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Liam Payne had gone to Argentina to see fellowOne Directionbandmate Niall Horan on tour.
Its been a while since me and Niall have spoken,Payne saidin a Snapchat two weeks ago.
Weve got a lot to talk about.
And I would like to square up a couple of things with the boy.
No bad vibes or anything like that.
Paynetragically died on October 16, after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Argentina.
But fans had been mourning the loss of thecheeky, friendly kidfrom the beginningdays of the bandfor years.
And, of course, whats in the room?
In the wake of his death, PaynesX-Factorpeers have been quicker to find fault with others.
Ive spoken for years about the exploitation and profiteering of young stars and the effects, Rebecca Fergusonadded.
Many of us are still living with the aftermath and the PTSD.
And so the tabloids kept covering him.
If Payne temporarily thought distancing himself from the group was a way forward, hed changed his mind.
He returned to being the optimistic face ofan actual One Direction reunion, something few others thought possible.
Perhaps its because Payne once had these paternal instincts within the band that his hope persisted.
He was flying around the world to see his mates, not the other way around.
I can see many of you are struggling with that right now and I understand.
