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Kate Cassidy reflecting on the last memories she shared Liam Payne because she was celebrating two years since his death.
The hitmaker, 27, shared a series of posts via Instagram on Friday, October 16, as she commemorated the loss of her late boyfriend.
Cassidy posted a throwback video of the pair playing around, where Payne could be seen lifting his girlfriend up in the air.
“Treasure every moment with the people you love,” read the text over the footage. “Forever grateful this was our last hour, our last video, our last moment together. Until the next life, I’ll see you again one day.”
She then simply captioned the post, “2 years ❤️.” Meanwhile, a second video featuring Payne captioned, “I love you forever and always.”
Posting through her Instagram Stories, Cassidy also shared several photos of the former member of the boy band One Direction, including selfies of the couple.
“2 years gone without you here but an eternity of memories,” she wrote via post, adding, “My handsome boy I love you!!!”
Payne died in October 2024 after falling from a third-floor balcony at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires. He was 31 years old.
Before his death, Cassidy had been on holiday in Argentina with Payne. The winner returned home to the United States a few days before his death. Months after the tragedy, Cassidy admitted she regretted leaving the country without Payne.
“Love is so optimistic, and you just hope that everything will work out in the end. Obviously, if I knew, if I could see the future, I would never have left Argentina,” Cassidy said in an interview with The Sun in February 2025. “I never thought this would happen, that it would turn out the way it did. It still doesn’t feel complete to me that he’s not here.”
One Direction alum Liam Payne had been dating hitmaker Kate Cassidy for two years before his death at age 31 in October 2024. Payne and Cassidy were first linked in October 2022, and Cassidy posted the singer on her Instagram page just a month before Us Weekly confirmed news of his death on October 16. […]
In March 2025, Cassidy opened up about how much she had been struggling with the loss of Payne, especially because his death was so unexpected.
“I find myself talking about it so much in the moment. I don’t even feel the need to correct myself,” she said on the UK morning show Lorraine. “That’s part of my healing journey. I’m still working on accepting that he’s not here anymore. It’s hard for me to refer to him in the past.
