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Liam Payne’s Former Girlfriend Describes Singer’s Addiction, Pain in Years Before Death: ‘He Became Someone Unrecognizable’

Liam Payne's ex-girlfriend and friends describe the late singer's struggles with addiction and mental health issues in an RS investigative piece.

But in a new Rolling Stone investigative piece (paywalled), members of the late singer’s inner circle describe the chaotic days and hours before Payne’s death from a fall last October and the years of anguish and heartache that led up his tragic, final moments. And while he appeared jovial and in love with girlfriend of two years, influencer Kate Cassidy, at the time of his death, Payne had reportedly spent much of 2023 in and out of rehab facilities and acting erratically, including looking for drugs, sexting fans and hiring sex workers. The singer reportedly had a brief period of clarity and creative energy last summer while living in Miami, with his close friend, Roger Nores, revealing that the final time Payne saw Cassidy in Argentina after she visited him there, “they had a happy goodbye.

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