Liam Payne‘s girlfriend Kate Cassidy was overcome with emotion as fans sweetly edited the late star into her Instagram photos on Friday.
The One Direction star tragically died aged 31 on October 16 after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Kate, 26, a social media content creator who had been in a relationship with Liam for two years, has been openly documenting her grief journey online.
Wednesday marked nine months since Liam’s passing, and on Friday, Kate reshared a touching fan-made image to her Instagram Stories.
The edit showed Kate dressed in a blue outfit, with Liam digitally added beside her in a matching blue hoodie.
Sharing the image with her 944,000 followers, she wrote: ‘You guys (tearful emoji) these edits make me so sad yet so happy (tearful emoji).’
Liam Payne’s girlfriend Kate Cassidy was overcome with emotion as fans sweetly edited the late star into her Instagram photos on Friday
The One Direction star tragically died aged 31 on October 16 after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina
The post comes days after Kate broke down in tears as she marked nine months since his tragic death.
In a recent TikTok, she became emotional as she shared a realisation she had had about the passing of time.
Kate revealed she had recently cut her hair, got new tattoos and had her ears pierced, which felt like big changes to her.
The big changes, however, were bittersweet as it made her think about how she would look different to how she did when Liam knew her.
She said: ‘I don’t know how heaven works, but is Liam going to look how he looked the last time I saw him?
‘Since the last day that I saw him? Is he still going to be that beautiful, youthful human that he was and that he is?’
And Kate went on to say that she had been looking at old photos of herself with Liam before he died and admitted that she looked different.
She continued: ‘And then I started thinking further ahead, that if I am blessed to live a long, happy, beautiful life – when my time comes will Liam recognise me?
The post comes days after Kate, 26, broke down in tears as she marked nine months since his tragic death
Wednesday marked nine months since Liam’s death, and Kate became emotional as she shared a realisation she had had about the passing of time
‘Like I’m going to be old I’m going to have wrinkles, grey hair, bony hips. How will Liam find me? How will he recognise me? And I just got really emotional.’
Kate revealed she had been with a friend when she got upset, but was given some touching advice.
She said: ‘I was with my friend and my friend said “Kate of course he’s going to recognise you” – sorry I’m shaking – “of course he’s going to recognise you, he’s going to recognise you no matter what you look like,
‘It doesn’t matter how old you are he’s going to recognise you and you know what he’s going to say to you? He’s going to come up to you and look at you and he’s going to say to you he’s so glad you look the way you look.
‘He’s going to say you’re lucky you were able to age and have these wrinkles and have the white hair and have the evidence of living these years without him by your side.
‘He is going to be happy that you lived, and lived fully, and lived a life. And he’s going to want to sit there and hear all about it.”
‘And it just really reminded me to stay strong and to carry on and to live my life to the fullest for what I can right now, not only for myself but for him.
‘So here’s to another day of living life without the person that I love. I miss you so much and I love you so much.’
Kate revealed she had recently cut her hair, got new tattoos and had her ears pierced, which felt like big changes to her
The big changes, however, were bittersweet as it made her think about how she would look different to how she did when Liam knew her
Earlier this month, Kate remembered the moment she and the late singer adopted their pet dog Nala.
The internet personality shared a sweet, previously unseen clip to Instagram on Tuesday that began with her and Nala enjoying a day at the beach.
Captioned: ‘There wouldn’t be this… without you,’ it then switched to a video with Liam from when they first adopted Nala.
Kate wrote: ‘I remember the day we got Nala, we walked into the room at the animal shelter and Nala was the only dog not barking.
‘Liam pointed her out and we took her home. Now I need to learn how to get her to stop barking.’
