Liam Payne’s GF Kate Cassidy Explains Why She Removed Tattoo Tribute

Watch: Kate Cassidy Shares She Was Dumped After She “F–ked Up” and Compared New Boyfriend to Liam Payne

Kate Cassidy is still holding onto her midnight memories.

Nearly two years after the death of her boyfriend Liam Payne, the influencer clarified the reason she is removing a collection of tattoos from her hand, some of which were tributes to the late One Direction member.

“The only reason that I am lasering off these tattoos is literally just because they are too thick for my liking,” Cassidy said in a July 29 TikTok. “These are the very first tattoos I ever received—I’ve already talked about this before—and I went somewhere really random and I asked for a fine line tattoo.”

However, despite her expectation of getting “very faint” and “very fine” markings, the 27-year-old added, “I ended up getting this thick, bulky, whatever.”

So, Cassidy underwent laser removal to take off a pair of angel wings, a star and the number four—her and Payne’s angel number—that she had on her fingers.

Despite removing the tributes, Cassidy—who is planning to get the tattoos redone on a different part of her hand—shut down speculation that she is moving on from her love for Payne.

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“The meaning behind all of my tattoos are so so special to me,” she continued. “So, I am not lasering them off for any other means other than the fact that I’m gonna get them redone somewhere else that has experience in fine line tattoos and just get them moved down. So, bye.”

Cassidy and Payne—who began dating in 2022—had been vacationing together in Argentina before the musician fell to his death at the hotel. Since then, the TikToker has been candid about her grief and how Payne’s loss has impacted her, including in her romantic life.

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“Dating after losing somebody that you genuinely thought you were gonna spend the rest of your life with is really tough,” she said in a June 22 TikTok, “because I physically look for Liam in every single guy that I meet.”

In fact, she added, “If they don’t hit all the check marks, I tend to either back away or almost resent this person. And it’s so crazy.”

Still, Cassidy is trying to cope with her new life without Payne in it.

“You don’t move on from grief,” she wrote on TikTok in February. “You move forward with it, carrying love in a different form. Keep living. Keep going. Live your life as fully as you possibly can.”

For a look back at Cassidy and Payne’s romance, keep reading.

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Sealed with a KissPrior to Liam Payne‘s tragic passing at the age of 31, the One Direction alum had been dating Kate Cassidy for two years.

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Snowed InBut the truth is Kate—a self-identified Directioner—had been manifesting their relationship since she was only 10 years old, she previously revealed.

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Happy FamilyDuring their relationship, the pair enjoyed being dog parents to Kate’s pup Nala. In fact, Liam once joked about his many “random” nicknames for their pet, laughing that “none of them have to do with Nala.”

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AdventuringThe couple also often documented their trips around the world and had been together in Argentina in the weeks leading up to Liam’s death in Buenos Aires.

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Happiest TogetherTwo days after Liam’s death, Kate—who had left Argentina prior to her boyfriend’s fatal fall—shared her heartbreak over his passing, noting “nothing about the past few days have felt real.”

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The Man Behind The FameKate continued of her late love, “I want you to know I loved you unconditionally and completely. I will continue to love you for the rest of my life. I love you Liam.”

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Her Forever PartnerIn an additional heartbreaking tribute, shared just one week after the “For You” singer’s death, Kate reflected on how he will always be with her. “Liam, I know we’ll be together forever, but not in the way we had planned,” she wrote. “You’ll always be with me. I’ve gained a guardian angel. I will love you for the rest of my life and beyond, carrying our dreams and memories with me everywhere I go.”

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Lasting LoveWithin the tribute, the 25-year-old also shared that that she and Liam had looking toward their future and he had written about his plans to marry her. “A few weeks ago, we sat outside on a beautiful evening manifesting our lives together,” Kate wrote. “I keep your note close, even though you told me not to look at it. It said, ‘Me and Kate to marry within a year/engaged & together forever 444.'”

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