Louis Tomlinson appeared on the Diary of a CEO podcast to talk about his upcoming tour, new music, a three-part documentary series with Zayn Malik, and more. He also spoke about the death of his partner Liam Payne last year and how Niall Horan contacted him on a call to talk about it. The singer opened up about how difficult it was to come to terms with the death and how it made him think back to when he learned of his younger sister’s death 5 years ago.
Louis Tomlinson becomes aware of Liam Payne’s death
Speaking about where he was when he heard the news, he was “in the car, in Los Angeles” and as for who told him the news, the singer revealed details of the difficult moment. “I found out about it through Niall,” he said. Louis Tomlinson shared that he felt a strange feeling when he heard about it from another member of One Direction. “I had the same feeling as with Félicité,” he remembers, speaking of his late sister who died at the age of 18.
“And I think everyone faces that problem when they’re around someone who’s struggling: my 150 percent wasn’t enough,” he opened up about Félicité and Liam Payne’s struggle with substance use. “And that’s when my own arrogance started to think that I could have helped him, really, because it was much deeper than what I could have done for him.”
“He was definitely struggling at that time in his life,” the Back to You star confirmed. In reaction to his disappearance, the 33-year-old man shared a message recalling his time and having difficulty accepting the truth. “When I published my article about him, I really wanted him to be remembered the way he should be remembered.”
“I could go on and talk all day about how amazing he was, but I think we all admired him. I don’t think we would have been brave enough to say at that age, when I was in the band, I think I would have had too much pride, but we all admired him enormously,” Louis Tomlinson shared of his dear friend.
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