Niall Horan speaks out for the first time since the death of his former One Direction bandmate, Liam Payne. In an emotional Instagram post, Niall says he is ‘absolutely devastated,’ reflecting on how ‘fortunate’ he feels to have seen Liam recently. Sharing a throwback photo of the two, Niall continues ‘I sadly didn’t know that after hugging him that evening, I’d be saying goodbye forever.’ Liam died after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires at the age of 31, two weeks after attending Niall’s show in Argentina.
