Payne was dropped by record label Universal Music just days before his death
Haunting final videos of Liam Payne show the singer looking dazed, unsteady on his feet and occasionally slurring his words as he spoke to fans in the hours and days before he fell to his death.
Footage shared on TikTok showed the former One Direction star meeting well-wishers in Buenos Aires before the fatal fall on Wednesday – which police believe may be linked to drug and alcohol consumption.
While Payne, 31, is seen smiling and joking as he charms fans by taking the time to speak to each of them individually, aspects of his body language appear concerning.
In one clip, Payne looks unsteady on his feet as he hugs a fan and tells her ‘that was a really big squeeze’. He then says something else but the words appear slurred and are hard to determine.
Another video shows the singer ruffles his hair as he poses with a fan for the camera before he briefly looks down at the ground and furrows his brow.
In one clip, Payne looks unsteady on his feet as he hugs a fan and tells her ‘that was a really big squeeze’. He then says something else but the words appear slurred and are hard to determine
Another video shows the singer ruffles his hair as he poses with a fan for the camera before he briefly looks down at the ground and furrows his brow
Despite the apparently concerning aspects of his body language, Payne maintains his usual friendly demeanor and patiently listens to each fan who comes up to him.
A man named Guillo tells Payne that he ‘saved my life in so many ways’ and shows the 31-year-old how he had got the same tattoos inked on his body.
Payne hugged Guillo and said it was a ‘pleasure’ to meet him and thanked him for his kind words, saying they could take some ‘cool pictures’ and asking for his ‘nombre’.
In a fourth clip, Payne signs an autograph for a woman, asking the gathered crowd for the Spanish word for ‘pen’ because he didn’t have one. When they reply ‘lapicera’, he joked: ‘I feel like you’re trying to make me say something rude.’
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Despite the apparently concerning aspects of his body language, Payne maintains his usual friendly demeanor and patiently listens to each fan who comes up to him
One fan in Argentina named Guillo tells Payne that he ‘saved my life in so many ways’
Payne says it is a ‘pleasure’ to meet the fan, Guillo, and thanks him for his kind words
Guillo shows Payne how he had got the same tattoos on his body, and they pose for a photo
Payne signs an autograph for a fan, asking the gathered crowd for the Spanish word for ‘pen’
Another delighted fan who got to take a selfie with Payne in Buenos Aires
Today a fan who spoke to Liam Payne minutes before he fell to his death revealed how the singer told her: ‘I used to be in a boy band – that’s why I’m so f**ked up’.
In her compelling account, Rebecca, one of the last people to speak to the popstar at the Casa Sur Hotel in the Argentine capital on Wednesday, claimed that Payne:
Rebecca, not her real name, a 28-year-old IT consultant from Washington DC, took these haunting photographs of Payne in the lobby shortly before his death.
She said his bizarre behaviour and its horrific aftermath had left her ‘shaken’.
Rebecca’s surprise 30-minute long encounter with Payne took place in the foyer of the hotel, where she was staying for a wedding. Payne had been due to check out on Wednesday morning, but still had not done so by late afternoon, she claimed.
Rebecca took her photos from 4.26pm local time (8.26pm UK time) – which is also when Payne made the ‘boy band’ comment. Just 36 minutes later, hotel staff raised the alarm at 5.04pm following Payne’s fall. An ambulance arrived at 5.11pm and Payne was then certified dead.