Liam Payne gave the impression to be on prime of the world throughout his boy band days with One Route. He was simply 16 years previous when he was grouped into the band with fellow X-Issue contestants Harry Types, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, and Zayn Malik and have become a worldwide famous person producing hit after hit. Nonetheless, it looks as if his life following the band’s indefinite hiatus has not been so easy; significantly, his love life.
Since leaving One Route, the British singer welcomed a baby with ex-girlfriend and fellow British artist Cheryl Cole. Then, he dated and obtained engaged to Texan mannequin Maya Henry, however their relationship was stuffed with its personal points. Following the quiet-yet-confusing break up from Maya, he obtained along with Instagram mannequin and influencer Aliana Mawla. Learn on to be taught the specifics about Liam’s above-mentioned relationships and all those in between.
Danielle Peazer
Liam started relationship dancer Danielle Peazer after assembly her at auditions for the X-Issue in 2010. Sadly, after two years collectively, the pair broke up. “They’ve break up in the previous few days as a result of it has been an increasing number of tough to maintain the connection going with Liam spending an increasing number of time away,” an insider instructed the Daily Mirror in 2012. “He has hardly been in a position to see Danielle in current months and the band have a world tour subsequent yr so it was solely going to get more durable.”
Sophia Smith
The next yr, Liam began relationship childhood pal Sophia Smith. Their romance lasted till 2015, when Sophia apparently dumped the “Get Low” singer as a result of she wasn’t prepared for such a severe relationship. “Sophia felt that their relationship was at a degree the place they both decided to get married and calm down, or they go on and do one thing else and expertise extra of the world,” an insider instructed HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY in October 2015. “She selected the latter as a result of she’s nonetheless so younger. Sophia has at all times been an impartial girl and believes she has so much to realize. She desires to stay amicable with Liam, however is aware of that’ll be more durable now.”
Cheryl Cole
Issues got here full circle for Liam in 2016 when he and British singer and X Issue choose Cheryl Cole obtained collectively. Whereas followers have been shocked in regards to the relationship as a result of their 10-year age hole, it might have been much less of a shock in the event that they knew how giddy Cheryl was after Liam’s audition for the expertise scouting present. “I such as you,” Cheryl instructed a bright-eyed Liam throughout his first audition in 2008, in keeping with People. “I believe you’re actually cute. I believe you’ve obtained charisma. You understand, you gave that basically cheeky wink,” she gushed. Two years later, she praised his “actually highly effective” voice.
Moreover, Liam’s ex Sophia admitted she wasn’t in any respect stunned in regards to the romance. “I wasn’t shocked when it got here out as a result of they’re in the identical business,” she instructed MailOnline in July 2016. “I’m 5 years older than him so I do know that he perhaps has a factor for age gaps. I imply have a look at her, I’d exit along with her!” She additionally mentioned she is comfortable to see him comfortable.
The pair started relationship in late 2015 and made their crimson carpet debut in Could 2016 at Eva Longoria’s International Present Gala, the place Cheryl was the recipient of the International Present philanthropist award. Quickly after, the 2 lovebirds obtained pregnant and Cheryl stepped out in London with a rising child bump in November of that yr, per People. And in March of 2017, they welcomed their son, Bear. “On Wednesday twenty second March Liam and I grew to become dad and mom to an extremely lovely, wholesome child boy, weighing 7lb 9 and looking out like a dream,” Cheryl introduced by way of Instagram, per CBS News. “Though he nonetheless doesn’t have a reputation he’s already stealing hearts. We’re all head over heels in love and overwhelmingly proud of our little arrival. Comfortable Mom’s Day to all of the moms world wide. A day that now has a distinct which means to me perpetually.”
Liam shared his personal submit of him cuddling his new child and wrote, “I’m extremely comfortable to welcome our new child boy into the world, it’s a second that I’ll always remember for the remainder of my life and my favorite reminiscence I’ve to date.” He continued, “I’m fully in awe of his unimaginable mom and the way she has been the entire approach via this, she’s actually made my desires come true. We haven’t named him but however he’s already capturing hearts together with mine. I really feel very blessed.”
Sadly, the comfortable occasions wore out and Cheryl and Liam went their separate methods. “Cheryl and I are unhappy to announce that we’re going our separate methods. It’s been a tricky determination for us to make. We nonetheless have a lot love for one another as a household. Bear is our world and we ask that you simply respect his privateness as we navigate our approach via this collectively,” Liam tweeted in July 2018. In a November 2018 interview, Cheryl hinted that Liam’s new life might have been too massive of a change for him. “So [Liam] wished to calm down and have a household and never do the solo factor. Then we inspired him to to that,” she instructed The Sunday Instances (by way of Mirror). “After which it didn’t work out.”
It appears that evidently there isn’t any dangerous blood between Liam and his former girlfriend, because the “Polaroid” singer gushed about co-parenting along with her in 2021. “Cheryl is actually the very best individual to co-parent with. No stress concerned. It’s very, very relaxed, and we spend lots of time on FaceTime,” he instructed Glamour.
Maya Henry
Sadly, the identical can’t be mentioned for Liam and Maya Henry. The 2 started relationship in 2019 following Liam’s break up from Cheryl. In August 2020, Liam requested for Maya’s hand in marriage. Sadly, the 2 ended up calling it quits and ended their engagement by June of 2021.
In an interview that month, Liam hinted that his private points have been a minimum of partly responsible for the break up. “I’ve simply not been excellent at relationships,” Liam admitted to Steven Bartlett, the host of The Diary Of A CEO YouTube present. “I do know what my sample is with relationships at this level. I’m simply not excellent at them. I have to work on myself first earlier than I put myself onto someone else. I simply wasn’t giving an excellent model of me and I didn’t respect or like me. I really feel higher out of it. I didn’t really feel good for doing what I did, but it surely needed to occur. It was what’s greatest for each of us.”
Nonetheless, they discovered their approach again to at least one one other two months later. The pair gave the impression to be going robust till April 2022, when rumors of a break up circulated. Their official breakup was confirmed after Instagram mannequin Aliana Mawla posted photographs of Liam cuddling her and holding her hand on her Instagram story on Could 23. The state of affairs was a bit complicated, as a result of neither Liam nor Maya had publicly confirmed their break up, and in a since-deleted remark, Maya pleaded with followers to cease displaying her footage of her man with one other girl. “I really like the entire followers a lot however please cease sending me these footage of my fiancé wrapped round one other girl. This isn’t me and it’s onerous sufficient figuring out this has occurred with out seeing it. Sufficient now,” she wrote beneath fan account photographs of Aliana’s story posts. Liam’s consultant has since confirmed that Maya and Liam are not collectively.
Aliana Mawla
It’s not clear precisely when Aliana and Liam began relationship, but when he and Maya broke up in April, he seems to have moved on fairly rapidly. Aliana and Liam met whereas taking pictures the music video for “Acquainted,” which served as a collaboration between the daddy of 1 and J. Balvin. The brand new couple made their first public look collectively on Could 24. They have been photographed strolling arm-in-arm via London’s Heathrow Airport.