When I woke up this morning, my phone accidentally opened Apple News and I actually thought I was going mad to see that Liam died. He’s been in the news a lot, obviously through what Maya’s said and many people on social media commenting on the events and his behaviour. Like others have said, there’s been a dark shadow forming but never would I ever expect death. I didn’t agree with his views, but his death is extremely sad because it brings back so many memories many people had through listening to One Direction’s music.
They created a bond for fans that is really unexplainable, young and older fans are connected and they had such a strong fandom even to this day. It was clear he needed help, even if he had all this money in the world, it doesn’t mean anything when you feel so alone and like no one is listening. It’s like assuming being rich means you’re less likely to be depressed. What’s absolutely disgusting is going to Maya’s Instagram account and seeing so many people blame her. They should be ashamed, a little boy, a mum and dad, two sisters and a girlfriend, plus the One Direction boys have lost someone that was a huge part of their lives. It doesn’t matter if he was an idiot most of the time, now isn’t the time to blame anyone. She doesn’t deserve this hate, she didn’t kill him ffs, she just spoke of what happened between the two.
I know that death happens to us all eventually but in some ways we think celebrities are invincible to this natural part of life and Liam’s death has been such a shock, especially as he was young. I hope now he’s resting in peace and no longer fighting demons.