Two days before Liam Payne ’s death his girlfriend of two years Kate Cassidy boarded a flight home after spending a fortnight with him in Argentina. Taking to social media as she left the South American country the influencer, 25 – not knowing that she would never see Payne again – explained her decision to go home back to the US.

Kate Cassidy is opening up about the death of her boyfriend Liam Payne. The 25-year-old shared it has been “really hard to accept” losing the former One Direction member after his tragic death in October after falling off a hotel balcony in Argentina.

Viewers tuning into the Brit Awards have been left emotional after watching the touching tribute to One Direction star Liam Payne, who died last year.