Liam Payne’s Dating History: From ‘X-Factor’ Dancer Danielle Peazer to Ex-Fiancee Maya Henry and More
10.05.2023 - 21:23
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Finding his way! Liam Payne has been learning to navigate his personal ups and downs since rising to fame as a member of One Direction in 2010.
The England native’s boy band success and later solo stardom has made finding love somewhat difficult. After an on-off romance with X-Factor dancer Danielle Peazer, Payne was linked to childhood flame Sophia Smith until 2015.
“We have talked about marriage, but 22 seems a bit young for us,” the “Strip That Down” singer told Attitude magazine in its September 2015 issue, one month before calling it quits with Smith. “Sophia needs to go off and do what she wants to do. I don’t want her to be one of those stay-at-home girlfriends who doesn’t really do much.”
Payne found himself going back to his X-Factor roots in early 2016 when he sparked a romance with Cheryl Cole, who was a judge on the talent show when he competed back in 2010.
The twosome, who share son Bear, split after two years of dating but the breakup didn’t feel real until they publicly commented on it, according to Payne.
“You break up, and then it was like a couple of days or a couple of weeks before we actually put the announcement out, and that’s the bit when it really hits home, I guess,” he told Vodafone’s Kat Shoob in August 2018. “At the same point, it’s like breaking up twice. You already did this once, and now I’m having to go through all of that again because I have to tell people I don’t even really know.”
Despite going through ups and downs with Cole, Payne tried his hand at love again in late 2018 when he started seeing Maya Henry. “Sometimes I don’t recognize this happy guy … sure glad you brought him back though,” the pop singer wrote alongside a photo of the two snuggling on a couch in September 2019.
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