Liam Payne dated Danielle Peazer from 2010 - 2013, photographed together here at Whiskey Mist nightclub in London in 2013. Picture: Mark Robert Milan/FilmMagic/Getty Images
Pictures expose Payne’s A-list romances
One Direction star Liam Payne had a string of high profile relationships, including his most controversial with Cheryl Cole who was 10 years his senior.
The couple met on The X Factor in 2010, where Peazer was also a dancer. Picture: Wenn/Alamy
The One Direction singer dated Sophia Smith from 2013 - 2015. Picture: Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images
The couple initially met while high school at St. Peter’s Collegiate School in Wolverhampton, but didn’t start dating until 2013. Picture: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images
The couple dated for a couple of years and had talked about marriage together. “We have talked about marriage, but 22 seems a bit young for us,” Payne told Attitude magazine. Picture: Julian Finney/Getty Images
Payne and Smith went on to break up in 2015. Picture: Anthony Harvey/Getty Images for Victoria’s Secret
Liam told The Sun in 2015 of their break up: “I’m absolutely devastated to have split with Sophia, but in order to do right by somebody, sometimes it’s better not to do what your heart wants, but to do what’s better for them.” Picture: Karwai Tang/Getty Images
Perhaps Payne’s most high profile relationship, the singer dated British singer Cheryl Cole from 2015 to 2017. Picture: John Phillips/Getty Images
While they met when Liam was only 14 and Cheryl was 24, they reportedly didn’t start dating until 2015. Picture: Backgrid
The couple welcomed son Bear in 2017. Picture: Kristy Sparow/Getty Images
Payne shared a brief romance with model Cario Dwek in 2018. Picture: Backgrid
Payne then went onto date American model Maya Henry from 2019 to 2022. Picture: Amy Sussman/Getty Images
The couple were engaged in after Payne proposed during the covid lockdown. Picture: Backgrid
While the couple called off the engagement in 2021, they remained together. Picture: Backgrid
Afteir their break-up in 2022, Henry revealed it was a troubled split: “Ever since we broke up he [Payne] messages me, will blow up my phone, not only from his phone, it’s always from different phone numbers too, so I never know where it’s gonna come from.” Picture: CRYSTAL PIX / BACKGRID
Payne shared his thoughts on the split while on the Diary of a CEO podcast: “I’ve just not been very good at relationships. And I know what my pattern of things is with relationships at this point.” Picture: Backgrid
It was reported this week that Henry sent Payne a ‘cease and desist’ in regards to his contact with her. Picture: Backgrid
Payne then briefly dated actress Aliana Mawla in 2022. Picture: Backgrid
Now his last relationship, Payne started dating US model Kate Cassidy in 2022. Picture: Backgrid
While she had spent some time with Payne recently in Buenos Aires, Cassidy was not with the singer during the time of his death. Picture: PG/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images
Liam Payne and Kate Cassidy together during Paris Fashion Week in March 2024. Picture: Backgrid r
The couple were rumoured to have split in 2023, but they remained together until his death. Backgrid
Reportedly the last photo of Liam Payne with girlfriend Kate Cassidy, posted to social media before he passed away in Buenos Aires. Picture: Snapchat