Liam Payne's cousin says singer felt unloved before death

Ross Harris, the cousin of the late One Direction star Liam Payne, has spoken publicly about missing a phone call from the singer on the day he died, describing the heartbreak of realizing too late that his cousin had been trying to reach him. Harris, a composer and musician, appeared on ITV's Good Morning Britain on August 27, 2026, to discuss the loss, revealing that a mix-up over time zones meant Payne's call crossed his path on October 16, 2024, the day Payne fell to his death from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina, at age 31. Harris recalled that Payne had called him while he was in a recording session.