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Liam Payne the father: Inside the star’s bond with son Bear

The One Direction singer was a proud dad
Liam Payne and Bear
Liam Payne proudly spoke about his son Bear.
Getty/ Liam Payne Instagram

Liam Payne’s son now faces life without his father after the star’s shock death aged 31.

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The One Direction singer shared a 7-year-old son named Bear with Cheryl Cole.

The former couple welcomed their baby boy in March 2017 when Payne was 23.

“I always wanted to be a young dad, but I didn’t really expect that I’d ever be in this place,” Payne told People in 2018.

Liam Payne holding infant son Bear
Payne proudly announced the birth of his son on Instagram. (Credit: Liam Payne Instagram)
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“I had my son at a young age, and you think it will be a magical thing, that you’re going to grow up one day into the person you’re supposed to be. But it took a lot to find my footing. I figured, Dad takes care of everyone, that’s what he does, so my thing was to cook.”

Did Liam Payne see his son Bear?

Payne and Cole started dating in 2016 and split a year after Bear was born.

“It’s been a tough decision for us to make,” Payne wrote in a tweet to fans after the break up was made public. “We still have so much love for each other as a family. Bear is our world and we ask that you respect his privacy as we navigate our way through this together.”

While Bear remained living with his mother full-time, Payne continued to play an active role in his life.

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“I see him two times a week, three times a week sometimes,” he told People in 2022. “And I make sure when I see him, he has 100 percent of my time. I make sure that I’m not on my phone or dicking around somewhere else.”

Liam Payne and Cheryl Cole
Payne and Cole split the year after Bear was born. (Getty)

While Payne and Cole kept their son largely out of the spotlight, generally sharing pictures of his back when they post on social media, the proud dad revealed that Bear was a chip off the old block.

“He looks exactly like me, which is very strange,” Paye told People when his son was 3. “When family members see baby pictures of me now, they say, “Oh wow, Bear looks really great there!”‘

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And while a lot of kids think their parents are uncool, Bear was pretty proud of his famous parents. Cole is also a popular singer and TV presenter in the UK.

“The other day he said, ‘How lucky am I to have famous parents?’ I said, ‘It doesn’t matter.’ He goes: ‘Yeah. But it’s pretty cool.”‘ Payne told ” Cole told British Vogue.

“The problem is that I want Bear to have a normal childhood. I don’t want people recognizing him on the street. But he’s twigged that I’m famous.”

Liam Payne son bear staring at a billboard of his dad
Payne took his son to see him on a billboard and revealed Bear had aspirations to appear on one too. (Credit: Liam Payne Instagram)
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When he was 6, Payne took his son to see him on a billboard promoting his single ‘Teardrops’.

“I want to be on a billboard one day daddy,” Payne wrote on Instagram of what his son said at the sight.

Payne last spoke publicly about his son while celebrating his 31st birthday in August.

“I didn’t get any dad socks yet thought. I’m going to speak to my son in a little bit which I’m really excited about,” he shared in a vide on Insta Stories.

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“Bless him. He’s getting so big now. He’s a big boy and he looks like a mini me. As if we needed any more me in the world.’

Read more about Liam Payne’s tragic death here.

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