Longtime girlfriend of Liam Payne, Kate Cassidy, opened up about the One Direction star's death during her first television interview since the incident. Cassidy appeared on the U.K. morning show, Lorraine,

The influencer said in a recent interview that the death was the first time she had lost someone close to her.

Five months after One Direction’s Liam Payne tragically died in Buenos Aires, Argentina, his family has shared a statement regarding the criminal investigation into his death and media coverage.

Kate Cassidy is opening up about the death of her boyfriend Liam Payne. The 25-year-old shared it has been “really hard to accept” losing the former One Direction member after his tragic death in October after falling off a hotel balcony in Argentina.

Kate Cassidy said that Liam Payne “was so open about his mental health” and she is supporting the awareness campaign as “he no longer can help people”.