Let's hope certain sections of society, not just the press, take heed and respect their wishes."Liam's death was an unspeakable tragedy. This is a time of tremendous grief and pain for those who knew and loved him. Liam ought to have had a long life ahead of him. Instead, Bear has lost his father, Geoff and Karen have lost their son, Ruth and Nicola have lost their brother and all of Liam's friends and fans have lost someone they held very dear.
"We understand that the investigation into Liam's death was absolutely necessary, and the family recognises the work done by the Argentinian authorities. However, the family accepts the Court of Appeal's decision to drop all charges.
"The constant media attention and speculation which has accompanied the process has exacted indescribable, lasting damage on the family, particularly on Liam's son who is trying to process emotions which no seven-year-old should have to experience.
"The family has always wished for privacy to grieve and asks that they be given the space and time to do so.
"This weekend, at the Brit Awards, Liam was remembered for his phenomenal contribution to British music and for his wider, positive impact on millions of adoring fans the world over. We joined in that celebration of his life and will forever remember the joy that his music brought to the world.
"Liam, you are so loved and missed."
I think it’s just reminded me that humans are not designed to be “famous”, and that people share themselves at great personal cost.Awh Liam
I hope he's finally at peace now, and he didn't deserve his fate, nor did his loved ones.
This is our time I guess, with everything going on politically, culturally, socially.
I know we can't change the world, but what he's taught me is what I should have maybe known all along, check in with those close to you, if you're that worried go one further and check in with those potentially even closer them.
From one millennial working class British soul to another, rest in peace Liam![]()
They're already speculating that's it's not real and the timing is suss. What is wrong with these people!!Liam's family have released a new statement:
Let's hope certain sections of society, not just the press, take heed and respect their wishes.
They are very dull, boring, tedious idiots who can’t be bothered to read a book or watch a film, they prefer to chat tit online about someone they never knew.They're already speculating that's it's not real and the timing is suss. What is wrong with these people!!
Total madness. When you strip away all the bells and whistles of fame, a young man died after several years of suffering horrible mental health issues. Those mental health issues almost certainly affected everyone around him. It's not unreasonable to think that despite loving him dearly, those people need to take a beat to come to terms with what's happened and how they feel about it. The pissing contest about whether or not a statement was heartfelt, or whether tours should have been cancelled, or if Harry is a disrespectful douche for running a marathon is a bit gross.These fans will never believe anything if it doesn't feed into their narrative. Now they're claiming Liam's parents didn't write that, but if Liam's parents had released a video saying that where we literally see the words come from their mouths, the fans would've said "it's a script. They've been forced to say that". His family can't win. Those deluded fans will always feed into the conspiracy element
It is a shame though because not all fans will be like that. Some have been very respectful (eg the fans outside the hotel who tried to protect Liam's dad from the paps)
Those comments annoyed me more than they should have. They constantly talk about how bullied Liam was, then do the same to the other lads. It's so hypocritical.Total madness. When you strip away all the bells and whistles of fame, a young man died after several years of suffering horrible mental health issues. Those mental health issues almost certainly affected everyone around him. It's not unreasonable to think that despite loving him dearly, those people need to take a beat to come to terms with what's happened and how they feel about it. The pissing contest about whether or not a statement was heartfelt, or whether tours should have been cancelled, or if Harry is a disrespectful douche for running a marathon is a bit gross.
They all seem to forget that if these lads had met in an office, they'd start running out of management sympathy after a week. There's millions of pounds at stake with what the members of 1D do, I find it baffling that they just think they can go 'nah, I think I fancy stopping for a bit while I figure this out'.
First off, how incredibly patronising to say Geoff didn't understand what he was saying."Liam's father was trying to move on [from his son's death] as best he could. He was suffering, he didn't understand what he was saying.”
"It is logical that people look for someone to blame in order to make the case interesting. They were looking for someone to be responsible. I understand that... We knew that there would be a mess if something happened to him, but I was not afraid of going to jail”
This a thousand times over, and then over and over again.There's so many more non-intrusive, productive things they could do to prove their love for, and loyalty towards, Liam, whilst simultaneously supporting and respecting his family wishes, yet this is the hill they choose to die on. They're giving all his fans a bad name.
I think what aggravates me the most is, if it WAS some big, industry conspiracy (why?!) and Liam really was bumped off (again, why?!) it's not like sticking posters up outside the hotel where he died or screaming into the TikTok void is going to do anything to change or rectify it.I think their reaction just proves what a lot of us on this thread thought: it was never about getting "justice" for Liam and everything to do with some sort of weird attention-seeking virtue signalling: "Aren't we great? We're never giving up on him, even if his family have". No, you're mats. Just STFU!
There's so many more non-intrusive, productive things they could do to prove their love for, and loyalty towards, Liam, whilst simultaneously supporting and respecting his family wishes, yet this is the hill they choose to die on. They're giving all his fans a bad name.
They just want a villain for their conspiracy theoriesI hate to give any of it crecedence, especially the music industry mogul bit, which is always an easy place for suspicion to fall, with historic poor treatment of some artists, how much of it is behind closed doors, and of course the large financial sums involved, but for what's it's worth I'll share my thoughts...
A long time ago, I went to audience auditions for Britains Got Talent, coincidentally in the year between Liam's X Factor auditions.
When the cameras stopped rolling, it was always Simon who was most helpful to those auditioning, yes some he may have shared some constructive criticism, but he wasn't cruel nor hurtful, and tactically managed those auditioning's expectations about if they could or could not make it in the industry, particularly the younger artists, who he was most sensitive to.
I know this was what 2-3 hours, a very long time ago, but can I reconcile that memory with one of the current ongoing insinuations that he's plotted the death of one of those same young people he helped?
Especially as he's reportedly close to this same persons child and their mother? Let alone it seems he has some sort of relationship with their parents?
I honestly just can't see it.
Roger, Maya, Diddy and Beyonce?I've said it before and I'll say it again, I don't want it to come out and I hope it never does, but the GOSH appeal, I think it's pretty much a cert which 4 names are at the top of the donor list.
I agree with you, but sadly the death conspiracies are just the latest in a long line of weird 1D fan theories. B’s family already have the issue of the internet to deal with. And, tbh, Modest exploited social media when the band was active for engagement.The thing I don't understand is the way some of these "fans" are making out like they're trying to protect B. I've seen lots of comments about how they're going to try and get all the negative stuff and "lies" about Liam removed from the internet so that B won't have to see it in the future. But what they fail to understand is: B is 7, he's not a baby. I think it's safe to assume he knows how to read and probably knows how to use Google and YouTube. And whilst I don't doubt that Cheryl and his Grandparents, aunts and uncles don't let him have free reign over the internet, all it takes is an unsupervised search at school or a friend's house. Or for another child at school to do a search and relay the information back to him. Even an innocent search on YouTube to watch Liam/1D performances is likely to bring up the conspiracies. The internet is so intertwined with every day life that's it's hard to shield kids from this kind of stuff, especially if they're curious about something. The fact that the statement specifically mentions the effect speculation has had on B suggests he's probably already seen some of this stuff, which is heartbreaking.
I appreciate this may seem hypocritical since I, along with others on this thread, have discussed Liam's behaviour and death in-depth. But I think a child is much more likely to click on a YouTube video or social media post than they are to read a stream of text on Tattle (or know what Tattle is to specifically seek out these threads).