In 2010, Nicole Scherzinger helped created the phenomenon that is One Direction - and kept in touch with Liam Payne until the day he died. The Pussycat Dolls star, 46, was on the X Factor panel that grouped Liam Payne with other show hopefuls Louis Tomlinson , Niall Horan, Harry Styles and Zayn Malik to form the super band. And it's now been revealed she kept in touch with Liam right up until the day he died.
The singer tragically fell to his death in Argentina on October 16, with tributes still flooding in. Speaking of the fateful day, Andrew Lloyd Webber has revealed how Nicole was still texting the star. Andrew, who composed the music for the Broadway musical Sunset Blvd.
, which stars Nicole, said: "I suppose something that hasn’t been said, and I suppose I could say, is that of course she mentored Liam, from One Direction." Speaking to Billboard, he said: "On the Wednesday when he died, she was still texting him that day." Andrew revealed that even after hearing of Liam's death, she still turned out to perform as Norma Desmond in the Broadway production.
He praised: "The fact that she even did the show at all is extraordinary. I mean, she is an amazing, amazing woman. She is without any question one of the finest performers I’ve ever worked with.
" In footage from X Factor auditions 14 years ago, Nicole, Louis Walsh and Simon Cowell toyed with the idea of putting the boys together. "This one. Right here," Nicole said pointing at an image of Liam and moving it to be wit.