Liam Payne's girlfriend Kate Cassidy breaks down in tears in emotional ITV Lorraine scenes
Liam, 31, died last October after he fell three floors from his hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Kate has now shared her feelings five months on, along with the final moments she spent with the Wolverhampton-born singer-songwriter.
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In the highly-emotional interview, Kate said she's "still working on accepting the fact that he's not here anymore," explaining: "It's hard for me to refer to him in the past tense, and when I do refer to him in the past tense it almost stings that little bit more because… it just … it's more official."
Kate explained the significance of the necklace she was wearing, saying: "It actually is angel wings, I saw it in a little gift shop a couple of weeks ago and I feel like it spoke to me and matches my angel wing tattoos. I wear it quite often and it once again makes me feel closer to Liam."
Liam had travelled to the Argentinian capital with Kate to attend a performance from his former bandmate Niall Horan, with the 25-year-old influencer flying back to the US just days before Payne's death.
"I've never lost anybody close to me before," Kate said, "so this is my first time dealing with anything like this and going through this grief and healing journey.
"He has impacted so many people in this world and I know I'm not alone in this, so many other people are grieving. It shows how much of an impact he had on people's lives.
"He would light up any room he walked into and he had this sense of humour where he could make anything better and his presence was just comforting and warming and that is something I will never forget about him, ever."
Kate is now part of the March4March campaign, designed to motivate people to take a stroll and boost their mental health.
It was actually the number four that drew Kate to the organisation to begin with, saying: "For people that aren't familiar with the number four, it's mine and Liam's angel number which symbolises support and guidance from your angels, and I genuinely believe that Liam guided me to this campaign and wanted me to be involved in this to help other people. It's something that he wanted me to do."
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