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Sweet Liam Payne of boy band One Direction is in real pain this week over the loss of his grandfather, as reported by his Twitter fans.
@Mikaela_Hope @Real_Liam_Payne his grandfather passed away, and today is his funeral but liam can't be there bc touring :(
— louis/5 ∞ (@xxx1DLover) October 2, 2013
Apparently, Liam can’t attend the funeral because he is on tour with the band and he appears to be heartbroken. Just minutes ago, Liam tweeted to his fans about what he’s going through.
Thanks for everyone's support at this hard time obviously this has been a tough few weeks for me I've never been through anything like this>
— Liam Payne (@Real_Liam_Payne) October 2, 2013
And your support means the world so thanks guys night x
— Liam Payne (@Real_Liam_Payne) October 2, 2013
Thankfully, fans are showing their support already. Read some of the caring tweets below:
@Real_Liam_Payne we love you so much liam. we'll give you all of our support baby okay. we love you so so much xoxo
— ♡always in my heart♡ (@larrysdarling) October 2, 2013
@Real_Liam_Payne oh rip for ur grandpa liam :( we love you<3
— heidi (@1Dsvictim) October 2, 2013
#RIPGrandpaPayne #staystrongliam pic.twitter.com/S7Q7MJdMWm
— bazingaaa ♡ (@igottabe1D) October 2, 2013
On a lighter note, One Direction made a big announcement about 1D Day today. Find out the details using the below link:
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