Former boy band star Robbie Williams was a guest mentor to One Direction on talent show The X Factor, and has now paid tribute to Liam Payne
British pop star Robbie Williams, who mentored One Direction on talent show The X Factor, has paid tribute to Liam Payne, who died on Wednesday, October 16.
The Angels singer, who was a member of huge British 1990s boy band Take That before quitting to go solo while suffering from addiction problems, took to Instagram to share an email exchange with Payne two years ago, alongside a moving caption about the singer’s tragic death.
“How to make sense of the Liam Payne tragedy?” the star, 50, wrote. “Obviously, my first feelings towards his passing were like everyone else. Shock, sadness and confusion. And to be honest as I write these words that’s where I still am. I met the boys on The X Factor and ‘’mentored’’ them. I use the word mentored in inverted brackets cos I hardly did anything to be honest.
