Liam Payne’s ex-girlfriend Sophia Smith gets engaged two months after his death

Liam Payne’s ex-girlfriend Sophia Smith is engaged to boyfriend James Bridgwood, just two months after the singer’s tragic death.

Liam Payne’s ex-girlfriend Sophia Smith is engaged to boyfriend James Bridgwood, just two months after the singer’s tragic death.

Smith posted a sweet black-and-white video of the proposal, which showed her and her new fiance, clad in pyjamas, sitting on a floor covered with rose petals and a bottle of prosecco.

The influencer, 30, appeared stunned and smiled wide while Bridgwood placed the ring on her finger.

The couple’s 1-year-old daughter, Angelina, was also wandering around the room during the proposal but stopped to join in for a group hug.

“Yes a million times ov️er 25.12.24,” she captioned the sweet video.

Smith received hundreds of comments from fans and friends congratulating her on the big news –– including two women from the One Direction inner circle.

Liam Payne and Sophia Smith in Monte Carlo in 2015. (Photo by Karwai Tang/Getty Images)

Payne was dating Kate Cassidy before his death.

“Aw Soph, ️” Lou Teasdale –– who was the former hair and makeup artist for the boy band –– commented.

“Congratulations,” Louis Tomlinson’s sister Lottie Tomlinson commented.

Smith made her relationship with Bridgwood Instagram-official in June 2022, and she announced that she was pregnant with their first child together in December 2022.

Prior to her relationship with Bridgwood, Smith dated Payne from 2013 to 2015. The two were initially childhood friends in Wolverhampton, England.

Liam Payne and Sophia Smith were childhood friends. (Photo by Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images)

“I didn’t actually go out with her at the time [when we were younger],” Payne said in a September 2015 interview with Attitude. “I used to see her at school and we’d kind of chat. I asked her sister for her number. She was very shy and didn’t give much indication that she liked me, so I just assumed that she wasn’t interested, as well as thinking, she was way too hot for me anyway.”

Payne revealed that once they did start dating, they even “talked about marriage” at the time. However, they ultimately decided to focus on their individual careers and called it quits in October 2015.

Smith and Bridgwood made their relationship public in June 2022. Picture: Instagram/@sophiaxsmith

The couple share 1-year-old daughter, Angelina. Picture: Instagram/@sophiaxsmith

“Being on the tour all this year and being away from her was so hard,” Payne told the Sun. “We spent so much time apart. 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.”

The “Teardrops” singer went on to date Cheryl Cole –– whom he welcomed son Bear with –– followed by Maya Henry and Kate Cassidy before he died at age 31 on Oct. 16.

Payne was dating Cassidy at the time of his death. They were vacationing together in Buenos Aires, Argentina, before she left by herself.

Just days after she fled, Payne tragically died after falling three floors from his hotel balcony while under the influence of drugs.

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