Kate Cassidy honored late boyfriend, Liam Payne, on the first anniversary of the former One Direction star’s death.
“Today marks a full year without you here. I will forever hate goodbyes. I miss you Liam,” Cassidy, 26, captioned her Thursday, October 16, Instagram tribute.
The model accompanied the message with a black-and-white photo of herself lying on Liam in bed, as he wrapped his arms around her while kissing her cheek.
Friends and fans poured out their love to Cassidy in the comments section of the post.
“He is always with you Kate [red heart emoji] love you always,” one person commented, while a second person added, “[What] a sweet pic! Sending you love and hugs. He must be proud of you from up there.”
Cassidy shared a second selfie via Instagram Stories of the former couple lying in the snow and smiling widely for their photo, with her arms wrapped around Payne.
Cassidy was with Payne days before his October 16, 2024, death while on vacation in Argentina. The X Factor alum passed away at age 31 after falling from a third-story balcony in a Buenos Aires hotel.
The influencer recently opened up about how she coped with Payne’s death, revealing that she fell into depression and was “not wanting to really live [her] life.”
“I finally realized, ‘OK, like I need to live my life, I need to get up, get out of bed,’” she told Page Six at a benefit for The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) in October. “I like to always be up early, have a workout class planned, go for a nice walk, eat cleaner. I feel like, for me, being active always keeps my mind so much cleaner and healthier.”
Cassidy reflected on her relationship with Payne in June, while in shock that it had been eight months since he passed at the time.
“Knowing I can’t just come home and see you, hear your voice, or feel your hug, it’s a type of pain I can’t fully put into words,” she wrote at the time. “I can’t seem to tell if life is flying by without you or moving so slow none of it fully makes sense. But I am trying to live my life as best I can for now and live it for you. I miss you more than words can say.”
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