One Direction Speaks Out On Liam Payne’s Death_ ‘Completely Devastated’

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00:00Liam Payne's former bandmates are sharing their grief together.

00:04The singer's fellow One Direction members issued a joint statement on his sudden death

00:09one day after he passed away from a three-story fall in Buenos Aires on October 16th.

00:14He was 31 years old.

00:16Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, and Louis Tomlinson

00:20spoke out in collective sorrow over the tragic loss,

00:23telling fans they are, quote,

00:25completely devastated by the news of Liam's passing

00:28and indicated that deeper thoughts are forthcoming.

00:31In time, and when everyone is able to, there will be more to say.

00:35But for now, we will take some time to grieve

00:37and process the loss of our brother, who we love dearly.

00:40The memories we shared with him will be treasured forever, the statement read,

00:44adding, for now, our thoughts are with his family, his friends,

00:47and the fans who loved him alongside us.

00:49We will miss him terribly. We love you, Liam.

00:52The pop star fell from his balcony after a weeks-long stay in Argentina

00:56shortly after hotel staff placed a 911 call

00:59indicating their concern for a guest who was apparently under the influence

01:03and causing damage to their room.

01:05A preliminary autopsy report confirmed that Liam died of multiple skull injuries

01:10as well as internal and external hemorrhaging.

01:12Police said that multiple substances were seized from his room.

01:16Liam's family also spoke out on the sad loss,

01:18saying he will be remembered as a kind, funny, and brave soul.

01:22The musician is survived by his 7-year-old son, Bear, with ex, Cheryl.

01:26Access Hollywood last spoke with Liam in 2020,

01:29where he shared how he and Louis connected

01:31over their respective parenting experiences.

01:34Me and Louis speak about it quite a lot.

01:35I mean, from our perspective, actually, for me and my ex,

01:39when we first had Bear in, like, after a few weeks,

01:42I don't know what Cheryl did at the time,

01:44but she got him in this beautiful sleeping pattern.

01:46He was sleeping.

01:47And I was like, I don't know what the fuss is all about.

01:49Like, what are you guys talking about?

01:51And people used to come to our house and they'd be like,

01:53how on earth have you done that?

01:54Like, how have you made it work?

01:57Because people were like, he's just so...

01:59We were very blessed and lucky with having Bear

02:01because he's so calm.

02:02There's no volume involved.

02:03Like, he throws his toys at the camera every so often,

02:05like a little bit.

02:06Of course, kids do.

02:07But he's been a blessing so far.

02:09So for me, it was like, it was quite easy at the start in a sense.

02:14Louis just phones me up every so often.

02:15It's comforting hearing from another dad

02:17who's obviously outside the situation

02:19and has to visit and go in and out of it.

02:21And hearing the dynamic of the things going on with them

02:23and what happens in that way.

02:24And his son's a tiny little bit older than mine.

02:27So I kind of get a lot of the different lessons

02:29and different things off him in a lot of ways, yeah.

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