Liam Payne Splits From Sophia Smith

<div data-action="Zoom" data-category="Article" data-label="0" id="article-image" style="border: 0px; clear: both; float: none; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 467px;"> <h2> <span style="color: magenta; font-size: x-large;">Liam Payne Splits From Sophia Smith, One Direction Singer Is "Devastated"</span></h2> <h1 style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 2px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Liam Payne</strong><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">is back on the market. The One Direction singer has split from his girlfriend</span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><strong style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sophia Smith</strong><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">, multiple sources confirm exclusively to </span><a href="http://www.usmagazine.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #009bd5; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Us Weekly</strong></a><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">. The couple dated for eight months, and first met while attending St. Peter's Collegiate School in Wolverhampton, England</span></h1> <h1 style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 30px; margin: 0px 0px 2px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">.</span><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: red;">CELEBS BREAKUP</b></span></h1> </div> <div data-action="Zoom" data-category="Article" data-label="0" id="article-image" style="border: 0px; clear: both; float: none; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 467px;"> <img height="640" src="http://assets-s3.usmagazine.com/uploads/assets/articles/72905-liam-payne-splits-from-sophia-smith-one-direction-singer-devastated/1399123240_liam-payne-sophia-smith-breakup_1.jpg" width="540" /><br /><span class="caption" style="border: 0px; clear: both; color: #999999; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Liam Payne has split from his girlfriend Sophia Smith, multiple sources confirm exclusively to Us Weekly</span><span class="caption" style="border: 0px; clear: both; color: #999999; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Credit: David M. Benett/WireImage</span></div> <div data-action="Contextual" data-category="Article" data-track-tags="a" id="article-body" style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> "He's devastated that it's over but it was for the best," a source tells <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Us</strong> of the 20-year-old. "They were spending too much time apart and it's only going to get worse this year -- the band going on a super long tour, her getting busier with university."</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> "Too much long distance," the source adds. "It was draining for the both of them and led to a lot of arguments. Liam was the one who chose to end it." (Payne is currently on tour with his bandmates for their <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Where We Are</em>tour, which kicked off last month.)</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> "There was no way to maintain the relationship," a second source adds. "He had to do it as they would never see each other and he didn't think it was fair to her."</div> <div style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Payne, for his part, has been vocal about his heartbreak, posting cryptic messages via Twitter on May 2. "Can't be without you," he wrote. "Worse thing I ever did was let you go." He added: "No all I got left is the thought of you." </div> <div style="border: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Payne previously dated model and dancer <strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Danielle Peazer</strong> on-and-off for three years before their split in May 2013.</div> </div>

Liam Payne Splits From Sophia Smith

Liam Payne Splits From Sophia Smith, One Direction Singer Is "Devastated" Liam Payne   is back on the market. The One Directio...

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