Images of Liam Payne’s drug-filled hotel room are going viral
Chilling images from the inside By Liam Payne hotel room have gone viral, hours after his dead was confirmed.
RadarOnline.com The photos may reveal: a broken TV screen, smashed burnt aluminum foil in a bathtub, plus white powder and other drug paraphernalia strewn across a wooden surface.
Next to the broken television was a half-drunk glass of what looked like champagne and another empty glass next to it.
Payne was staying at the $300-a-night Casa Sur Palermo in Buenos Aires when, at age 31, he fell from a third-floor balcony.
He was in Argentina to visit ex-One direction band size Niall Horan31, performing at a concert.
Before his death, Payne had behaved erratically in the hotel foyer and destroyed his laptop.
According to local media, he had to be carried back to his room.
The staff called the police in a panic and reported an “aggressive man who was possibly under the influence of drugs and alcohol.”
Police reportedly plan to investigate who supplied Payne with the drugs possibly linked to his death if tests reveal narcotics were found in his room.
The singer has previously opened up about his battle with addiction, namely drugs.
In 2021, while speaking on Stephen Bartlett’s Diary of a CEO podcast, he described a period he called his “pills and booze phase”, referring to images of him appearing visibly bloated.
He explained: “My face was ten times bigger than it is now. The problem was that the best way to keep us safe was to lock us in a room, and what’s in the room? A minibar.”
Payne admitted that this environment led to what felt like a never-ending celebration that spanned years.
Looking back on this period, Payne said, “And then you look back at how long you’ve been drinking and stuff, and you’re like, Jesus Christ, that’s long. Even for someone as young as me. It was wild.”
Payne described the limiting nature of their fame, saying, “It was like expressing frustration or falling into a trap during the day… And you know, I was talking to someone about this and about child development as a teenager, the only thing you what you need is the freedom to make choices and the freedom to do things.”
He further elaborated on the repetitive nature of the boy band’s lives, saying, “And the one thing was that even though we could do anything we wanted, from the outside it seemed like we were always locked in a room at night.
“And then it’ll be car, hotel, room, stage, singing. So it was like they pulled off the duster, gave us a break, and then, woohoo.
“And then it’s back under there, and I’m like, gah.”
