Liam Payne’s fellow X Factor contestant reacts to One Direction star’s death

Liam Payne's fellow X Factor contestant reacts to One Direction star's deathSource: Sky News

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00:00Liam, in particular, was kind of, in my eyes, the wise one of them all,

00:04because he used to kind of try and keep the group together.

00:07And he had, to me, he had the stronger head on his shoulders.

00:11And I was quite shocked to hear what happened,

00:14because he always spoke about him and his father going into business

00:19while he was doing the show.

00:20And if he made a few bob, they were going to invest it in the whole lot.

00:24So he seemed to have it all together at the time, and they all did.

00:28And I'm devastated. I really am devastated.

00:31How did they interact with each other, Mary?

00:34In the house, they were great.

00:35They were the best of buddies.

00:37I mean, they all had each other's back and they were always there for each other.

00:40That's all I ever seen with them.

00:42They were always a kind bunch of lads.

00:44And again, to me, as an older woman in the house,

00:48I got a kiss every morning from every one of them.

00:50And they would say good morning to me.