Simon Cowell has hit back at taunts he was responsible for Liam Payne’s death.

RadarOnline.com can reveal the music mogul, 66, was asked how he felt about fans of the tragic One Direction star claiming he put too much pressure on the band and failed to help its members, including Liam, navigate fame. Article continues below advertisement

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He said: "I don’t read any of this stuff because if I did, you would just torture yourself.

"The idea that you are essentially responsible for somebody’s life, 10 years after you've signed someone? You can't do that."

Cowell helped discover One Direction by helping form the British boyband on British TV talent series The X Factor.

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