Cheryl Cole breaks silence with heartbreaking tribute to Liam Payne who fathered her son Bear

Cheryl Cole has broken her silence with a heartbreaking tribute to Liam Payne in the wake of his sudden death.

The former One Direction star died after falling 45ft to his death from a third-floor balcony at the CasaSur Palmero Hotel in Argentina.

The Girls Aloud singer was previously in a relationship with Payne for two years, with the pair welcoming their child, Bear Grey, into the world on March 22, 2017.

The grieving mother has taken to Instagram telling of her anguish as she tries ‘navigate this earth shattering event’.

Her statement read: ‘As I try to navigate this earth shattering event, and work through my own grief at this indescribably painful time.

Alongside her touching tribute to the late 31-year-old Cheryl posted a picture of the father and his son

Cheryl Cole has broken her silence with a heartbreaking tribute to Liam Payne in the wake of his sudden death

The Girls Aloud singer was previously in a relationship with Payne for two years, with the pair welcoming their child Bear Grey into the world on March 22, 2017

The grieving mother has taken to Instagram to told of her anguish as she tries ‘navigate this earth shattering event’

‘I’d like to kindly remind everyone that we have lost a human being.

‘Liam was not only a pop star and celebrity, he was a son, a brother, an uncle, a  dear friend and a father to our seven year old son.

‘A son that now has to face the reality of never seeing his father again.’

The pair initially crossed path on the hit talent show in 2008, however it wasn’t until 2016 that their relationship began.

They made their official red carpet debut at Eva Longoria’s Global Gift Gala in Paris in that year, with  Payne paying tribute to Cheryle with a tattoo of her eye on his arm.

On March 22, 2017, the Girls Aloud singer gave birth to their son Bear, previously writing to Instagram: ‘On Wednesday Liam and I became parents to an incredibly beautiful, healthy baby boy looking like a dream.’

However a year later in July, Cheryl and Liam announced their split.

Later on in her statement, Cheryl kindly requested for the public and media to ‘give Liam the little dignity he has left.’

She continued: ‘What is troubling my spirit the most is that one day Bear will have access to the abhorrent reports and media exploitation we have seen in the past two days.

A selfie of Liam Payne in Argentina before his sudden death at the age of 31

Payne was seen contemplating a Forest Gump Halloween costume – he would die just 15 days before the holiday

The star heartbreakingly said he was ‘happy to have some time away’ less than an hour before he fell to his death

‘It is breaking my heart further that I cannot protect him from that in the future.

‘I am begging you to consider what use some of these reports are serving, other than to cause further harm to everyone left behind picking up the pieces.

‘Before you leave comments or make videos, ask yourself if you would like your own child or family to read them.

‘Please give Liam the little dignity he has left in the wake of his death to rest in some piece.’

Before his sudden death at around 5pm (ART) , the pop star had been attending his former bandmate Niall Horan’s tour in the Latin American country.

A heartbreaking video shows Liam Payne singing and dancing at the concert with his current partner Kate Cassidy.

Following the gig, he posted a tragic picture with Niall to Snapchat captioned: ‘Reunited.’

Separate posts  from the final moments of the star’s life showed him enjoying lunch in his hotel room, where he revealed the pair had been ‘waking up at 1pm every day’ and deciding on Forest Gump as a Halloween costume.