Nicole Scherzinger has shared the heartbreaking final text conversation she had with Liam Payne on the day of his death.

The One Direction star died at the age of 31 on 16 October after falling from the third-floor balcony of a hotel in Buenos Aires.

Pussycat Dolls star Nicole, 47, took Liam under her wing after serving as One Direction’s celebrity judge on the X Factor when they were formed on the competition in 2010.

Nicole has now discussed her last exchange with Liam after learning of his death before taking to the stage for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard.

‘I’d known he was in Argentina. It was just chit-chat and pretty light,’ she told The Times. ‘I just adored Liam. He had such a good heart. I barely knew him when I put One Direction together. I just saw these talented bo

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