(CNN) – Liam Payne‘s ex-partner Cheryl Cole paid tribute to the late singer in a statement calling for sensitivity in… Covering up his death.
Cole posted a photo of Liam and their son, Bear, on her official Instagram account, and wrote: “Liam wasn’t just a pop star and a celebrity, he was a son, a brother , an uncle, a good friend, and a father to our 7 year old son.
Cole expressed her concern that her son would one day see media reports of his father’s death, saying: “The thing that bothers my soul the most is that Bear will one day have access to the hate reports and media release we have seen in the last two. days.”
She said: “It breaks my heart even more that I can’t protect him from this in the future.
The late singer Liam Payne was in a relationship with Cheryl Cole, who was a member of the singing group Girls Aloud, and a judge on the British version of “The X Factor”, between 2016 and 2018, and they had a son Bear in 2017.
In a video shared on YouTube in 2023, Payne talked about the love and respect he feels for his son, Bear.
“He’s amazing,” he said of his son.
