Liam Payne’s girlfriend Kate Cassidy says loss of life was ‘tragic accident’

Liam Payne’s girlfriend has stated she would “by no means have left Argentina”, if she had identified the singer’s loss of life would occur.

US influencer Kate Cassidy – who had been in a relationship with the One Course star since 2022 – advised the Solar in an unique interview that Payne’s loss of life was a “tragic accident”.

“No, I by no means did assume [he might die young]… I simply by no means thought this could have occurred,” she added, in her first interview since he died.

Payne died in October final yr, after falling from the balcony of his lodge room in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was 31.

Every week after his loss of life, Cassidy posted a tribute to the singer on-line, describing him as “my greatest buddy, the love of my life”.

She additionally posted a photograph of a be aware written by Payne shortly earlier than he died, suggesting the couple would marry inside a yr.

The 25-year-old advised the Solar: “Love is so optimistic, and also you simply hope that all the pieces will work out on the finish.

“Clearly if I knew, if I may see into the long run, I might by no means have left Argentina”.

She added that she by no means thought her travelling individually from him “would prove the best way it did”.

Payne had been in Argentina on vacation to see his former bandmate Niall Horan in live performance.

Cassidy stated that she had left Argentina and returned to their Florida house alone to maintain their canine, Nala.

“I had a accountability, we had a accountability. We had our canine and clearly I by no means, ever thought this occasion would happen,” she defined.

She added that “Liam was in such a very good headspace after I left”.

Payne’s sudden loss of life sparked a debate in regards to the music business’s responsibility of look after younger stars.

Toxicology assessments performed shortly after his loss of life revealed traces of alcohol, cocaine and a prescription antidepressant in Payne’s physique, the prosecutor’s workplace in Argentina stated.

The reason for his loss of life was confirmed as “polytrauma” – a time period for a number of traumatic accidents – on the opening of a UK inquest held in Buckinghamshire not too long ago.

Based on the Solar, Cassidy has since left their Florida house and moved again to New Jersey.

Cassidy stated she believed they had been “soulmates” from the primary time they met, and that it “nonetheless does not really feel absolutely actual” that he is now not there.

“I am making an attempt to be one of the best I will be, however I really feel like my life has modified a lot. I take into consideration Liam each second of day-after-day,” she stated including: “That he will not be there with me to navigate via this life, that I will must cope with this with out him by my aspect… it is actually onerous.”

The couple met in 2022, when Cassidy was a waitress in South Carolina, the paper reported.

When she acquired the decision about Payne’s loss of life from a buddy of his, she stated: “I really feel like I simply utterly blacked out. Once I formally discovered the information out to be true, I felt numb. I attempted to name him. I referred to as just about all people.”

She advised the Solar that she nonetheless calls Payne’s cellphone to listen to his voicemail recording, and that whereas she used to go to sleep to his music, she will now not play it.

“Possibly in the future,” she added.

“We had been in such an ideal place, simply full of affection; he was so comfortable and optimistic… you by no means really know what tomorrow will convey, you by no means know.”