Kate Cassidy says she's 'ready to start dating again' months after Liam Payne's death
MIAMI, FLORIDA: Instagram influencer Kate Cassidy, who was in a long-term relationship with former One Direction singer Liam Payne, has shared that she is ready to begin dating again, nearly a year and a half after his tragic death.
The 27-year-old has spoken publicly about navigating grief and moving forward while continuing to honor her late partner. Liam died at the age of 31 in October 2024 following a fatal fall from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Kate Cassidy on moving forward after Liam Payne’s death
In an Instagram post shared on Friday, April 24, Kate said, "I am ready to start dating again. It has been a year and a half since Liam passed away. I think that love after loss is a big chapter within your grief journey and I don't know how that is going to feel."
She continued, "But I do know that I loved being in love. I want to have kids one day, I want to have a family and I know Liam would want that for me and if the roles were reversed I would want him to be happy and fall in love again."
Kate further added, "I will always love Liam and that will never change no matter who I meet and who comes into my life. I am going to think about Liam on my wedding day, I am going to think about him everyday for the rest of my life and that goes without saying."
Kate had earlier hinted at her desire to start dating again in a TikTok video shared earlier this month, where she tagged the network behind the popular reality dating show 'The Bachelorette,' suggesting herself as a potential contestant.
In the clip, she was seen dancing on camera and captioned the post, “Heard they’re looking for a new Bachelorette.... hi.”
Kate Cassidy on love and refusing to stop speaking about Liam Payne
Kate had also previously addressed the topic of finding love after Liam in a separate TikTok video, stating, "I want to make something clear. Whoever I end up with in my future will have to accept the fact I will always love Liam."
She further said, "I will always talk about Liam I will always laugh about Liam, I will always cry about Liam. Let me tell you something, Liam Payne was my boyfriend. He wasn't just this famous figure to me. It hurts so bad because I am just criticized all the time for speaking about my boyfriend that passed away, the person that I loved and still do love."
Kate further emphasized, "I would never settle for anyone in this lifetime who did not feel comfortable enough with me speaking about Liam. Liam was a very big part of my life. He was my best friend, somebody I really thought I was going to spend the rest of my life with and, obviously, I know one day I'm going to have to move on."
She rounded off her message by saying, "I want to get married one day. I want to have kids. When a person dies, they die twice, once when they actually die and the second time when you stop speaking about them. I'm not going to have Liam die twice on me. I will love him forever."
