Nicole Scherzinger honors late “Constructing the Band” choose Liam Payne: ‘We’re so pleased with him’

Nicole Scherzinger is honoring her late pal and fellow Building the Band choose, Liam Payne.

Throughout Monday’s episode of Late Night With Seth Meyers, the Tony award-winning singer admitted that it felt somewhat bittersweet to observe episodes of the pair’s Netflix singing competitors following Payne’s sudden loss of life at age 31 final October.

“We’ve devoted this present to Liam,” Scherzinger mentioned. “We’re so pleased with him. He had such an incredible time. We had a lot enjoyable doing the present collectively and he’s such a phenomenal, sort soul and coronary heart.”

Payne tragically fell from a third-story balcony whereas visiting Buenos Aires, Argentina final October. Whereas the One Path alum had already completed filming Constructing the Band previous to his loss of life, Scherzinger defined that they “would’ve by no means continued to share the present” with out receiving his household’s blessing first.

“They had been truly there within the course of with it whereas we filmed it,” she famous. “And we’re simply actually pleased with him and I’m excited for everybody to see Liam shine.”

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Scherzinger and Payne go method again. The Pussycat Dolls alum helped personally type One Path’s lineup whereas serving as a choose on the U.Okay. model of the X Issue in 2010. The group — which consisted of Payne, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, and Harry Kinds — could have positioned third within the competitors general, however they went on to grow to be one of many largest boy bands in historical past.

Now, Scherzinger, Payne, and Future's Baby star Kelly Rowland are utilizing their experience to mentor a brand new assortment of vocal teams on Constructing the Band.

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“We’ve come full circle, particularly with Liam and I from X Issue, too,” Scherizinger added. “He’s walked this path so he’s the proper particular person to have the ability to assist individuals on this method, to have the ability to give again. And he liked it. He actually believed within the bands within the present.”

Scherzinger beforehand paid tribute to Payne within the days after his loss of life, praising his “sort coronary heart” and “candy soul and character” in a poignant Instagram submit.

“You introduced a lot pleasure, gentle, and laughter to the lives of people who really knew you,” she wrote partially. “I’ll ‘miss you’ my pal and carry you in my coronary heart. My ideas and prayers are with your loved ones.”

Constructing the Band host AJ McLean additionally devoted the collection to Payne through the present’s premiere earlier this month.

“After we got here collectively to movie Constructing the Band, we by no means imagined we’d quickly be saying goodbye to our pal, Liam Payne,” McLean mentioned. “Liam is a visitor choose in later episodes and thru his presence, we see his deep love for music and his un­wavering dedication to serving to others discover their voice. It’s by way of that spirit that we dedicate this collection to Liam and his household.”

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