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Tortured life of One Direction's Quiet One: How Liam Payne was born 'effectively dead', snubbed by DiCaprio and 'slammed against a wall by a bandmate', reveals CHRISTOPHER STEVENS


After being thrown together on The X Factor, One Direction were hailed as the new Beatles. And if 1D were the new Fab Four (or Five), Liam Payne appeared to be their George Harrison.

Henry broke off the engagement and earlier this year published a novel, Looking Forward, about a lonely American girl whose fan worship for her English boy-band idol turns into a romantic nightmare. A purported final photograph of Liam Payne at the the Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires shows the singer leaning against a wall wearing a white sleeveless top with his tattoos visible As allegations of stalking and obsessive behaviour dogged him, and his own revelations about fights and alcohol abuse tarnished his past, Liam Payne was left with only the worst, sourest remnants of his fame.

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