Kate Cassidy and Liam Payne.Photo:Kate Cassidy/Instagram; Karwai Tang/WireImage
Kate Cassidy/Instagram; Karwai Tang/WireImage
Kate Cassidyis sharing some poignant new ink.
The girlfriend of the lateLiam Payne, 25, unveiled a new angel wings tattoo in what appeared to be a tribute to the singer on her Instagram Stories on Sunday, Dec. 22.
Cassidy was seen in the candid snap with matching angel wings inked on both her index and middle fingers as she had her arms wrapped around her dog Nala, whom she adopted with Payne a month before his death.
The influencer simply added a red heart emoji over the image of her cuddling Nala on a bed.
Cassidy and theOne Directionstar dated for two years beforehis deathat age 31 on Oct. 16 after he fell from a third-floor hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Cassidy posted a photo of her new angel wings tattoo on Dec. 22.Kate Cassidy/Instagram
Kate Cassidy/Instagram
In avideoposted on TikTok on Oct. 14, Cassidy shared that she had joined Payne in the city for a two-week vacation before returning home without the singer shortly before his untimely death.
Cassidy called Payne an “angel” while addressing his death two days afterward on her Instagram Stories. “I have been at a complete loss,” she wrote. “Nothing about the past few days have felt real. I ask and pray that you’ll give me the grace and space to navigate this in private."
“Liam, my angel. You are everything. I want you to know I loved you unconditionally and completely. I will continue to love you for the rest of my life. I love you Liam,” the social media star concluded.
Payne and Cassidy pictured at the Fashion Awards in London in December 2022.Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis/Getty
Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Corbis/Getty
Cassidy was spotted attendingPayne’s funeralalong with the couple’s friendDamian Hurleyin the English countryside on Nov. 20. The late singer’s bandmatesHarry Styles,Louis Tomlinson,Zayn MalikandNiall Horanwere also at the service.
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On Dec. 8, Cassidy shared atouching TikTok tributeto her late boyfriend, which revealed a compilation of clips of herself and Payne spending time together as Mazzy Star’s 1993 song “Fade Into You” played over the top.
“I love you,” Cassidy simply wrote about Payne in the caption.
source: people.com
