Followers had been devastated to study that Liam Payne died after falling from the third flooring of a lodge in Buenos Aires on Wednesday. He was 31.
Earlier than his premature passing, the British singer was in a relationship with influencer Kate Cassidy. They started relationship in fall 2022, skilled a quick breakup in Could 2023, however shortly reunited and had been collectively simply days earlier than his tragic demise.
Right here you’ll be able to see a full timeline of their relationship.
September 2022
Whereas nobody has disclosed the precise begin of Kate’s romance with the “Strip That Down” singer, it appears possible it started round September 11, 2022, when an area information station in Charleston reported Liam’s presence within the space. In a TikTok posted in September 2024, Kate revealed that they met whereas she was working at a bar within the port metropolis known as Ritual. It was solely her second week on the job, and so they ended up going bowling and on a ghost tour the next day.
@kateecass
Replying to @Make Artwork Not Struggle cats out of the bag heres the story of how i met my bf 🤠
♬ authentic sound – Kateecass
“We basically had one of our first dates in a graveyard,” she talked about within the video.
October 2022
Liam and Kate sparked romance rumors when the Every day Mail printed images of them attending a Halloween occasion hand in hand. The couple dressed up as Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee for the event.
December 2022
The couple made their pink carpet debut on the British Trend Awards, the place Liam wore a pointy go well with and Kate shocked in a black costume that includes chest cutouts and a thigh-high slit.

January 2023
Kate shared a number of Instagram pictures of the pair, together with a comfortable snap of them collectively in an elevator.
March 2023
Liam and Kate stepped out to help fellow One Route alum Louis Tomlinson on the premiere of his documentary, All of These Voices, in March 2023.
After the occasion, she shared a heartfelt message in regards to the venture through an Instagram caption. “What a crazy eye opening experience!” she wrote alongside a photograph and video of herself and Liam. “It was so nice to meet you finally.”
Could 2023
The “Sunshine” singer and Kate dated for about seven months earlier than they reportedly known as it quits by Could 2023, based on a supply, through US Weekly. “Liam and Kate have broken up,” the insider advised the outlet on Could 10.
June 2023
One month after calling it quits, the 2 shortly reunited. In June 2023, they had been noticed holding fingers throughout an evening out in London.
July 2023
The couple attended Wimbledon 2023 collectively.
@kateecass
had such a tremendous day🥰 so grateful #wimbledon #wimbledon2023 #dayvlog
♬ Sometime – The Strokes
March 2024
Liam and Kate demonstrated that their relationship was going robust once they held fingers whereas stepping out in Paris. Kate turned heads in a sheer striped costume as they walked collectively.
August 2024
Liam confronted backlash after joking in a TikTok match verify video that his girlfriend was “covered up for once.” Kate later defended him in opposition to claims of misogyny, explaining in a subsequent TikTok that she had inspired him to make the joke.
“He doesn’t care at all what I wear,” she reassured her followers.
September 2024
Liam was all smiles in a photograph Kate shared of them at a marriage. The duo additionally danced collectively in a TikTok video forward of the nuptials.
The couple then traveled to Argentina in late September and ended up spending two weeks within the nation, regardless of the journey initially being scheduled for simply 5 days.
October 2024
Kate shared a TikTok video of her and Liam on a bowling outing, noting that he “drags me to bowling at least four times a week.” Additionally they attended Niall Horan’s live performance in Buenos Aires.
@kateecass
Such a enjoyable present (:
♬ Should Be Love – Niall Horan
Forward of the present, Liam expressed his hope to speak together with his former groupmate, noting {that a} dialog was lengthy overdue. “I think we might just go and say hello,” he mentioned in a Snapchat video shared on social media on Oct. 1. “It’s been a while since me and Niall have spoken. We’ve got a lot to talk about, and I’d like to square up a couple of things with the boy. No bad vibes or anything like that, but we need to talk.”
@kateecass
soooo happpiii to b again in sunshine state
♬ authentic sound – nicole
On Oct. 14, Kate shared a vlog of herself touring again to Florida from Argentina. Liam died two days later.
After Liam’s passing on October 16, 2024, Kate broke her silence on the information on Friday, October 18, 2024. She wrote on her Instagram Tales, “I have been at a complete loss. Nothing about the past few days have felt real. I ask and pray that you’ll give me the grace and space to navigate this in private. … Liam, my angel. You are everything. I want you to know I loved you unconditionally and completely. I will continue to love you for the rest of my life. I love you, Liam.”