Liam Payne and ex-fiancée Maya Henry had an on and off relationship. The One Direction alum was first linked to Henry in August 2018, shortly after he and ex-girlfriend Cheryl Cole broke up. One year later, Payne and Henry made their relationship Instagram official.
“If someone is going to take a picture, someone is going to do something. The difference is with her, she’s so relaxed that it helps me relax in a situation, rather than being somewhere, and talk about who is watching and what’s going on,” Payne said on KISS FM U.K.
in September 2019. “People are going to watch whatever. What am I supposed to do? I can’t do anything about it now.
It’s too late for that. It’s just been quite nice and just going out.” He added, “I’ve managed to explore a lot more of London than I ever have actually in my life, which has been quite fun.
My life has been quite normal recently, which has been a break.” Payne proposed in August 2020 , but they split the next year. Payne and Henry later reconciled but called it quits for good in May 2022 after he was accused of cheating.
(Payne denied the allegations at the time.) When Henry released a novel inspired by the tumultuous relationship in 2024, Looking Forward , some fans were convinced she pulled inspiration from Payne. “Some of the things that fictionalized the book were, obviously the name changes, some of the cities are different,” Henry said on the “Internet Is Dead” podcast in October 2024.
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