Payne welcomed his son Bear with his ex-wife, Cheryl Chloe, back in 2017. When their son was born, both of the parents shared the joy they experienced from their social media accounts.
As the couple were celebrated by their fans, Payne shared from his X account, (formerly known as Twitter) “Thank you to everyone for the love and supportive messages for myself and @CherylOfficial ❤ It really means a lot.”
They met in 2010, and Chloe was 10 years senior of Payne. She was a member of pop group Girls Aloud.
Their relationship started in 2016, and they attended the Global Gift Gala as a couple. When Payne shared a selfie, he captioned it as, “So proud of her tonight. Such a special award #GlobalGiftGala.”
So proud of her tonight 😘😘such a special award #GlobalGiftGala pic.twitter.com/lZFr2SAzdP
— Liam (@LiamPayne) May 9, 2016
When Payne’s ex, five years senior Danielle Peazer was asked about his new relationship, she said, “Love is love. Happiness is happiness. You just want people to be happy. They both seem happy; obviously, I don’t know her, but I’m happy for them.”
“I wasn’t shocked when it came out because they’re in the same industry. Maybe if he started going out with Theresa May, I’d be like ‘Woah!’ That would be a shock. I’m five years older than him so I know that he maybe has a thing for age gaps. I mean look at her, I’d go out with her!'”
Payne would call Chloe as his wife when he would talk about her as, “I have something that I’m preparing with Timbaland and I was writing with Pharrell when his wife was pregnant along with my wife for that matter.”
“I left my wife and child at home and I was straight out to In-N-Out Burger.”
As they never confirmed that they were married, in 2018, Payne and Cole shared that they were separated. In a post Payne shared, he said, “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.”
Payne later praised Cole as a great co-parent. “I mean, Cheryl is literally the best person to co-parent with. No stress involved. It’s very, very relaxed, and we spend a lot of time on FaceTime.”
“And it’s been really lovely, and I’m closer to them than I’ve ever been before, actually, which is really, really nice,” Payne continued.
“I see him two times a week, three times a week sometimes,” Payne added that he would spend time with his son.
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