Liam Payne and Cheryl Cole’s relationship: Timeline from ‘X Factor’ meeting to coparenting son Bear

Liam Payne has died aged 31, after falling from a third-floor balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The One Route singer was in a relationship with influencer Kate Cassidy on the time of his loss of life, whereas ex-fiancée Maya Henry had issued a stop and desist final week alleging that the musician continued to contact her.

Previous to assembly Cassidy in October 2022, and Henry in 2019, Liam was in a relationship with former X Issue decide Cheryl Cole.

The pair share one seven-year-old son collectively, Bear.

We break down the timeline of the couple’s unconventional assembly and subsequent relationship under.

2008 – Cheryl and Liam meet for the primary time on the X Issue

Liam was aged 14 when he met X Issue decide Cheryl for the primary time throughout season 5 of the favored programme in 2008. He sang “Fly Me to the Moon” by Frank Sinatra and gave the previous Women Aloud singer a wink.

“I feel you’re actually cute, you’ve charisma and also you gave me a cheeky wink,” she mentioned about her first impressions. Cheryl was married to Chelsea footballer Ashley Cole on the time.

The aspiring musician from Wolverhampton made it to the boot-camp stage of the competitors earlier than being despatched house by Simon Cowell and informed to return again in two years.

2010 – One Route are shaped

The singer returned to the present, the identical yr that Cheryl divorced her husband, Ashley. Whereas Liam was reduce as a solo artist on the time, Pussycat Doll and X Issue decide Nicole Scherzinger steered a band could possibly be shaped by bringing collectively solo rejects Zayn Malik, Harry Kinds, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, and naturally, Liam.

2015 – Liam and Cheryl are reunited

One Route carried out on the X Issue closing in December of 2015 which is reportedly the place Cole and Payne met one another as soon as once more. On the time, Cheryl was married to her second husband Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini.

2016 – Cheryl splits from second husband amid Liam Payne rumours and couple verify relationship

In February the couple break up, amid rumours that Cole was now courting the One Route star. Payne had shared a sequence of Instagram photos devoted to the singer, together with one on Worldwide Girls’s Day calling her his “favorite lady on the planet”.

Regardless of a 10-year age hole, the pair made their relationship official in Might the identical yr with a public look on the International Present Gala in Cannes.

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2017 – Liam and Cheryl welcome their first little one

On 25 March 2017, the couple introduced the arrival of their first little one, whom they named Bear. Cheryl shared an image of Liam holding the new child.

“My shut family and friends know there are only a few instances once I’m left speechless… wow! I’m extremely glad to welcome our new child boy into the world,” wrote Liam in an emotive submit on his Instagram web page.

“It’s a second that I’ll always remember for the remainder of my life and my favorite reminiscence I’ve to date. I’m utterly in awe of his unbelievable mom and the way she has been the entire manner by this, she’s actually made my goals come true.”

2018 – The couple break up

In July 2018, Liam introduced that the couple had break up in a submit on X/Twitter, after rumours that the singer’s promotional work for his new solo profession meant the couple weren’t in a position to spend as a lot time collectively.

He wrote: “Cheryl and I are unhappy to announce that we’re going our separate methods. It’s been a troublesome resolution 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 just respect his privateness as we navigate our manner by this collectively.”

2019 – 2024 New relationships and co-parenting

After his break up from Cheryl, Liam started courting 23-year-old Texan mannequin Maya Henry in 2019, changing into engaged the next yr. By June 2021, the couple had determined to finish their relationship, however rekindled later the identical yr earlier than breaking off their engagement for a second and closing time in Might 2022.

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Liam reportedly remained energetic in his son Bear’s life.

“I take my son to highschool one or two instances every week and it’s one of the best factor. The connection we [him and Cheryl] have now as associates has solely grown extra,” he informed YouTuber Logan Paul.

“We broke up for a cause and now she offers me full autonomy of my life and to do what I do and I do know he’s [Bear’s] taken care of. He’s all she cares about and I couldn’t ask for extra.”

2024 – Liam dies all of a sudden in balcony fall

On the time of his loss of life, he was in a relationship with influencer Kate Cassidy, who he met in October 2022.

Cheryl has not launched an announcement in regards to the loss of life on the time of writing.