Liam’s Cheryl lookalike (17 years younger)
IT’S been six weeks since he split from Cheryl Tweedy. But Liam Payne appears to have moved on – with an American socialite who is 17 years younger than his ex but bears a passing resemblance to her.
The One Direction singer, 24, and 18-year-old Maya Henry enjoyed a romantic date night at the exclusive Bulgari hotel in London, checking out within hours of each another, according to The Sun.
Payne was also spotted heading to the Dolce & Gabbana gala dinner at Lake Como, Italy, last month,
‘Focusing on work’
with Miss Henry later posing for a picture of them with some friends.
The pair have known each other for some time, having been first pictured together at a meet-andgreet event when One Direction fan Miss Henry was 15. Miss Henry, whose father amassed a multi-million-pound fortune through his personal injury law firm, has become a star on picture sharing site Instagram, with 83,000 followers.
Payne has a one-year-old son called Bear with Cheryl, 35.
A source told The Sun: ‘Liam and Maya get on well and she’s a stunning girl. They have kissed a couple of times, but he is in no rush to date again… Liam is simply focusing on work and above all else obviously his main priority is Bear.’
Payne and Cheryl announced their two-and-a-half year romance was over in July, both tweeting: ‘We still have so much love for each other as a family. Bear is our world.’
The pair first met on The X Factor in 2008, when she was a judge and he auditioned as a solo contestant, then 14 years old, before he became part of One Direction.