This morning, Liam Payne was one of the top trending names on Google. Why? Because he performed his new song, Sunshine, on The One Show last night and naturally, anything that man does will make him trend. But there was one peculiar breakout search term that showed what everyone really wanted to know: Is Liam Payne married?
That’s right, the question that is usually reserved for female celebrities – at least, in terms of what people are Googling about them – has now been put the on former One Direction star. Now, we can all assume why people are so obsessed with Liam Payne’s marital status – he is, after all, a global popstar. But when a celebrity gets married or engaged, it’s usually pretty clear. So, what’s going on, why is there so much confusion around whether Liam Payne is married or not?
Is Liam Payne married?
Well, it all stems from his on-and-off again relationship with model Maya Henry. The pair, who first went public in 2019, announced their engagement in September 2020 after Maya was spotted wearing a £3million engagement ring. Less than a year later in June 2021, Liam announced that he and Maya had called off the engagement on Stephen Bartlett’s podcast, The Diary of a CEO.
When asked if he was single, the singer responded: ‘I am indeed. I feel like more than anything at this point I’m more disappointed in myself that I keep on hurting people… I’ve just not been very good at relationships and I know what my pattern is with relationships at this point… I just need to work on myself before I put myself onto somebody else. That’s where I got to in my last relationship, I just wasn’t giving a very good version of me anymore that I didn’t appreciate and didn’t like being.’
Alas, just two months later in August, Liam and Maya were spotted leaving a party together in Ibiza and reports of their romance being rekindled spread far and wide. Now, the pair appear to have confirmed their back on-again relationship after attending The Face’s London Fashion Week party together.
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Of course, eagle-eyed fans have noted that Maya is not wearing an engagement ring. According to E! News, that’s because they’re taking things slowly this time. ‘They took time apart due to their busy schedules and having distance between them,’ a source told the publication. ‘They are living together in England… but aren't putting pressure on the wedding or engagement yet.’
So, we can safely confirm that Liam Payne is not married – not even close, it seems. The 28-year-old has never, in fact, been married – but confusion spread during his relationship with Cheryl, with whom he shares son Bear, because they used to refer to each other as ‘husband’ and ‘wife’.
He was forced to confirm that they weren’t married in July 2017, even telling The Daily Star ‘I don’t know if I’m the wedding-y type of guy. Weddings feel a bit weird to me.’ However, rumours of a secret marriage circulated once more in May 2018 when Cheryl called Liam her husband during an interview. Just two months later, the pair split.
With all of this back and forth, it’s no surprise that ‘Is Liam Payne married?’ is a constant source of search on Google. Luckily for you, we’re always here on ring watch to get to the bottom of these things…
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