Liam Payne, Maya Henry. Jamie McCarthy/Getty Pictures for Elton John AIDS Basis
Liam Payne and ex-fiancée Maya Henry had an on and off relationship.
The One Path alum was first linked to Henry in August 2018, shortly after he and ex-girlfriend Cheryl Cole broke up. One 12 months later, Payne and Henry made their relationship Instagram official.
“If somebody goes to take an image, somebody goes to do one thing. The distinction is together with her, she’s so relaxed that it helps me calm down in a state of affairs, somewhat than being someplace, and discuss who’s watching and what’s happening,” Payne mentioned on KISS FM U.Ok. in September 2019. “Persons are going to look at no matter. What am I imagined to do? I can’t do something about it now. It’s too late for that. It’s simply been fairly good and simply going out.”
He added, “I’ve managed to discover much more of London than I ever have truly in my life, which has been fairly enjoyable. My life has been fairly regular lately, which has been a break.”
Dave Benett/Getty Pictures; Karwai Tang/WireImage Liam Payne’s ex-fiancée, Maya Henry, has pulled from her actual life to write down her debut novel, Trying Ahead. “Clearly the guide is fiction, [but it’s] positively impressed by true occasions.” Henry, 23, informed Folks in an interview printed on Wednesday, Could 15. “[The main character] Mallory is similar to […]
Payne proposed in August 2020, however they cut up the following 12 months. Payne and Henry later reconciled however referred to as it quits for good in Could 2022 after he was accused of dishonest. (Payne denied the allegations on the time.)
When Henry launched a novel impressed by the tumultuous relationship in 2024, Trying Ahead, some followers had been satisfied she pulled inspiration from Payne.
“A few of the issues that fictionalized the guide had been, clearly the identify adjustments, a number of the cities are completely different,” Henry mentioned on the “Web Is Useless” podcast in October 2024. “A few of the timelines are a bit skewed. Folks had been like, ‘This will’t be about Liam,’ as a result of after I was speaking concerning the abortion, he mentioned, ‘Oh, I’m not prepared for a child,’ and in actual life that’s clearly not the case. For privateness causes, I simply wished to depart stuff like that out of my guide.”
Payne, who died weeks later on the age of 31, shared son Bear with ex Cole.
Hold scrolling to revisit Payne and Henry’s relationship timeline:
2018
Payne and Henry began relationship after they had been 26 and 18, respectively. He by no means publicly addressed the age hole.
August 2020
Two years later, Us Weekly confirmed that Payne proposed.
June 2021
Throughout an look on the “Diary of a CEO” podcast, Payne revealed that he was single.
“I really feel like greater than something at this level, I’m extra upset in myself that I carry on hurting individuals,” he mentioned on the time. “That annoys me. I’ve simply not been excellent at relationships. I’m simply not excellent at them so I simply must work on myself earlier than I put myself on to anyone else.”
Payne added, “I really feel like that’s the place I received to in my final relationship. I simply wasn’t giving an excellent model of me anymore, that I didn’t recognize and I didn’t like being.”
One Path might have hit pause on their music collectively, however band members Harry Kinds, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik have continued to hit play relating to romance. Malik’s relationship with fellow English singer Perrie Edwards was a fan-favorite because the couple began relationship in 2011 and received engaged […]
October 2021
The breakup was short-lived as Payne and Henry reconciled a number of months later, earlier than making their crimson carpet debut on the BFI London Movie Competition in October.
Could 2022
By Could 2022, they cut up once more after rumors surfaced that Payne cheated on Henry. Payne’s rep, nevertheless, informed Us that he and Henry cut up “over a month in the past.”
That very same 12 months, Payne began relationship Kate Cassidy.
Could 2024
Henry printed her debut novel on Could 14, about Mallory Hunt, a fan of boy band 5Forward, who ultimately turns into a vogue mannequin. As soon as Mallory turns into an It Lady, she meets and begins relationship former 5Forward member Oliver Smith. Within the guide, Oliver compelled Mallory to have an abortion after she received pregnant.
“Clearly the guide is fiction, [but it’s] positively impressed by true occasions,” Henry informed Folks in an interview printed on Wednesday, Could 15. “[The main character] Mallory is similar to me, and that’s why it was very straightforward for me to write down her character and put the emotion in there. I’m simply grateful that I’ve this chance and platform to actually assist be a voice for ladies.”
Payne by no means publicly addressed Henry’s guide.
October 2024
Henry continued to element her relationship with Payne in a collection of scathing social media movies. In a single early October clip, Henry claimed that Payne used to inform her that 1D alum Zayn Malik as soon as threw him up in opposition to a wall. (Neither singer addressed the rumor. Us reached out for remark on the time.)
On October 14, the Day by day Mail reported that Henry despatched a cease-and-desist letter to Payne after he allegedly repeatedly tried to contact her. Us confirmed two days later that Payne died at age 31 when he fell off a resort balcony in Argentina.