Liam Payne 'lacked a sense of belonging and felt lost' says pal Ant Middleton after his tragic death aged 31 - and claims One Direction star's 'face lit up' when he thought about reuniting with band

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Ant Middleton has told really his pal Liam Payne 'lacked a consciousness of belonging' and felt 'lost' pursuing One Direction's divided arsenic he reflected connected their relationship amid nan singer's tragic death.

The erstwhile boy band member, 31, reportedly fell from nan 3rd level of CasaSur Palmero Hotel successful Buenos Aires shortly aft 5pm connected Wednesday evening. 

The SAS prima formed a adjacent enslaved pinch nan vocalist erstwhile they filmed nan documentary Ant Middleton & Liam Payne: Straight Talking successful 2019, successful which they spent 3 days successful Namibia.

And speaking connected Thursday's Good Morning Britain, Ant shared his devastation of Liam's death, having being told of his passing unrecorded connected aerial earlier successful nan morning during an quality connected Australia's The Morning Show. 

Looking backmost astatine nan main he knew, Ant praised Liam for being 'such a positive, outgoing guy', earlier going connected to opportunity he believed 'lacked consciousness of belonging erstwhile near band.'

Ant Middleton has told really his pal Liam Payne 'lacked a consciousness of belonging' and felt 'lost' pursuing One Direction's divided arsenic he reflected connected their relationship amid nan singer's tragic death 

The erstwhile boy set member, 31, reportedly fell from nan 3rd level of CasaSur Palmero Hotel successful Buenos Aires soon aft 5pm connected Wednesday evening

Ant went connected to opportunity that he related to Liam arsenic he excessively 'lost a consciousness of belonging' erstwhile he near nan military.

He said: 'When we did our typical together successful Namibia I could subordinate to that. 

'When I near nan military, I mislaid my consciousness of being, and erstwhile he near nan set we had a awesome speech astir really that personality is mislaid and really we re-identify ourselves and re-establish ourselves.

'And we became very adjacent aft that.'

Referring to Liam arsenic his 'little brother', Ant told really astatine 1 constituent he lived conscionable an hr distant from nan star, revealing really they'd walk galore evenings together successful which they'd talk their directions successful life.

Discussing Liam pinch hosts Richard Madeley and Kate Garraway, Ant besides discussed nan demons his friend faced, admitting he felt Liam was 'lost' arsenic he tried to navigate life extracurricular of nan boy set - who went connected indefinite hiatus successful 2016.

He explained: 'If you don't attraction capable connected thing aliases belonging past yeah, you do get lost. I felt that Liam had that sometimes.

'During Soccer Aid, I retrieve he phoned maine up to travel training pinch him and he was truthful focused, he was truthful dedicated because he was skipper for nan England squad and I knew that was his caller belonging.'

'When I near nan military, I mislaid my consciousness of being, and erstwhile he near nan set we had a awesome speech astir really that personality is mislaid and really we re-identify ourselves and re-establish ourselves

Discussing Liam pinch hosts Richard Madeley and Kate Garraway, Ant besides discussed nan demons his friend faced, admitting he felt Liam was 'lost' arsenic he tried to navigate life extracurricular of nan boy band

'If you don't attraction capable connected thing aliases belonging past yeah, you do get lost. I felt that Liam had that sometimes' 

Ant continued: 'He was truthful focused, and cleanable and he was doing truthful well, and I judge that erstwhile those benignant of things near him, he was looking for thing again. It's sad to spot him bumping his caput against a ceramic wall sometimes.'

During nan interview, Ant besides told really Liam was 'very emotionally intelligent' and had a 'great power astir him', pinch nan 'proud dad' often talking of his boy Bear.  

Ant and Liam first met astatine nan opening of Mark Wahlberg's Wahlburgers edifice successful Covent Garden, London.

Ant antecedently told The Standard, they would regularly meet for coffees and chat astir each other's children.

He explained he could subordinate to Liam's isolation and struggle to re-enter nan civilian world station being a portion of nan century's biggest boy band.

Liam besides revealed astatine nan time, really he would confide successful Ant, admitting: 'I've much aliases little told Ant everything.'

'I deliberation successful nan business wherever we were it was a merchandise for some of america successful a way. And location were things I've ne'er really spoken astir before.'

The SAS prima said Liam, who joined him to movie nan documentary Ant Middleton & Liam Payne: Straight Talking successful 2019, was for illustration a small relative to him 

They spent 3 days successful Namibia filming nan bid and forged a beardown enslaved by fleeing lions, surfing connected freight trains, abseiling and sleeping nether nan stars

The documentary forced long, candid discussions astir fatherhood, drinking, and relationships betwixt nan 2 celebrated men. 

The brace had nary camera, nary compartment service, and nary fans. 

During their clip together, Liam admitted to Ant that becoming a dada astatine nan property of 23 'messed him up'. 

'Cheryl's [Cole] still nan astir important personification successful my life,' he said successful nan documentary, referring to his ex-partner and his boy Bear's mother. 

'They opportunity that nan property you participate fame is nan property you time off it,' Liam added successful now-haunting remarks arsenic he reflected connected nan lasting impacts of One Direction. 

'I'm rather fortunate to beryllium present still.'

Liam died successful Buenos Aires after falling from a hotel. Several witnesses said Payne had fallen from his room astatine nan Casa Sur Palmero Hotel soon aft 5pm (ART) Wednesday evening. 

Several witnesses said Payne had fallen from his room astatine nan Casa Sur Palmero Hotel soon aft 5pm (ART) Wednesday evening; he is seen successful 2018

The popstar had reportedly arrived successful nan Latin American state earlier this period to be his ex bandmate Niall Horan's concert 

A heartbreaking video shows Liam singing and dancing astatine Horan's performance successful Argentina conscionable days earlier he was recovered dead 

Payne's haunting last societal media station showed him spending clip pinch his woman Kate Cassidy 

The English prima roseate to fame arsenic a personnel of nan boy set One Direction, alongside his erstwhile bandmates Harry, 30, Niall Horan, 31, Zayn Malik, 31, and Louis Tomlinson, 32. 

The popstar had reportedly arrived successful nan Latin American state earlier this period to be his ex bandmate Horan's concert.

Local constabulary person since launched an investigation into nan abrupt death, arsenic tributes flood successful nan aftermath of nan tragedy. 

A connection from section constabulary said they arrived to nan edifice aft they were 'informed of an fierce man who whitethorn person been nether nan effects of narcotics and alcohol'.

Officials heard a large sound successful nan courtyard earlier discovering his assemblage conscionable aft 5pm, reported nan BBC.

According to TMZ, Liam 'had been acting erratic successful nan edifice lobby and smashed his laptop' earlier he 'had to beryllium carried backmost to his room'.

Police had received a telephone from a worker astatine nan edifice requesting urgent thief pinch an intoxicated guest, according to audio related to nan lawsuit obtained from nan Buenos Aires information ministry.

'When he is conscious he is destroying nan full room and we request you to nonstop someone,' nan worker said.

Emergency aesculapian services head Alberto Crescenti said Liam had suffered 'very superior injuries aft falling from a 3rd level into an soul courtyard'.

'We verified his personality utilizing nan passport he had,' he said.

'Afterwards we recovered retired he had been a celebrated singer. Unfortunately nan injuries he had suffered arsenic a consequence of nan autumn proved to beryllium fatal. There was nary anticipation of resuscitating him.' 

Mr Crescenti told Argentine newspaper Clarin that 'the squad saw that he apparently had a fracture astatine nan guidelines of nan skull'.

His assemblage was transported to a section morgue wherever a post-mortem introspection will beryllium carried out.

Unverified pictures person since emerged online claiming to beryllium Liam's edifice room wholly trashed pinch 1 image showing a smashed tv screen

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