LIAM Payne's haunting final words have been revealed by his girlfriend Katie Cassidy – six months after his death.
singer passed away at the age of 31 afterin .
Influencer , 25, has been candidly documenting her grief since the tragic event in interviews and on social media.
until two days before his passing.
In an appearance on Jay Shetty’s On Purpose podcast, Kate has shared the comfort she finds in their final exchange.
Recalling the moment she left Buenos Aires to return to their home in , Kate described the deeply emotional goodbye the couple shared.
She said: “I remember sitting there with him and I was going on and on and on about how much I love him.
“And he laughed and interrupted me and was like: ‘Kate you're gonna miss your flight, your car is in the driveway.’”;
Liam then added: “You’re acting like this is the last time you are ever gonna see me again.”;
At the time, Kate said she laughed, unaware of what was to come.
She said: “But to look back in time and know that that was the last time I was ever gonna see him again is just so chilling.
“I am so blessed that it was that heartfelt goodbye. Our last goodbye – I wouldn’t have wanted it to be any differently. I am so glad we had that beautiful time together and I wouldn’t change that.”;
Last week, to the late singer in a moving video, reflecting on grief, love, and the memories they made together.
Filming herself as the sun set in front of her, Kate began, “I just felt the need to come on here and speak.” Sitting outside in Charleston, , she revealed she was still struggling to come to terms with Liam’s passing.
“I am watching the sunset right now and I know that Liam's here with me, but I still can't fully wrap my head around the fact that he's not physically here with me,” she said.
She explained that she remains in Charleston, a place that now holds deep emotional significance for her, adding: “I love the city so much and I will always have love for the city and the city will hold such a special spot in my heart for the rest of my life.”
In a poignant moment, Kate described the quiet pain of realising Liam will no longer be part of her future experiences.
She shared: “One thing I've caught myself saying so often while being here and even before being here, I catch myself saying, Liam would love this, instead of Liam would have loved this.
“Saying those words out loud in the present tense, but realizing that it's something that isn't present and he's not gonna be able to make these new memories with me or relive past memories with me... It's something really, really hard to wrap my head around still.”
Fighting back emotion, Kate quoted a line that has been echoing in her mind: “There's this quote that lives rent free in my mind and it says, ‘To grieve deeply is to be loved fully.’”
She added: “This resonates with me a lot, and instead of realizing what I've lost, I realise how lucky I was to even have that in the first place and to have that love. And it's something that will never go away.”
The previous week, Kate posted a video of the spot where she and Liam first met.
She shared another heartfelt clip from Charleston – the city where she once lived and worked, and where their love story began.
Kate revealed her friends had surprised her with a feast of McDonald’s – Liam’s favourite food – as a way of remembering him.
The revealed how she wanted this to be a “peaceful moment” rather than “sad”, as she remembered the star at the place they found love.
Kate then talked about how her and Liam loved “make a wish paper”.
She explained: “You write down your wishes and then light it up, and hope it comes true” – she then revealed she was doing this in “honour of Liam”.
Kate and her friends then proceeded to light up small sheets of “wish paper” as they made wishes for Liam, and threw them up into the air.
Some of the paper failed to fly away, causing the Influencer to fall off back on her chair and start laughing.
She added: “Liam is definitely making fun of us right now.”
It should be noted, people shouldn't copy this as playing with matches and paper is extremely dangerous.
KATE'S STRUGGLE
Spending time with her friends comes as some light relief for Kate, , trying to come to terms with .
and dealing with the pain of such an enormous loss.
Speaking to ITV‘s , she said: “I'm going through this healing journey, sometimes it's hard for me to get out of bed in the morning and something I don't want to do.
“But I have this responsibility and this obligation that I am almost in a way… I have no choice.
“I have to get out of bed (for my and whether it's a five-minute walk or 20-minute walk first thing in the morning.
“Either way, it just wakes me up and refreshes my mind instead of laying in bed all day just scrolling through social media or old photos, it gets me out of bed and really, really helps my mindset and my mental health.”
LOSING LIAM
Kate had been staying with Liam in but flew back to America before .
In an interview with Flying Eze last month
She added: “Love is so optimistic, and you just hope that everything will work out at the end.
“Obviously if I knew, if I could see into the future, I would never have left Argentina.”
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