Justin Bieber has expressed his sympathy to fans grieving after the death of Liam Payne.
The former One Direction star died at the age of 31 after falling from the third floor of a Buenos Aires hotel. touching video. “Remember, as a fan, you can be sad,” a voiceover says in the video.
“You can love someone you’ve never met,” it continued. “You can admire someone’s art. You can cry, pray, feel like a part of yourself is gone. Even if they never know your name, they change your world.
In the video, the “Baby” artist added a simple heartbroken emoji.
As can be seen from the video shared by Bieber, fans gathered in London, Glasgow, Paris, Sydney, New York and other places to sing and cry together while mourning Payne with flowers, photos and candles. The musician died on October 16, leaving behind a 7-year-old son, Bear.
Payne is believed to have been alone when he died, according to a recent preliminary autopsy report. Shortly before he fell to his death, a hotel manager called 911 to report that a guest was “driving drugs and alcohol” and “ruining his behavior.” [their] The entire room”; by the time police arrived, the “Strip That Down” artist had collapsed and bled to death.
A preliminary autopsy also concluded Payne may have had drugs in his system at the time of his death, and new toxicology test results confirmed this. Among the substances is a recreational drug called “pink cocaine,” which often contains ketamine, ecstasy, methamphetamine, cocaine, opioids and/or psychoactive substances, and authorities are currently investigating who provided it to Payne. poison.
Bieber is just the latest star to issue a statement following Payne’s death, with the late singer’s sisters, girlfriend and former One Direction bandmates all issuing statements in the past few days. In 2022, Penn recounted his experience meeting Bieber in a trailer to defuse tensions between 1D and the two-time Grammy winner, telling Logan Paul: “I was like, ‘Man , I’ve always had feelings for you…I’ve done all the things you’ve done and I’ve never been caught for any of them.
Payne also said at the time that he told Bieber that they all “suffered from the same disease,” but that he at least had bandmates he could lean on during tough times. “I know in your camp you are who you are and there’s no one like you, so you can’t turn around and have those shoulders,” Payne recalled of Bieber. “He said, ‘Man, this gives me chills.'”
