Who is Liam Payne's girlfriend Kate Cassidy? The waitress who was on holiday in Argentina with the One Direction member

Liam Payne and Kate Cassidy
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One Direction star Liam Payne was found dead at his hotel in Argentina yesterday, October 16, after falling from the balcony of his third-floor hotel, local officials told Argentinian media. Liam was in a relationship with Kate Cassidy, who had travelled back to America two days before the singer's death.

Kate regularly shared updates from their relationship with her 267,000 Instagram followers. The last photo she shared of the two together on her social media platform was from a wedding they attended in Paris last month. Kate posted a snap of the two together as they posed in a courtyard, alongside the caption: "The most stunning evening. We celebrate the lovebirds."

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Kate Cassidy is a 25-year-old American influencer from New Jersey. She was seen with Liam in a video he posted to his Snapchat just hours before his body was found at 5pm local time. The pair were first spotted together just six months after the 31-year-old and former fiancé Maya Henry split in 2022.

Liam and Kate attended a Halloween party together dressed as Mötley Crüe rocker Tommy Lee and his ex-wife, Baywatch star Pamela Anderson. In December 2022 the couple stepped out on the red carpet of the British Fashion Awards in London, confirming their relationship to the public for the first time.

The pair have been seen together many times since and Kate accompanied Liam to the premiere of All of Those Voices, a documentary by his former One Direction bandmate, Louis Tomlinson, in March 2023. Liam's 25-year-old girlfriend has met other members of One Direction including Niall Horan as the couple had been in Argentina to attend his concert earlier this month.

Kate Cassidy recounted the story of how they met in a video shared less than a month before his death. In a TikTok video uploaded on September 20, Kate recounted how she and Liam met and how their relationship almost never happened at all.

She said: ''I worked at this bar/lounge place called Ritual. Me and all my friends worked there, it was only my second week at work and I didn't want to work every weekend. They put me on schedule for week two and I really wanted to get off. I tried everything in my power to get off and nothing worked out.

'On the way to work my manager texted me and was like "Liam Payne from One Direction is here, you're going to be taking care of him tonight." Kate said she was 'freaking out' when she had to approach Liam's table and ended up chickening out at first.''

Kate revealed that every time she approached his table, Liam offered her to sit down with him and soon asked for her number. After giving the singer her number, the next morning she texted him and was like ''so sorry for getting back to you so late, what time is your flight back to England? He was like, before I leave for the airport I can come see you for lunch.'' Liam ended up extending his flight and then extended it again the next day so he ended up in Charleston for three days with Kate.