They said it wouldn’t last… and it didn’t last. Cheryl Cole and Liam Payne are no more. I was interested in the couple at first, but they were so weird about their relationship, I ended up not caring. They weren’t really May-December – Liam is 24, and Cheryl is just 35. But they met for the first time when he was just 14, when he was a contestant on X Factor UK. This was very much a relationship where a guy got to date the adult woman he had a crush on when he was just a teenager. The problem was that sh-t got real in a hurry when Cheryl got pregnant in 2016, soon after they got together. They welcomed son Bear Grey Payne in March 2017. So… they made it longer than I was expecting, honestly, but we all knew it couldn’t last.
The now ex-couple released coordinated statements on social media at exactly 5:45 pm on Sunday:
Cheryl and I are sad to announce that we are going our separate ways. It's been a tough decision for us to make. We still have so much love for each other as a family. Bear is our world and we ask that you respect his privacy as we navigate our way through this together.
— Liam (@LiamPayne) July 1, 2018
We are sad to announce that we are going our separate ways. It's been a tough decision for us to make. We still have so much love for each other as a family. Bear is our world and we ask that you respect his privacy as we navigate our way through this together.
— Cheryl (@CherylOfficial) July 1, 2018
I mean… I don’t wish either of them ill. It feels like Cheryl’s “picker” is just off – she consistently falls for the worst or weirdest or most random guys, and then ends up marrying them or having their baby. As for Liam… well, he’s 24 years old with a solo career, post-One Direction. I’m sure he’ll be okay.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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