After Liam Payne’s death, many fans looked to Cheryl Cole, his former partner and mother of his child, for a response. Fiercely protective, Cole was swift at administering a reminder to media and fans that Payne was a father and a person. “As I try to navigate this earth shattering event, and work through my own grief at this indescribably painful time, I’d like to kind remind everyone that we have lost a human being,” she wrote.
Cole and Payne met in 2008 and began…
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