It’s been years since One Direction went on an indefinite hiatus with Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik pursuing solo careers. However, anticipation for a reunion is at an all-time high in 2023.
07.06.2023 - 10:39 / ok.co.uk
Despite splitting back in 2018 the relationship between singers Cheryl Tweedy and Liam Payne, is back in the headlines.The duo got together in February 2016 before they split in 2018, despite their first meeting on X Factor back in 2008 when Liam first auditioned for the show as a teen.There is a ten year age gap between the pair with Cheryl now being 39, and former One Direction star Liam Payne being 29. Despite the age gap the pair have a son, Bear together who was born in March of 2017, and the pair then split just over a year later.
The pair may have thought that the comments surrounding their relationship due to the age gap was in the past, but due to Phillip Schofield's affair they are back in the headlines. Many people have been pointing out that the duo first met when Liam was only 14, at that time Cheryl was still married to footballer Ashley Cole.
Liam and Cheryl started dating in early 2016. Cheryl is now said to want to have her say on the controversy a source has told Heat.
The source claimed: "Cheryl fears this is going to blow it all up for her, because no one wants to be associated with anything like that. "She’d love nothing more than to have her say, but she knows it never comes out that way.
"For Cheryl, the 14-year-old thing is so twisted, and infuriating – she was married at the time, and there was absolutely no link with Liam there at all." Over recent weeks people have been speaking about the age gap on social media, after Phillip's "unwise but not illegal" affair with a much younger colleague at This Morning. One person on social media pointed out the age gap saying: "Cheryl met Liam Payne aged 14, and later had a kid with him." While another said: "Cheryl met Liam Payne when she was a judge on X
.It’s been years since One Direction went on an indefinite hiatus with Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik pursuing solo careers. However, anticipation for a reunion is at an all-time high in 2023.
Louis Tomlinson has spoken of his devastation after his concert was halted by a terrifying hailstorm that injured his fans. The former One Direction singer, 31, was due to perform at the Red Rocks Park & Amphitheatre near Denver, Colorado, on Wednesday night.
Niall Horan has said that he believes One Direction are still close because the band “never believed the hype”.The Irish musician, who released his third solo studio album ‘The Show’ earlier this month, parted ways with One Direction when they split in 2016.However, the band members – Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik – remain close, according to Horan.“I just think we never believed the hype,” Horan said in a new interview with Sunday TODAY, after host Willie Geist noted how the boy band avoided the “fire” that has damaged other groups in the past.He went on: “As I said, the state of shock was always there. You have to remember, it was us, our team, our bubble around us, and we just went from place to place worldwide and kind of went along with it.
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A tearful Holly Willoughby admitted she feels 'shaken, troubled and let down' by Phillip Schofield in an emotional statement on This Morning. On Monday, she made her return to the show after an intense few weeks that saw her former co-host and best pal, Phillip Schofield leave the show and admit to an affair with a male colleague.The fallout has resulted in intense scrutiny for Phillip, Holly, and This Morning, as the show's culture has been branded "toxic" and some people have even questioned Holly's validity to continue as presenter.
They split up almost six years ago, so Cheryl may well have assumed any criticism of the age gap between her and ex-boyfriend Liam Payne was long gone. However, the Girls Aloud star – who has six-year-old son Bear with the former One Direction singer – found herself at the centre of a social media storm last week, following the revelations about Phillip Schofield and his affair with a young runner on This Morning.Shamed TV host Phil admitted he’d had an “unwise but not illegal” relationship with the runner, who was allegedly 15 when they first met, before Phil, then in his fifties, got him a job.
Holly Willoughby's return to This Morning was "highly strategised" following the scandal surrounding her former co-presenter Phillip Schofield and his affair with a much younger colleague. After Phillip, 61, stepped down from the show and later resigned from ITV itself, it was announced that Holly, 42, would be taking an extended half-term break.
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