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‘Unjust and Frustrating’: Louis Tomlinson on Liam Payne’s Death
Louis Tomlinson reflected on the band's 15th anniversary feeling empty without Liam Payne, who died after falling from a hotel balcony with substances in his system, officials said.
- Published October 8, 2025, Louis Tomlinson spoke publicly one year after Liam Payne's death, saying coping was `It was really, really, impossibly difficult for me to deal with losing Liam.`
- Investigators recorded Liam Payne's cause of death as `polytrauma` after he fell from the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires on Oct. 16, 2024, with toxicology revealing alcohol, cocaine, and antidepressants, and 5 arrests made.
- Tomlinson defended Payne against criticism after a 2022 Logan Paul's Impaulsive podcast, calling him a `very misunderstood person` and the group's `safest pair of hands` during One Direction's formation.
- The band's 15th anniversary earlier this year felt painfully empty for Louis Tomlinson, while One Direction reunited at Liam Payne's funeral in Buckinghamshire and issued a joint grieving message.
- Tomlinson announced his third studio album How Did I Get Here? due January 23 and a 2026 arena tour across the UK and Europe, pledging support to Payne's son Bear Grey.
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Louis Tomlinson Admits Liam Payne’s Death Was 'Impossibly Difficult'
Louis Tomlinson is still grieving the loss of former One Direction bandmate Liam Payne. “It was really, really, impossibly difficult for me to deal with losing Liam,” Tomlinson, 33, told Rolling Stone UK in an interview published on Tuesday, October 7. “Naively, I thought that because at this point, I’m relatively well versed in grief for my age, that it might soften the blow.” Tomlinson was referring to the loss of his mother, Johannah Deakin, …
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