Cheryl Cole is speaking out about the death of her ex-boyfriend, Liam Payne. On October 16, the former One Direction band member died at 31 years old after falling from a hotel balcony in Argentina. Two days later, the mother of his seven-year-old son, Bear, pleaded with her followers to grant the singer “dignity” in the “wake of his death.”

Cheryl Cole broke her silence on the death of her ex-boyfriend Liam Payne, with whom she welcomed son Bear, now 7. "As I try to navigate this earth-shattering event and work through my own grief at this indescribably painful time,

Factor when Liam Payne auditioned on the show and the two went on to develop a relationship much later as well.