Followers had been devastated to be taught that Liam Payne died after falling from the third flooring of a lodge in Buenos Aires on Wednesday. He was 31.
Earlier than his premature passing, the British singer was in a relationship with influencer Kate Cassidy. They started relationship in fall 2022, skilled a temporary breakup in Could 2023, however shortly reunited and had been collectively simply days earlier than his tragic dying.
Right here you may see a full timeline of their relationship.
September 2022
Whereas nobody has disclosed the precise begin of Kate’s romance with the “Strip That Down” singer, it appears probably it started round September 11, 2022, when a native information station in Charleston reported Liam’s presence within the space. In a TikTok posted in September 2024, Kate revealed that they met whereas she was working at a bar within the port metropolis referred to as Ritual. It was solely her second week on the job, and so they ended up going bowling and on a ghost tour the next day.
@kateecass Replying to @Make Artwork Not Warfare cats out of the bag heres the story of how i met my bf 🤠
“We principally had considered one of our first dates in a graveyard,” she talked about within the video.
October 2022
Liam and Kate sparked romance rumors when the Every day Mail revealed images of them attending a Halloween occasion hand in hand. The couple dressed up as Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee for the event.
December 2022
The couple made their crimson carpet debut on the British Vogue Awards, the place Liam wore a pointy swimsuit and Kate shocked in a black gown that includes chest cutouts and a thigh-high slit.
January 2023
Kate shared a number of Instagram pictures of the pair, together with a comfy snap of them collectively in an elevator.
March 2023
Liam and Kate stepped out to assist fellow One Course alum Louis Tomlinson on the premiere of his documentary, All of These Voices, in March 2023.
After the occasion, she shared a heartfelt message concerning the mission through an Instagram caption. “What a loopy eye opening expertise!” she wrote alongside a photograph and video of herself and Liam. “It was so good to fulfill you lastly.”
Could 2023
The “Sunshine” singer and Kate dated for about seven months earlier than they reportedly referred to as it quits by Could 2023, in keeping with a supply, through US Weekly. “Liam and Kate have damaged up,” the insider advised the outlet on Could 10.
June 2023
One month after calling it quits, the 2 shortly reunited. In June 2023, they had been noticed holding palms throughout an evening out in London.
July 2023
The couple attended Wimbledon 2023 collectively.
@kateecass had such a tremendous day🥰 so grateful #wimbledon #wimbledon2023 #dayvlog
March 2024
Liam and Kate demonstrated that their relationship was going sturdy after they held palms whereas stepping out in Paris. Kate turned heads in a sheer striped gown as they walked collectively.
August 2024
Liam confronted backlash after joking in a TikTok match examine video that his girlfriend was “coated up for as soon as.” Kate later defended him in opposition to claims of misogyny, explaining in a subsequent TikTok that she had inspired him to make the joke.
“He doesn’t care in any respect what I put on,” she reassured her followers.
September 2024
Liam was all smiles in a photograph Kate shared of them at a marriage. The duo additionally danced collectively in a TikTok video forward of the nuptials.
The couple then traveled to Argentina in late September and ended up spending two weeks within the nation, regardless of the journey initially being scheduled for simply 5 days.
October 2024
Kate shared a TikTok video of her and Liam on a bowling outing, noting that he “drags me to bowling a minimum of 4 instances per week.” Additionally they attended Niall Horan’s live performance in Buenos Aires.
@kateecass Such a enjoyable present (:
Forward of the present, Liam expressed his hope to speak along with his former groupmate, noting {that a} dialog was lengthy overdue. “I believe we would simply go and say whats up,” he mentioned in a Snapchat video shared on social media on Oct. 1. “It’s been some time since me and Niall have spoken. We’ve acquired rather a lot to speak about, and I’d wish to sq. up a few issues with the boy. No dangerous vibes or something like that, however we have to speak.”
@kateecass soooo happpiii to b again in sunshine state
On Oct. 14, Kate shared a vlog of herself touring again to Florida from Argentina. Liam died two days later.
After Liam’s passing on October 16, 2024, Kate broke her silence on the information on Friday, October 18, 2024. She wrote on her Instagram Tales, “I’ve been at a whole loss. Nothing concerning the previous few days have felt actual. I ask and pray that you simply’ll give me the grace and area to navigate this in personal. … Liam, my angel. You might be every part. I would like you to know I cherished you unconditionally and utterly. I’ll proceed to like you for the remainder of my life. I really like you, Liam.”