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 Direction singer has split from his girlfriend Sophia Smith, multiple sources confi…

Read more »