Liam Payne’s girlfriend Kate Cassidy offered insight into the moment she learned of the One Direction singer’s death at age 31 in an emotional new interview.

Liam Payne’s girlfriend, Kate Cassidy, has opened up about the former One Direction singer’s shocking death. In her first interview since Payne’s sudden passing last October, Cassidy, 25, shared heart-wrenching details about how she learned that the star died, admitting she “completely blacked out.”