Louis Tomlinson is still working through his grief one year after Liam Payne’s death.

The former One Direction band member told the Independent in an interview published Saturday that Payne’s Oct. 16, 2024 death “definitely” brought himself, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, and Niall Horan closer.

“The best kind of friends are the ones where, when you eventually do meet up, it’s like no time has passed,” he said, noting that they sometimes have trouble coordinating their schedules. “It’s also just amazing to see everyone doing so well in their own right.”

Tomlinson, 33, also divulged that he will “never accept” Payne’s tragic death at the age of 31.

“I naively thought that, at this point, I’d unfortunately be a little bit more well versed with grief than other people my age,” he told th

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