Cheryl says media coverage about Liam Payne’s death ‘abhorrent’

Liam Payne’s former partner Cheryl Tweedy has described media coverage of his death as “abhorrent”.

The singer’s father, Geoff Payne, travelled to Buenos Aires in Argentina on Friday to organise the repatriation of his 31-year-old son’s body. He was seen exiting the CasaSur Palermo hotel, where the singer died after falling from a third-floor balcony on Wednesday.

In a video shared on the BBC, Payne was seen visiting tributes left by fans outside the hotel, reading letters and pausing around flowers, photographs and candles

Tweedy, the former Girls Aloud singer, voiced concerns on Friday over protecting their seven-year-old son, Bear, and criticised the “media exploitation” since the star’s death.

In an Instagram post, she said: “As I try to navigate this earth-shattering event, and work through my own grief at this indescribably painful time, I’d like to kindly remind everyone that we have lost a human being.