On Oct. 21, Liam Payne’s sister, Nicola Payne, took to Instagram to share a statement.
In her statement, Nicola Payne detailed the devastating way she learned of her brother’s death. As she explained, she learned of news via a news alert she received on her phone.
“When I saw the news pop up on my phone that you had left us I went cold, I wanted so much for this to be untrue,” she wrote.
“I have spent days hoping that it was a mistake and somebody has got it wrong.”
Nicola Payne continued, saying her brother was “too good for this earth, you are an angel who just lived for making people smile and happy.”
“You have always shown kindness to everyone you met and it shows with just how many people have confirmed what we always knew!”
The proud sister admitted they “don’t have many pictures together as we never we never really did that as a family, we never wanted you to feel like you were in a room of fans, but we were your biggest fans always and forever. Your talent alone puts you miles ahead, but also you being you.”
“You led your life with a motto of why bother doing something unless you are brilliant at it, and Liam you were certainly brilliant at everything you did,” she continued. “Unfortunately this cruel world is always to quick to judge someone from a few 5 second clips, they then think it entitles them to be able to speak like they know you. We knew you and we loved you.”
Nicola Payne admitted she hopes her brother “finally found peace up there and that you’ll continue to look after us all as you have done in life.”
“We will make sure Bear knows about his daddy,” she said of Liam Payne’s 7-year-old son, “and how much you loved him, we promise this.”
Liam Payne, a member of the former boy band, One Direction, died on Oct. 16 while vacationing in Argentina. He was 31 years old.
