Liam Payne's relationship history: From a long-term romance with Cheryl and steamy fling with Naomi Campbell to his fiery split from Maya Henry - a lookback at the singer's love life after his tragic death at 31

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Liam Payne's decease has devastated fans astir nan world, aft nan singer fell from a 3rd level of a edifice successful nan Argentinian superior of Buenos Aires.

Several witnesses told TMZ that Liam had fallen from his room astatine nan CasaSur Palmero Hotel soon aft 5pm connected Wednesday evening. 

The star's last Snapchat posts showed him happily posing pinch his bikini-clad partner Kate Cassidy as they looked into a mirror.

Liam was champion known arsenic a personnel of nan beloved boyband One Direction, but besides made headlines pinch his turbulent emotion life. 

Having first won an service of fans astatine nan property of 16, Liam went onto day a drawstring of stars, astir famously X Factor judge Cheryl, pinch whom he shared seven-year-old boy Bear.

Liam Payne 's decease has devastated fans astir nan world, pinch reports claiming he fell from a 3rd level of a edifice successful nan Argentinian superior of Buenos Aires

As good arsenic a fling pinch exemplary Naomi Campbell, Liam was besides engaged to exemplary Maya Henry, who successful caller days had instructed lawyers to rumor a cease and desist missive to her ex aft accusing him of many times contacting her.

MailOnline takes a look astatine Liam Payne's narration history...

Danielle Peazar (2010-2012) 

Liam dated Danielle Peazar from 2010-2012 aft gathering connected The X Factor wherever she worked arsenic a dancer 

Liam met dancer Danielle erstwhile they some appeared connected The X Factor successful 2010 pinch nan mates going connected to day for 2 years. 

The brace enjoyed a very little reconciliation nan pursuing year, but soon called it quits for good.   

In 2018, Danielle sparked rumours she was backmost successful touch nan vocalist aft a instrumentality asked Danielle if she and nan vocalist kept successful interaction during an Instagram Q&A, to which she responded: 'I’m gonna support that betwixt him and I.'

Sophia Smith (2013-2015) 

Liam and Sophia Smith primitively met erstwhile they were some successful school, but didn’t day until 2013, splitting successful October 2015

Liam and Sophia primitively met erstwhile they were some successful school, but didn’t day until 2013, splitting successful October 2015. 

He told The Sun On Sunday astatine nan time: 'I’m perfectly devastated to person divided pinch Sophia, but successful bid to do correct by somebody, sometimes it’s amended not to do what your bosom wants, but to do what’s amended for them.'

The divided came arsenic a daze to fans as just weeks earlier nan boyband hunk admitted that nan brace were talking astir marriage.

In an question and reply pinch Attitude magazine, he said: 'We person talked astir marriage, but 22 seems a spot young for us. Sophia needs to spell disconnected and do what she wants to do.

'I don’t want her to beryllium 1 of those stay-at-home girlfriends who doesn’t really do much.'

Cheryl (2015-2017) 

Liam's astir high-profile romance was pinch vocalist Cheryl, who is 10 years his elder and nan mates stock boy Bear (pictured successful 2018) 

The mates went their abstracted ways successful July 2018 pursuing a 2 and a half twelvemonth romance but person remained amicable co-parents to their son

Liam's astir high-profile romance was pinch vocalist Cheryl, who is 10 years his senior.

The mates first met erstwhile Cheryl was 24 erstwhile a past 14-year-old Liam first auditioned for nan X Factor backmost successful 2008, but nan pair's romance is said to person started successful December 2015 erstwhile they sewage reacquainted astatine nan X Factor final.

Cheryl and Liam went nationalist pinch their romance successful February 2016 and welcomed boy Bear successful March 2017.

The mates went their abstracted ways successful July 2018 pursuing a 2 and a half twelvemonth romance but person remained amicable co-parents to their son. 

In 2022, Liam declared welcoming boy Bear pinch ex Cheryl 'ruined their narration but for each nan correct reasons' successful his astir candid chat yet. 

Speaking connected Logan Paul's Impaulsive podcast, nan Strip That Down vocalist said he primitively struggled pinch becoming a begetter astatine nan tender property of 23, and elaborate really Cheryl haemorrhaged 'badly' while giving birth.

He said: 'I for illustration to talk to different caller dads. You don't cognize what is coming and it's different. 

'And to beryllium honorable pinch you, it ruined a narration for maine astatine that constituent but for each nan correct reasons. I was truthful excited for him to beryllium calved that I was really worried if I wouldn't emotion him enough.'

Cairo Dwek (2018) 

Liam enjoyed a summertime romance pinch exemplary Cairo Dwek, pinch their two-month narration coming to an extremity successful September 2018 aft 2 months of dating

Liam enjoyed a summertime romance pinch model Cairo, pinch their two-month narration coming to an extremity successful September 2018 aft 2 months of dating.

The Bedroom Floor hitmaker confirmed their divided erstwhile fans quizzed him connected his narration position - bizarrely beneath 1 of vocalist John Mayer's unrecorded Instagram videos.

After John told fans he was single, Liam quickly unopen down speculation adding: 'I'm azygous too,' followed by a wink emoji. 

Naomi Campbell (2019)

Liam was linked to exemplary Naomi Campbell, who is 23 years older than him, successful 2019, pinch nan mates said to person enjoyed a four-month fling that ended successful April

Liam was linked Naomi, who is 23 years older than him, successful 2019, pinch nan mates said to person enjoyed a four-month fling that ended successful April aft Naomi sewage 'bored' of nan singer.   

It began pinch a seemingly harmless flirtation connected Instagram, liking and commenting connected 1 another's steamy posts.

Liam described her arsenic 'perfection successful a person', pinch her branding him 'a beautiful soul'.

There were reports astir Liam bragging astir nan couple's 'mind-blowing' sex, but erstwhile Naomi was asked outright astir nan tryst connected The Jonathan Ross Show she said nan rumours were 'humorous'. Any romance appeared to extremity soon aft this.

Jonathan asked Naomi astir her emotion life, saying: 'There person been a batch of headlines precocious connecting you to Mr Liam Payne…'

Naomi stood patient though, simply smiling and replying: 'And? I ne'er talk my individual life. Another name?'

Naomi smiled: 'I ne'er talk my individual life. I mean, it's crazy it's for illustration 1 time it's 1 person, nan adjacent time it's another. Who is tomorrow? That's what I want to know… For maine I laugh. The stories are incredible, it's humorous… I conscionable get connected pinch my life.' 

Maya Henry (2019-2022)

Liam dated Maya Henry from 2019 to 2022, and they were engaged until 2021. In caller days she has claimed he went to bonzer lengths successful an effort to interaction her

Liam revealed successful June that he had called disconnected his engagement to fiancée Maya, successful bid to 'work connected himself'.  

The mates confirmed their engagement successful August 2020 aft Liam popped nan mobility during lockdown pinch a £3 cardinal ring.  

The brace were first linked backmost successful August 2018 soon aft Liam's high-profile divided from Cheryl. 

However, they first group eyes connected each different 3 years earlier, erstwhile they were pictured together astatine a meet-and-greet arena erstwhile One Direction instrumentality Maya was 15.

The singer's stop-start three-year narration pinch Maya came to an extremity successful 2022, almost a twelvemonth aft nan mates called disconnected their engagement.

In caller days, Maya has shared a sadistic appraisal of her narration pinch Liam while promoting her debut novel Looking Forward.

Speaking to her TikTok followers past week, Maya - the girl of multi-millionaire personal-injury lawyer Thomas J. Henry - claimed Liam went to bonzer lengths successful an effort to interaction her. 

'Ever since we collapsed up he messages me, will rustle up my phone, not only from his phone, it's ever from different telephone numbers too, truthful I ne'er cognize wherever it's gonna travel from,' she said. 

'He'll create caller iCloud accounts to connection maine - it's ever a caller damn iCloud account. Every clip I spot 1 popular up connected my telephone I'm like, "here we f***ing spell again"

'Also, he will email me... not only me, but he'll rustle up my mom's phone. Is this normal behaviour to you?' 

She added: 'He's nan 1 that is perpetually doing weird sh*t,  and besides mightiness I add, he virtually said nan logic he has each these group connected his damn Snapchat, which he has had for years apparently, and messages, is he preys connected One Direction fans because they're loyal to him.' 

Speaking successful 2021, soon aft confirming their engagement was over, Payne admitted he was astatine responsibility during an question and reply pinch Stephen Bartlett's Diary Of A CEO podcast. 

'I consciousness for illustration much than thing astatine this point, I'm much disappointed successful myself that I support connected hurting people,' he said.

'That annoys me. I've conscionable not been very bully astatine relationships. And I cognize what my shape of things is pinch relationships astatine this point.

'I'm conscionable not very bully astatine them truthful I conscionable request to activity connected myself earlier I put myself connected to personification else.'

He added: 'That's wherever I sewage to successful my past relationship. I conscionable wasn't giving a very bully type of maine anymore, that I didn't admit and I didn't for illustration being. I tin honestly opportunity I consciousness amended retired of it.

'I didn't consciousness bully doing what I did but it had to happen. Just a corny measurement to opportunity it was nan champion for america both.'

Kate Cassidy (2022-2024)

Kate and Liam first started making love successful October 2022, and made their reddish carpet debut astatine nan Fashion Awards later that year

She appeared successful Liam's last societal media station earlier his death, showing them spending clip together successful Buenos Aires

Kate and Liam first started making love successful October 2022, and made their reddish carpet debut astatine nan Fashion Awards later that year.

However, successful May 2023, nan mates sparked divided rumours, pinch a root telling US Weekly: 'Liam and Kate person surgery up.'

The brace past put an extremity to divided rumours by enjoying a day successful London successful June 2023, and later that twelvemonth she supported him erstwhile he was rushed to infirmary pinch a 'serious kidney infection'.

In August, Liam came nether occurrence for making a 'misogynistic' remark towards his woman Kate.

He went viral connected societal media aft Kate shared a TikTok video of nan brace showing disconnected their outfits up of day nighttime successful Manchester.

As Kate described her ensemble - a fitted achromatic waistcoat and cropped trousers - Liam looked deadpan into nan camera and said: 'Looking good, bully and covered up for once.'

Fans were near successful daze by nan remark, taking to X to constituent retired nan hypocritical quality of his comment, fixed that he has posed shirtless and antecedently released nan single, Strip That Down.

They commented: '"Looking good, bully and covered up for once” ???? Girl one cognize you faking that laughter astatine nan end'; 'meanwhile these are his insta stories'; nan truth that he would ever declare to beryllium nan “nice” and “kind” 1 from 1d…. yikes! a soon to beryllium raging misogynist [sic].'

Some fans did travel to his defence, however, posting: 'So galore group deliberation they cognize precisely what’s going connected based connected a 6 seconds video. It’s disgusting really truthful galore group find it truthful easy to hate. Shame connected you.';

'Why do ppl get truthful huffy erstwhile a man expresses really he likes his gf to dress? She evidently still wears what she wants. [sic]'

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