Kate Cassidy, the girlfriend of Liam Payne, has shared an emotional tribute to the late One Direction star on the first anniversary of his death. Liam tragically died aged 31, after falling from the balcony of his third-floor hotel room in Buenos Aires.
Sharing a black and white picture of the two of them to Instagram, she captioned it: “Today marks a full year without you here. I will forever hate goodbyes. I miss you Liam.”
In the photograph, Kate is smiling with her eyes closed and lies on top of Liam, who has his arm around her and is kissing her cheek. She also posted a picture to her Stories. That one was also black and white and had Liam beaming at the camera while Kate, wrapped up in a coat, hat and scarf, hugs him from the side.
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The comments of the first post were flooded with people sharing in her grief. One wrote: “We miss him too. Thinking of you today.” Another wrote: “Sending so much love today, he’s always looking down on you.”
Kate has been very open about her grief since Liam’s death, and felt the need to speak out after some fans criticised her for finding comfort in AI-generated photos of her and the singer.
Created using generative AI, Kate shared some realistic photos fans had posted of her and Liam smiling together. Some fans pointed out the dangers of using AI in this way, and one of Liam’s former colleagues even described her decision to share them as ‘distasteful’.
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But Kate hopped on TikTok to tell her followers to “stop judging people for how they grieve”. She said: “Over the last few days, I’ve seen so many posts and so many news articles kind of bashing me for finding comfort and peace in seeing pictures of me and Liam created with AI.
“None of you have ever been in my position and hopefully you never will be, so please, please please, kindly stop telling me how to grieve and how I should be finding comfort and what I shouldn’t be finding comfort in.”
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Earlier this week, Kate also shared her plans for the anniversary of Liam’s death. She said she was spending the lead-up on a brand trip to “keep her mind positive”.
She said: “I am getting ready to go on a trip. I’m obviously transparent and open about my life on social media. I have been for a while now. This week hasn’t been the easiest week and it’s not going to be the easiest week.
“I have so many mixed emotions and my grief comes in so many waves. No matter what I do, I get commentary so if I make this video, people are going to be like, ‘Of course she had to make this video’, but if I didn’t make this video and just went on a trip, people would be like ‘What is she doing? How is she not in bed crying?’
“For those who might now know, October 16th, which is in two days, is the date my late partner passed away I have said this so many times in the past, I like to stay busy. It keeps my mind positive and keeps my mind active.”
Liam died on 16 October 2024 after falling from the balcony of a hotel in Argentina. The singer had been on holiday with Kate, as they were seeing his former bandmate, Niall Horan, perform. However, while she returned home, he chose to stay on a few days and she was not with him when he died.
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