Nicole Scherzinger Was Writing To Liam Payne On The Day He Died

Nicole Scherzinger was still in touch with the late One Direction star, Liam Payneuntil the day he died, according to him Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Composer, 76, who wrote the music for the Broadway production Sunset Blvd. which stars Scherzinger, 46, made a comment in a Billboard interview published on Thursday, October 24.

“I think something that hasn’t been said, and I think I can say, is that he taught Liam, from One Direction,” Lloyd Webber said of the Pussycat Dolls star. “On the Wednesday he died, he was still sending her a message that day.”

After hearing the sad news of Payne’s passing, Scherzinger was able to fulfill her obligations to play Norma Desmond in. Sunset Blvd. that night.

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“He had just heard that he had died and that even this program is surprising. I mean, she’s an amazing, amazing woman,” Lloyd Webber said in a statement, “without a doubt one of the best performers I’ve ever worked with.”

Scherzinger first met Payne when she was doing an interview at a young age IX Factor UK in 2010 when the singer was working as a judge at the time. He supported her from the beginning.

Most recently, Payne and Scherzinger worked together as judges on Netflix’s new talent competition series called Building a Belt. Star of Destiny’s Child Kelly Rowland he was a fellow judge on the reality show when The Backstreet Boys AJ McLean be the host. Although the show was greenlit by Netflix in May and filmed in August, it’s unclear whether it will continue to air after Payne’s death.

Us Weekly confirmed on Wednesday, October 16, that Payne died at the age of 31 after falling from the balcony of his third floor hotel room in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The autopsy report obtained by Us revealed that the singer died of “multiple traumas” including “internal and external bleeding.”

Payne became famous in the UK version of IX Factorwhere he and his teammates Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan again Louis Tomlinson formed into One Direction. The group went on an indefinite hiatus for a year after Malik left the band in 2015.

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“We are deeply saddened by the news of Liam’s passing,” the remaining members of the group wrote in a joint statement on Instagram on Thursday, October 17, before each member shared their contributions.

“The memories we shared with him will be cherished forever,” their message continued. “For now, our thoughts are with his family, his friends and the fans who loved him along with us. We will miss him dearly. We love you Liam. Louis, Zayn, Niall and Harry.”