AJ McLean of The Backstreet Boys is honoring Liam Payne as “a lightweight” in his life following the tragic passing of the previous One Direction star, particularly reminiscing about their time collectively whereas collaborating on a brand new Netflix sequence.
The 46-year-old spoke about Liam’s loss of life at LAX, revealing how the 2 solid a friendship whereas engaged on “Constructing the Band,” a music competitors present that enables singers to create the following massive pop group.
AJ McLean shared that they lately wrapped filming the sequence, throughout which period he, Liam Payne, Nicole Scherzinger, and Kelly Rowland labored carefully collectively for six weeks.
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AJ McLean Honors Liam Payne Following His Tragic Passing
AJ, who has confronted his personal struggles with habit all through his profession, talked about that he did not discover any warning indicators whereas working alongside Liam. Nonetheless, he acknowledged that the 2 singers who rose to fame in boy bands, shared “plenty of similarities.”
“Dependancy is an actual factor. Luckily, I got here out the opposite finish, however I’m one in every of few,” he informed TMZ.
Whereas they by no means delved into their particular person sobriety journeys, AJ revealed that he and Liam typically mentioned “life,” describing the late pop star as “very humorous” and a “sweetheart.”
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A number of Medicine Had been Discovered In Liam Payne’s System
Whereas experiences declare that Liam informed mates, household, and followers that he was sober earlier this 12 months, the pop star was discovered with medication in his resort room. A partial post-mortem report later revealed that there were multiple drugs found in his system at the time of death, together with cocaine, benzodiazepines, crack, and one thing referred to as pink cocaine.
Regardless of its deceptive title, pink cocaine isn’t cocaine in any respect. Featured in a 2022 VICE documentary, this neon-colored substance is usually a mixture of MDMA, ketamine, and caffeine. It may additionally include different substances reminiscent of benzodiazepines, meth, and cathinones.
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Zayn Malik Pays Tribute To Liam Payne
After studying of his passing, Liam’s former One Route bandmate Zayn Malik shared a touching tribute.
“Liam, I’ve discovered myself speaking out loud to you, hoping you possibly can hear me, I can’t assist however assume selfishly that there are such a lot of extra conversations for us to have in our lives,” Zayn started by way of Instagram on Thursday, October 17. “I by no means obtained to thanks for supporting me via among the most tough instances in my life.”
He continued, “Once I was lacking residence as a 17-year-old child, you’ll all the time be there with a optimistic outlook and reassuring smile and let me know that you simply had been my pal and that I cherished. Though you had been youthful than me you had been all the time extra smart than me, you had been headstrong, opinionated, and gave no f-ck about telling individuals after they had been incorrect.”
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The 2 had a falling out, and whereas it’s unclear in the event that they reconciled earlier than Liam’s passing, Zayn stated, “Though we butted heads due to this a number of instances, I all the time secretly revered you for it.”
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Harry Types Breaks Silence Following Liam Payne’s Demise
Harry Types, who achieved outstanding success in his solo profession following the band’s cut up, fondly remembered Liam as somebody who “lived broad open, together with his coronary heart on his sleeve.” He described him as “heat, supportive, and extremely loving.”
“His best pleasure was making different individuals glad, and it was an honor to be alongside him as he did it,” Harry stated of his former bandmate. “Liam lived broad open, together with his coronary heart on his sleeve, he had an power for all times that was infectious. He was heat, supportive, and extremely loving.”
He added, “The years we spent collectively will endlessly stay among the many most cherished years of my life. I’ll miss him all the time, my beautiful pal.”
Liam Payne Tragically Handed Away
The previous One Route star tragically handed away earlier this week in Argentina after reportedly falling from a third-floor balcony.
As investigations into his loss of life unfold, experiences counsel that Liam was underneath the affect of medicine, exhibiting erratic habits on the resort and inflicting injury earlier than being escorted again to his room. In a 911 name, a resort receptionist named Esteban described Liam as “off his head in medication” and urgently requested that an ambulance be dispatched.
It was later revealed that resort employees made two calls to emergency providers, stressing the necessity for “pressing” help for the singer.
