Josh Rom: Entertainment reporter says Liam Payne was active on social media hours before his death

Former One Direction star Liam Payne was active and posting on social media just hours before his death. 

The 31-year-old and father-of-one died after a fall at a hotel in Buenos Aires. 

He's famous for being a member of one of the world’s best-selling boy bands at the time, then developing a solo career. 

Entertainment reporter Josh Rom told Mike Hosking that online activity showed Payne having a good time in Argentina, supporting former bandmates Niall Horan’s tour.  

He says that picture being painted around Payne’s death is filled with mixed messages, as he had been struggling with his personal life, but also seemed to be having a fun time in Argentina.   

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
The death of Liam Payne came as a shock yesterday,
of course, off the balcony of the third floor room
in the hotel and Juanas here as the UK entertainment
reporter Josh rom with us from London. Morning mate, Good
morning to you guys over in New Zealand. I'll tell
you what. Having a look at some of those photos
from the hotel room, it's an ugly scene, isn't it.

Speaker 2 (00:15):
Absolutely, it's absolutely horrendous, seeing funny enough a random soap
box amidst all the what looks to be like drug
paraphernalia smashed up laptops. We knew from local reports when
the news was being revealed overnight, so to speak, that
Liam Payne was acting reportedly acting, I should say, erratically

(00:40):
before he was taken back up to his room. There
were reports of an aggressive man who was intoxicated on
either alcohol or another substance. Those were the reports that
were going through two local emergency services in Argentina. Quite

(01:01):
disturbing and quite concerning facts coming out from Buenos Aire's.

Speaker 1 (01:05):
Indeed, and plenty to worry about in these recent days.
On social media, if you follow him, what's gone wrong
with his life?

Speaker 2 (01:12):
Yes? Well, recently, Liam had a lot of personal problems
when it came to his career. He recently split parted
ways with management. We know that plans for his second
studio album were shelved. We know that he's had problems
in the studio rewriting his tracks. We also know that

(01:34):
his ex girlfriend Maya Henry was going to issue could
she consulted lawyers to issue a cease and desist order
to Liam because reportedly he was contacting her persistently, as
well as her friends and even her mother when it
came to their relationship. We heard it's been rumored that

(01:55):
Maya Henry was going to release a book. It wasn't
necessarily nonfiction book. It was a fiction story but clearly
based on their relationship, about a woman who fell in
love with a pop star. So we know that there
was problems with his personal life, problems with his professional life.
He's also been very open and honest previously about the

(02:18):
mental health problems that he himself suffered and also problems
that he's reportedly faced with either alcohol or drug abuse.
We know that he's had kidney issues. We also know
back in twenty twenty two he had on one hundred
days stay in a rehab facility in twenty twenty three.
In July, he said that he was six months sober.

(02:40):
So all of these facts coming together do start to
build up a rather concerning picture. Bearing in mind though
he did seem to have a good time in recent
days in Argentina. He was there supporting his former One
Direction bandmate Nile Horan on his world tour. He was
posing various lovely posts with his current girlfriend Kate Cassidy

(03:04):
on social media as well, having breakfasts, living a very
fun existence, very fun life, having a good time over
in Argentina as well. So again very mixed messages.

Speaker 1 (03:17):
Listen day, it's a shocking miss Josh appreciate Josh Rahm
out of London this morning.

Speaker 2 (03:21):
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