appearance on the red carpet at the British Fashion Awards. Payne wore a suit while Cassidy wore a black dress with chest slits and a thigh-high tail.
January 2023
Cassidy shared several Instagram photos of the two, including a photo of them sitting in an elevator.
March 2023
Cassidy accompanied Payne to the One Direction alum's first performance Louis Tomlinsona documentary All Those Words.
Liam Payne's girlfriend, Kate Cassidy, has shared a hopeful update on the singer's health after being hospitalized with a “severe” kidney disease. “I've been getting a lot of comments about Liam, asking how he's doing,” Cassidy, 24, said in a TikTok video uploaded on Tuesday, September 19. “I just wanted to let everyone know that […]
“What a crazy eye-opening experience!” Cassidy posted photos of herself and Payne at the event on Instagram, adding that it was “so nice to meet” Tomlinson. “@Louist91 well done for a great movie that everyone will love🤍.”
May 2023
The source is only told Us Weekly that Payne and Cassidy were “broken up.”
June 2023
One month after calling it quits, Payne and Cassidy were spotted holding hands on a night out in London.
March 2024
Cassidy turned heads in a striped dress while out with Payne in Paris.
August 2024
Payne sparked controversy after joking that Cassidy was “covered once” in a fitting TikTok video. Cassidy later defended Payne against claims that her comment was “mean,” noting in a subsequent TikTok that she had actually told him to make a joke.
“He doesn't care what I wear,” he assured his followers.
September 2024
Payne was all smiles in the photo Cassidy shared of them at the wedding. The two also danced together in a TikTok video before the wedding.
One Direction may be on hiatus, but Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik have continued to make music – and headlines – over the years. After forming and finishing in third place on the UK version of The X Factor in 2010, One Direction released four successful studio albums. […]
October 2024
Cassidy shared a TikTok video of herself and Payne bowling, noting that she “takes me bowling at least four times a week.”
October 2024
Payne died at the age of 31 after falling from the third floor of the CasaSur Palermo hotel in Buenos Aires.
After Payne's death, Cassidy he missed her on social media.
“I don't even know where to start. My heart aches in ways I can't put into words. I wish you could see the huge impact you've had on the world, even though it's so dark right now,” Cassidy wrote on Instagram on October 23. “You've brought so much joy and hope to everyone — millions of fans, family, friends and especially me. You are incredibly loved.”
In Cassidy's tribute, she also revealed that Payne could see them getting married one day.
“A few weeks ago, we were sitting outside on a beautiful night reflecting on our life together. I keep your letter close by, even though you told me not to look at it. It said, 'Kate and I will be married within a year/engaged and together forever 444,'” she wrote. “I know we will be together forever, but not in the way we planned. You will always be with me. I found a guardian angel.”
Cassidy concluded, “I will love you for the rest of my life and beyond, carrying our dreams and memories everywhere I go.”
November 2024
Kate Cassidy and Damian Hurley
Dan Kitwood/Getty ImagesPayne was laid to rest at a private funeral service in England on November 20, Cassidy was there. He was photographed entering St Mary's Church in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, from the side Elizabeth Hurleyson, Damian.
