Liam Payne, who died on Oct. 16, shared his 7-year-old son, Bear, with his ex, singer Cheryl Cole. The former couple welcomed their child in March 2017, and had dated for two years before they called it quits in July 2018.

One Direction star Liam Payne, who tragically died falling from the third floor of a hotel on Wednesday, proudly had a son called Bear, whom he shared with ex Cheryl

A video of former One Direction singer Liam Payne from August gushing about his son, Bear, went viral after the singer’s death. But it has now been revealed that their relationship may have been distant prior to Liam’s death.