Liam Payne splits from fiancee Maya Henry and quits booze as he admits to ‘hurting people’
LIAM Payne has split from his fiancee Maya Henry – just 10 months after their engagement.
The 27-year-old star dropped the bombshell news during a podcast appearance – also revealing he’d quit drinking.
The One Direction singer referred to 21-year-old Maya as his “partner at the time of lockdown”.
Host Steven Bartlett then clarified: “Does this mean…”
Liam replied: “I am indeed.”
Further pushing for confirmation, Steve asked directly: “You’re single?”
Liam simply replied: “Yeah.”
The hunk also said on podcast that he needed to “work on himself” – adding that he’s been sober from alcohol for over a month.
He said: “I feel like more than anything at this point, I’m more disappointed in myself that I keep on hurting people.
“That annoys me. I’ve just not been very good at relationships. And I know what my pattern of things is with relationships at this point.
“I’m just not very good at them so I just need to work on myself before I put myself on to somebody else.”
When asked if he’d been drinking in lockdown, the former One Direction star replied: “No, I’ve been sober just over a month now, I think it is.”
The star proposed to Maya with a £3million diamond ring in August 2020 after two years of dating.
He and the Texan-born beauty were first linked in August 2018 – shortly after Liam split from Cheryl, who he shares four-year-old son Bear with.
It was previously revealed that he and Maya first met when she was a 15-year-old One Direction fan who’d attended a meet-and-greet event.
As a new dad, Liam took the romance slowly and did not address his relationship status until September of the following year, where he appeared to defend their first encounter as he told Capital FM’s Roman Kemp: “We’re fairly happy at the moment.
“I’m just past the point of where I’m bothered or not. It’s not worth my happiness; I’d just rather go out and do what I want. I’ve got nothing to hide.”
That same month, he made the relationship Instagram official with a sweet snap of himself and Maya laughing together.
He gushed in the caption at the time: “Sometimes I don’t recognise this happy guy… Sure glad you brought him back though.”
In February 2020, The Sun revealed that he and Maya had split but they quickly got back together as the world was plunged into lockdown.
In addition to Cheryl, Liam has previously dated influencer Sophia Smith, dancer Danielle Peazer, and supermodel Naomi Campbell.