HOLLYWOOD, KOMPAS.com -- Mantan personel One Direction Liam Payne (24) dan kekasihnya, penyanyi Cheryl Cole (35), memutuskan untuk berpisah.
Mereka mengumumkan kabar itu melalui akun Twitter masing-masing pada Minggu (1/7/2018) waktu AS. " Cheryl dan saya dengan sedih mengumumkan bahwa kami akan berpisah. Ini merupakan keputusan yang sulit yang kami buat ," tulis Payne, begitu juga Cole.
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Payne mengatakan bahwa ia dan Cole masih saling menyayangi sebagai keluarga. Apalagi mereka sudah memiliki buah hati yang berusia satu tahun. " Bear merupakan dunia kami dan kami meminta agar Anda menghormati privasinya ketika kami melewati ini bersama ," tulis Payne juga.
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Cheryl and Liam Payne have said they are "going our separate ways" in nearly-identical posts to their 40 million Twitter followers.
The former Girls Aloud star, 35, and One Direction member, 24, have decided to split after a two-year relationship - and just over a year since their one-year-old son called Bear was born.
They told their followers that separating had been "a tough decision for us to make".
"We still have so much love for each other as a family," they said.
We are sad to announce that we are going our separate ways. It's been a tough decision for us to make. We still have so much love for each other as a family. Bear is our world and we ask that you respect his privacy as we navigate our way through this together. — Cheryl (@CherylOfficial) 1 July 2018
"Bear is our world and we ask that you respect his privacy as we navigate our way through this together."
Cheryl was previously married to footballer Ashley Cole for four years before their divorce in 2010.
Four years later she married Jean-Bernard Versini in a secret beach wedding, but by the following year they had split.
She and Payne had been in a relationship since December 2015.
Cheryl and I are sad to announce that we are going our separate ways. It's been a tough decision for us to make. We still have so much love for each other as a family. Bear is our world and we ask that you respect his privacy as we navigate our way through this together. — Liam (@LiamPayne) July 1, 2018
They met on The X Factor in 2008, when she was a judge and he auditioned as a solo contestant, then 14 years old.
In February, the pair put on a public display of unity at the Brit Awards amid speculation over their relationship.
Cheryl later hit back at reports that their appearance had been a "stunt", saying the suggestion was "just ludicrous and a bit weird".
Image: Payne posted a photo on Instagram of the pair's newborn baby in March last year
In March, Cheryl responded to images of her partner and another woman, saying she was an "innocent dancer colleague of Liam's who has a fiance".
She described speculation over the images as a "desperate attempt to try to cause problems between Liam and I".
The decision to split up was made two weeks ago, according to The Sun, and Payne has moved out of the Surrey mansion they shared.
Liam Payne & Cheryl Cole Announce Split
Liam Payne and girlfriend Cheryl Cole have parted ways, the former One Direction singer (and now solo artist) said Sunday, July 1.
"Cheryl and I are sad to announce that we are going our separate ways. It's been a tough decision for us to make. We still have so much love for each other as a family. Bear is our world and we ask that you respect his privacy as we navigate our way through this together," Payne wrote on Twitter. Cole, also a singer -- who goes by Cheryl now and was previously in Girls Aloud -- posted the same statement on her own account.
The couple began dating in 2016 and are parents to one-year-old Bear, whom they welcomed in March 2017.
In March of this year, Cole addressed rumors that Payne was involved with one of his backup dancers. "I usually don’t bother myself to respond to stupid articles," Cole tweeted, referring to cheating gossip. "But in my silence, they hold the pen. This is a stupid article, clutching at very small straws." Minutes later, she added they were heading off on vacation "and the only thing we’re making are memories."
Payne recently announced the release date of his debut solo album, which will out on Sept. 14.
CLOSE One Direction boys Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne hit the red carpet for the BRIT Awards in London on Wednesday where they joked about dressing up and Louis' fatherhood. (Feb. 25) AP
Liam Payne and Cheryl Cole. (Photo: Mike Marsland/WireImage)
It was beautiful pop-culture legend while it lasted, but One Direction’s Liam Payne and girlfriend Cheryl Cole have split.
Payne, 24, and singer Cole, 35, have a 15-month-old son together, named Bear. They went public with their relationship in 2016.
"Cheryl and I are sad to announce that we are going our separate ways. It's been a tough decision for us to make,” Payne tweeted. “We still have so much love for each other as a family. Bear is our world and we ask that you respect his privacy as we navigate our way through this together."
Cheryl and I are sad to announce that we are going our separate ways. It's been a tough decision for us to make. We still have so much love for each other as a family. Bear is our world and we ask that you respect his privacy as we navigate our way through this together. — Liam (@LiamPayne) July 1, 2018
Cole echoed his words in a nearly identical statement on Twitter.
We are sad to announce that we are going our separate ways. It's been a tough decision for us to make. We still have so much love for each other as a family. Bear is our world and we ask that you respect his privacy as we navigate our way through this together. — Cheryl (@CherylOfficial) July 1, 2018
The couple famously met on "The X Factor," when Payne was a contestant and Cole was a judge on the U.K. show. He was teamed with Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson as boy band One Direction when the five musicians failed to advance in the competition as individual performers.
Hours before announcing the breakup with Cole, Payne nostalgically tweeted, “When I auditioned for X factor 10 years ago I had a hole in my George Asda shoes, borrowed Armandi jeans from a friend just a 14 year old boy with big dreams ... crazy what ten years can do.”
Just thoughts 💭.... when I auditioned for X factor 10 years ago I had a hole in my George Asda shoes, borrowed Armandi jeans from a friend just a 14 year old boy with big dreams ... crazy what ten years can do... thank you 🙏🏼 — Liam (@LiamPayne) July 1, 2018
One Direction announced it would go on hiatus in November 2015. The “Strip That Down” singer plans to release his solo debut album in September.
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