The singer-songwriter, who appeared in the final of The X Factor with One Direction in 2010, said she was “in denial, shocked and hurt” after Payne fell to his death from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Ferguson said she had attempted to contact Payne “last Saturday” as she said she could see he was struggling. Discussing her time with Payne on The X Factor, she continued: “When we all lived together, and we toured together, we were like a family. Rebecca Ferguson said Liam Payne was ‘young, innocent and unaffected by fame’ when she first met him on The X Factor (Matt Crossick/PA)“So I just keep picturing that young boy, I just keep picturing how happy he was. It comes after Ferguson posted a statement on X, describing Payne as “young, innocent and unaffected by fame” when they met at London Euston train station and shared a taxi together to the X Factor studio.

Source: The Herald October 18, 2024 07:26 UTC