Louis Tomlinson has spoken out about the emotional aftermath of Liam Payne’s tragic and untimely death.
Former One Direction band member Louis died at the age of 31 in Buenos Aires after falling from the third floor balcony of the Casa Sur Palmero hotel on October 16, 2024.
The toxicology report revealed he had alcohol, cocaine and a prescription antidepressant in his system.
In a new interview with The Independent, Louis shared that he was having a hard time accepting that Liam was dead.
“I naively thought that at this point I would unfortunately be a little more comfortable with grief than other people my age,” he said, after losing his mother to leukemia in 2016 and his sister to an accidental overdose in 2019.
“I thought it might mean something, but it doesn’t at all. It’s something I’ll never really accept. I don’t think so,” he added of Liam’s death.
Thursday October 16, tributes poured in for the late singer. His girlfriend Kate Cassidy shared a cute video of Liam trying to lift her and failing.
Liam’s sister Ruth penned a heartbreaking note, writing: “1 year, 12 months, 52 weeks, 365 days… no matter how I say it, it still means the most heartbreaking truth that you are no longer here.”
She added: “When you were going on tour and I was crying saying you’d be gone for a while, I always knew you’d come back, but now I can’t bring you home, I can’t meet you somewhere in the world, I can’t meet you or text to see how you’re doing, it’s eternal homesickness because we can’t go back.”
