Kate Cassidy has broken her silence on her final days with Liam Payne in her first interview since the singer’s death.

The former One Direction star died at the age of 31 after falling from the third-floor balcony of the Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 16 October 2024.

Two days before Payne’s death, his girlfriend, Cassidy, travelled back to her home in Miami, Florida. This led to much speculation that the pair had broken up after two years of dating.

In her new interview with The Sun, the 25-year-old explained her reasons for leaving Argentina and revealed the moment she found out about the singer’s death.

Kate Cassidy and Liam Payne began dating in 2022 (Ricky Vigil M/Justin E Palmer/GC Images)

The influencer said the pair had a ‘fairytale romance’ and that she supported him ‘through thick and thin’ as she planned to marry him.

“Love is so optimistic, and you just hope that everything will work out at the end. Obviously if I knew, if I could see into the future, I would never have left Argentina,” Cassidy told the outlet.

She explained that the plan had originally been to go there for ‘about a week’.

“After two weeks, I had a responsibility, we had a responsibility, we had our dog,” she added.

Having described Payne as her ‘charming soulmate’, Cassidy said: “I never thought this would’ve happened.”