Liam Payne turning up to support his bandmate, Louis
Tomlinson, at Monday night’s Believe In Magic
Cinderella Ball reminded us all just how much of a
wonderful friend and person he is.
We mean, he effectively gave up a rare evening off - and
thousands and thousands of pounds - to make sure that
terminally and seriously ill children were treated to a
fantastic night that made them feel like royalty.
There were far too many feels for us to deal with, tbh.
Anyways, in honour of the Payno, we decided to have a
little dig and bring you 24 facts that you probably don’t
know about the 21-year-old mega babe… Although we
aren’t kidding ourselves and are more than aware you
probs actually do know all of these.
But try and humour us anyways, yeah?
1. Liam has always had a pretty humongous heart, and if
he wasn’t in the biggest band on the planet, or Batman,
then he actually planned on being a firefighter because
he “likes the idea of saving people”.
The star actually ended up proving his worth as a man
in uniform too, when his close friend Andy Samuels
caught alight during a freak accident at Liam’s home and
the singer managed to save him from the flames.
Andy ended up suffering third degree burns and needed
skin grafts, but if it wasn’t for Liam’s quick thinking and
bravery then things could have been a whole lot worse.
2. Still, Liam hasn’t always been super cool, calm and
collected, in fact, he used to be a bit of a nervous Nelly.
Speaking in an interview once he admitted: “When I was
seven, a girl I really liked tickled me and I wet myself.
“Then she laughed, because she was a lot older, but I
cried and it was terrible.”
Yikes.
3. And Liam’s uncontrollable bladder seems to be a
recurring theme from his youth, with the star also
revealing that he once weed all over his family’s kitchen
floor after he sleepwalked downstairs in the night.
Delightful!
4. Payno is the middle child of One Direction - older than
Harry Styles and Niall Horan but younger than Zayn
Malik (we miss him) and Louis, still, everybody knows
that he acts as the daddy of the group.
5. In fact, Liam is such a father figure that he even has
those cringey dad jokes down to a T with him once
replying to somebody who claimed that she was his
biggest fan by asking “How tall are you?”
D’oh, daaaaaaddddd, you’re embarrassing us.
6. Liam’s sensible attitude is also renowned outside of
the group, with Ed Sheeran previously admitting that
without Liam, those cheeky 1D scamps would probs be
in prison.
7. Liam auditioned for X Factor way back in 2008 when
they lowered the entry age to 14, he got as far as Judges
Houses before it was decided that he just wasn’t ready.
And thank goodness for that, eh? If he’d gone through
then, he wouldn’t have ever become a member of the
biggest boyband on the planet - everything really does
happen for a reason.
8. When Liam’s 2010 X Factor auditioned first aired on
our televisions, bookmakers made Liam the second fave
to win the entire show, behind Cher Lloyd.
Fortunately for us, but unfortunately for the gambling
types, he was put in One Direction before the live shows
even started.
9. While we’re focusing on the early days, a fun fact is
that Liam had just over seven minutes worth of solos on
the band’s debut album, ‘Up All Night’.
Which was the second most behind Harry.
10. Let’s go even earlier; after falling ill as a baby, it was
discovered that one of Liam’s kidneys was scarred and
dysfunctional, with him having to have injections just to
cope with the pain.
However, in August 2012 a miracle happened with the
star tweeting: “Just been for an ultrasound on my
kidney turns out its fixed from when I was a baby!!!
“:o so now I have two :) #weirdnewsoftheday [SIC]”
11. And that’s not all that poor little Liam had to contend
with during his youth, with the crooner and mega babe
being incredibly open about how severely he used to be
bullied at school.
In fact, Li used to hate going in so much that he used to
pretend that he was too poorly, and on his sweet 16 he
threw a party but nobody showed up.
WAH.
As much as it breaks our heart to think about, we reckon
Liam definitely got the last laugh.
12. Still, he always had his older sisters, Nicola and
Ruth, to play with - with him previously telling The Sun:
“They used to try to influence my fashion a bit.
“Which you know… may have involved a heel or two.”
LOVE. IT.
13. Before he quit the band, WELP, Liam had a pretty
close relationship with Zayn Malik, with Zayn even
admitting that if he had the chance to marry any of his
bandmates, he’d choose Liam in a heartbeat.
There are too many adorable Ziam moments to mention
here, and because they leave us emotional we are going
to have to stop before we burst into ugly sobs…
14. …Okay, okay, one more - Liam reciprocated Zayn’s
love for him by once saying that his fave thing to do
was watch the Bradford Bad Boi sleep because “he looks
adorable”.
IS ANYBODY ELSE DROWNING IN FEELS?
15. Ahem, moving on… We’re sure you know this but it’s
a classic Payno fact - the star has a ‘fear’ of spoons; so
much so that he actually eats ice cream with a fork.
16. Last year, a hardcore One Direction fan stole his
boxers from his hotel.
Not cool, guys, not cool.
17. Did you know that back in the early days of 1D, Liam
admitted that he wanted to name his first child ‘Taylor’.
We’re not sure how Harry’s ‘thing’ with T-Swizzle has
affected these plans, but we know for sure that Louis
wouldn’t be too happy with that choice in name
nowadays…
18. Fun fact: Liam said he used to be mistaken for Daniel
Radcliffe… No, we don’t see it either.
19. This one time, Liam was dawdling and ended up
seeing the boys’ tour bus driving off without him.
Obviously he ran after them all screaming, and the boys
thought that he was just a cray cray fan.
AWKS.
20. That’s not the only time Liam has proved to be a
totally smooth operator, with the singer revealing that
once he forgot the words to the song he was supposed
to be singing, so rather than embarrass himself he just
tapped the mic as though it wasn’t working.
Y’hear that guys? SMOOTH.
21. Apart from, he isn’t so smooth in dreamland, with
the babe admitting that he has nightmares about being
nakey in public places, he dished: “I dream of being
back at school a lot and have been naked a few times.”
For the record, we see absolutely nothing wrong with
that.
22. His first concert was Gareth Gates. #
TheMoreYouKnow
23. He is such a lovely person that once upon a time he
went to McDonalds and got given eleven chicken
nuggets in his box of ten.
Instead of jumping for joy at his little victory, like us
less lovely people would do, he actually went back to
the counter to give it back.
BLESS.
24. And further evidence of his heart being made of solid
gold? Liam ‘daddy’ Payne is the member of the band
who always makes sure that he is there to support his
boys.
On top of hosting his own charity gala for Trekstock
earlier this year, Liam made sure that he attended Lou’s
Cinderella ball and donated an arm and a leg in the
process.
He’s also always there to cheer on the band whenever
they take part in solo charity events because, let’s face
it, he’s just an all round amazing guy.
Okay, so you definitely knew that one - but did we teach
you anything new?
No?
Ah well, we tried.
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