Former One Direction singer Liam Payne was found dead after falling from the balcony of his third-floor room at a Buenos Aires hotel, Argentine police said on Wednesday. Police said in a statement that they were called to the Casasur hotel in the capital’s leafy Palermo neighborhood after receiving reports of an “aggressive individual who may be under the influence of drugs and alcohol.” (Also read: One Direction star Liam Payne found dead in Buenos Aires,
In audio related to the case obtained from the Buenos Aires Security Ministry, an activist can be heard asking for help from the police.
The employee said, “When he’s conscious he’s destroying the entire room and we need you to send someone.” He also said that the guest’s life was in danger due to the presence of a balcony in the room.
‘Mature’
Throughout his time in One Direction, which also included Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson, Liam was described as a ‘mature and responsible man’. He was often credited as the ‘father’ of the group, keeping fights and keeping control in check between all the members during their many tours and outdoor shows.
he talked about an interview With The Guardian in 2019. “I lived a different lifestyle from the age of 14 to 16. Most kids drink and experiment – I never did that because I thought there was a chance I could be successful at it.” The band management ‘took advantage of this’ and assigned him a ‘very specific role’: to keep the rest of the guys in line.
“I was like, this is great, really – because then everyone in the band thinks I’m a d**k.” Recalling the band’s first hotel stay, he said, “We saw plates being thrown out the window, mattresses being thrown down the stairs, and I was getting calls from the manager saying: ‘You This needs to be resolved’.”
Due to this, Liam was also often called the ‘boring one’ while Malik and Styles were the heartthrobs.
drug and alcohol abuse
Around the same time, his life took a turn for the worse due to alcohol and drug abuse. In 2021, he appeared Diary of a CEO Podcast host Steven Bartlett Sunday. Liam said that he “didn’t like myself very much” during his boy band days. He said he was fueled by “pills and alcohol” and had “moments of suicidal ideation”.
“There are some things I’ve definitely never talked about. It was really, really, really serious. It was a problem.” Conditions became worse while he was on tour, being confined to hotel rooms for several days. He said, “In the band… the best way to protect us, because of how big we had become, was to just lock us in our rooms. What’s in the room? A mini-bar.” “So at a certain point I thought, I’m just going to have a party for one and this will go on for years of my life. Then you look back at how long you’ve been drinking and you say, ‘Oh Jesus Christ, that’s a long time.'”
Last year, he published a video for fans on his YouTube channel in which he talked about his family, creating new art, and performing again after quitting alcohol. He thanked his supporters for sticking with him during difficult times.
