United Kingdom, Oct. 5 -- Nicole Scherzinger exchanged text messages with Liam Payne on the day of his death.

The One Direction star died aged 31 in October 2024 after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina and the Pussycat Dolls star - who had a hand in the boy band's formation on TV show The X Factor in 2010 - revealed that she had been in contact with Liam in the hours before the tragedy.

Speaking to The Times newspaper, Nicole said: "I'd known he was in Argentina. It was just chit-chat and pretty light."

The 47-year-old singer continued: "I just adored Liam. He had such a good heart. I barely knew him when I put One Direction together. I just saw these talented boys and was like: 'I'm coming out of a girl group - I...