A Look on the Late Singer’s Dating History – Hollywood Life

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• Liam Payne was a singer recognized for being within the former band One Direction.
• The singer was as soon as engaged to Maya Henry, nonetheless, they broke up in May 2022.
• Liam and social media influencer Kate Cassidy had been in an on-and-off relationship since 2022.

Fans have been shocked to be taught that Liam Payne died after falling from the third ground of a lodge in Buenos Aires on Wednesday. He was 31.

Before his premature passing, the British singer seemed to be on high of the world throughout his boy band days with One Direction. He was simply 16 when he joined forces with fellow X-Factor contestants Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, and Zayn Malik, rapidly turning into a worldwide famous person with hit after hit. However, life after the band’s indefinite hiatus proved to be difficult, particularly in his love life.

Since leaving One Direction, Payne welcomed a baby with ex-girlfriend and fellow British artist Cheryl Cole. He then dated and have become engaged to Texan mannequin Maya Henry, however their relationship resulted in May 2022. Following a quiet but complicated cut up from Maya, he briefly dated Instagram mannequin and influencer Aliana Mawla. Most lately, he was in a relationship with influencer Kate Cassidy, which started in fall 2022 and included a temporary breakup in May 2023. They rapidly reunited, and in June 2023, they have been noticed holding fingers once more. According to her social media, Cassidy was additionally with him in Argentina simply days earlier than his tragic passing.

Read on to discover the small print of the late artist’s relationships, together with these talked about and others in between.

Danielle Peazer

Liam started relationship dancer Danielle Peazer after assembly her at auditions for the X-Factor in 2010. Sadly, after two years collectively, the pair broke up.

“They have split in the last few days because it has been more and more difficult to keep the relationship going with Liam spending more and more time away,” an insider advised the Daily Mirror in 2012. “He has hardly been able to see Danielle in recent months and the band have a world tour next year so it was only going to get harder.”

Sophia Smith

The following 12 months, Liam began relationship childhood good friend Sophia Smith. Their romance lasted till 2015 when Sophia apparently dumped the “Get Low” singer as a result of she wasn’t prepared for such a critical relationship.

“Sophia felt that their relationship was at a point where they either made a decision to get married and settle down, or they go on and do something else and experience more of the world,” an insider advised HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY in October 2015. “She chose the latter because she’s still so young. Sophia has always been an independent woman and believes she has a lot to achieve. She wants to remain amicable with Liam, but knows that’ll be harder now.”

Cheryl Cole

Things got here full circle for Liam in 2016 when he and British singer and X Factor decide Cheryl Cole obtained collectively. While followers have been shocked in regards to the relationship as a result of their 10-year age hole, it might have been much less of a shock in the event that they knew how giddy Cheryl was after Liam’s audition for the expertise scouting present. “I like you,” Cheryl advised a bright-eyed Liam throughout his first audition in 2008, in accordance with People. “I think you’re really cute. I think you’ve got charisma. You know, you gave that really cheeky wink,” she gushed. Two years later, she praised his “really powerful” voice.

Furthermore, Liam’s ex Sophia admitted she wasn’t in any respect shocked in regards to the romance. “I wasn’t shocked when it came out because they’re in the same industry,” she advised MailOnline in July 2016. “I’m five years older than him so I know that he maybe has a thing for age gaps. I mean look at her, I’d go out with her!” She additionally mentioned she is blissful to see him blissful.

The pair started relationship in late 2015 and made their pink carpet debut in May 2016 at Eva Longoria’s Global Gift Gala, the place Cheryl was the recipient of the Global Gift philanthropist award. Soon after, the 2 lovebirds obtained pregnant and Cheryl stepped out in London with a rising child bump in November of that 12 months, per People. And in March of 2017, they welcomed their son, Bear. “On Wednesday 22nd March Liam and I became parents to an incredibly beautiful, healthy baby boy, weighing 7lb 9 and looking like a dream,” Cheryl introduced through Instagram, per CBS News. “Although he still doesn’t have a name he is already stealing hearts. We are all madly in love and overwhelmingly happy with our little arrival. Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers around the world. A day that now has a different meaning to me forever.”

Liam shared his personal put up of him cuddling his new child and wrote, “I’m incredibly happy to welcome our new baby boy into the world, it’s a moment that I will never forget for the rest of my life and my favourite memory I have so far.” He continued, “I’m completely in awe of his incredible mother and how she has been the whole way through this, she’s really made my dreams come true. We haven’t named him yet but he’s already capturing hearts including mine. I feel very blessed.”

Unfortunately, the blissful occasions wore out and Cheryl and Liam went their separate methods. “Cheryl and I are sad to announce that we are going our separate ways. It’s been a tough decision for us to make. We still have so much love for each other as a family. Bear is our world and we ask that you respect his privacy as we navigate our way through this together,” Liam tweeted in July 2018. In a November 2018 interview, Cheryl hinted that Liam’s new life could have been too huge of a change for him. “So [Liam] wanted to settle down and have a family and not do the solo thing. Then we encouraged him to to that,” she advised The Sunday Times (through Mirror). “And then it didn’t work out.”

It appears that there was no unhealthy blood between Liam and his former girlfriend, because the “Polaroid” singer gushed about co-parenting along with her in 2021. “Cheryl is literally the best person to co-parent with. No stress involved. It’s very, very relaxed, and we spend a lot of time on FaceTime,” he advised Glamour.

As of May 2025, months after Liam’s passing, it was revealed that he had left no will, leaving Cheryl to inherit his $32.2 million property, in accordance with a number of retailers.

Maya Henry

Sadly, the identical can’t be mentioned for Liam and Maya Henry. The two started relationship in 2019 after Liam’s cut up from Cheryl. In August 2020, Liam proposed to Maya. Unfortunately, they ended their engagement by June 2021.

In an interview that month, Liam hinted that his private points have been at the very least partly responsible for the cut up. “I’ve just not been very good at relationships,” Liam admitted to Steven Bartlett, the host of The Diary Of A CEO YouTube present. “I know what my pattern is with relationships at this point. I’m just not very good at them. I need to work on myself first before I put myself onto somebody else. I just wasn’t giving a very good version of me and I didn’t appreciate or like me. I feel better out of it. I didn’t feel good for doing what I did, but it had to happen. It was what’s best for both of us.”

However, they discovered their approach again to 1 one other two months later. The pair appeared to be going sturdy till April 2022, when rumors of a cut up circulated. Their official breakup was confirmed after Instagram mannequin Aliana Mawla posted pictures of Liam cuddling her and holding her hand on her Instagram story on May 23. The state of affairs was a bit complicated as a result of neither Liam nor Maya had publicly confirmed their cut up, and in a since-deleted remark, Maya pleaded with followers to cease displaying her footage of her man with one other lady. “I love all of the fans so much but please stop sending me these pictures of my fiancé wrapped around another woman. This is not me and it’s hard enough knowing this has happened without seeing it. Enough now,” she wrote beneath fan account photographs of Aliana’s story posts. Liam’s consultant afterward confirmed that Maya and Liam have been now not collectively.

Aliana Mawla

It shouldn’t be clear precisely when Aliana and Liam began relationship, but when he and Maya broke up in April, he appeared to have moved on fairly rapidly. Aliana and Liam met whereas capturing the music video for “Familiar,” which served as a collaboration between the daddy of 1 and J. Balvin. The new couple made their first public look collectively on May 24, 2022. They have been photographed strolling arm-in-arm by way of London’s Heathrow Airport.

Kate Cassidy

Most lately, Liam was linked to social media influencer, Kate Cassidy, 25, who he started relationship within the fall of 2022. The pair was first noticed at a Halloween occasion that Oct., per The Daily Mail, however didn’t go public with their relationship till the next month. The “Sunshine” singer and his girlfriend dated for about seven months earlier than they reportedly known as it quits by May 2023, in accordance with a supply, through US Weekly. “Liam and Kate have broken up,” the insider advised the outlet on May 10.

Liam and Kate stepped out to help fellow One Direction alum Louis Tomlinson on the premiere of his documentary, All of Those Voices, in March 2023. After the occasion, she shared a heartfelt message in regards to the mission through an Instagram caption. “What a crazy eye opening experience!” she wrote alongside a photograph and video of herself and Liam. “It was so nice to meet you finally.”