Who is Kate Cassidy? Late One Direction star Liam Paynes girlfriend started off in NJ before dating singer

The girlfriend of former One Direction member Liam Payne left Argentina two days before the 31-year-old star was found dead after he fell from the third-floor balcony of the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires Argentina.Influencer Kate Cassidy, 25, had traveled to Argentina with Payne for a short vacation amid their two-year romance and had returned to Florida before the tragedy.The influencer hails from Harrington Park, New Jersey — just northwest of New York City — and attended Northern Valley Regional High School, according to Daily Voice Bergen County.She later graduated from Coastal Carolina University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in the spring of 2021, according to an Instagram post where she was holding a black graduation cap and gown.Cassidy has over 200,000 followers on both TikTok and Instagram and often posts about her outfits, food travel and adventures she would go on with Payne.The “What Makes You Beautiful” singer was first spotted with Cassidy in October 2022 when the pair went to a Halloween party in London dressed as Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson.

The next month, Cassidy showed off Payne in a mirror selfie posted on Instagram while they were in Rome.The couple has frequently appeared on the red carpet over the years, including a documentary premiere that his former bandmate Louis Tomlinson produced in March 2023.She claimed they would often go bowling too.

Payne was previously engaged to model Maya Henry from 2020 – 2021 and had a kid, now 7 years old, with British singer Cheryl Cole.According to Kate’s TikTok, the couple went to see his former One Direction bandmate, Niall Horan, perform in Argentina on Oct.2.

Before they went to the concert, Payne uploaded an Instagram story saying that he and Horan had things “to square up” during the trip because it’s been a while since they spoke and have a lot to discuss.“We’re going to Argentina,” he said.“One, because we want to.

Two, because we want to.And three, bec...