Nicole Scherzinger is sharing how Liam Payne ‘s death has affected her and what they were texting about on the day he died .
The late One Direction band member tragically passed away on October 16, 2024 at the age of 35. The X Factor UK judge helped form the boy band and remained friends with Liam afterward. They even worked together again on Netflix’s Building the Band .
“I just adored Liam . He had such a good heart. I barely knew him when I put One Direction together. I just saw these talented boys and was like, ‘I’m coming out of a girl group — I know the power of a group,’” the 47-year-old former Pussycat Dolls member tells The London Times in a newly released profile.
On the day Liam passed away in Argentina, they had been exchanging texts, “just chit-cha