Liam Payne previously opened up about his struggles with fame and addiction prior to his death on Wednesday (October 16).
The singer, who sadly died at 31, discussed hitting “rock bottom” while in One Direction in a conversation back in 2021, where he addressed alcoholism and suicidal ideation on The Diary of a CEO podcast. “I was worried how far my rock bottom was going to be.
Where’s rock bottom for me? And you would never have seen it. I’m very good at hiding it. No one would ever have seen it,” he said. “There is some stuff that I have definitely never, never spoken about.
It was really, really, really severe. And it was a problem. And it was only until I saw myself after that, I was like ‘Right, I need to fix myself,’” he continued. Keep reading to find out more… He recalled seeing unflattering pictures of himself on a boat:: “I was all bloated out… I call it my pills-and-booze face.