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The heartbroken girlfriend of Liam Payne was seen in public for the first time with the dog they had adopted together just before the singer plunged to his tragic death.
Kate Cassidy, 25, walked armed with two packets of Taste of the Wild dog food in Florida with pet Nala who the couple rescued from an animal shelter last month.
It was a dog that Payne doted on and one day hoped might form part of a ‘nice and loving family’.
The troubled One Direction singer had previously described the encounter which led to the adoption as a ‘meet and greet with a couple doggos’.
Speaking of his furry friend, he added: ‘I really love her. She is so cute.
Liam Payne and girlfriend Kate Cassidy adopted dog Nala. The singer had previously described the encounter which led to the adoption as a ‘meet and greet with a couple doggos’
The actress this weekend was seen in Florida picking up dog food for the pooch she shared with Payne
It was a dog that Payne doted on and one day hoped might form part of a ‘nice and loving family’
Kate had added: ‘We did a meet and greet with three different dogs and this one fit us best. She’s so sweet. She’s only four months old. She was abandoned by her previous owners and dumped at the shelter. We wanted to give her a second chance and a better life’
‘We’re going to foster her for a while and get her really nice for a loving family I think. But we might be the nice family.’
Kate had added: ‘We did a meet and greet with three different dogs and this one fit us best. She’s so sweet. She’s only four months old. She was abandoned by her previous owners and dumped at the shelter. We wanted to give her a second chance and a better life.’
Liam, 31, died when he fell from a balcony at a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Wednesday.
He and Kate had gone to see a gig by Liam’s former bandmate Niall Horan but Kate returned to their Florida home two days before Payne’s death.
It emerged that the singer had been acting ‘erratically’ prior to the fall with police called to see to ‘an aggressive man who may have been under the effects of drugs and alcohol’.
Kate Cassidy (right) and the singer originally flew to Buenos Aires to watch his former bandmate Niall Horan ‘s concert on October 4
On Friday Kate broke her silence to pay an emotional tribute to Payne. The post on her Instagram read: ‘Thank you for all of the kind words and love that has been sent my way.
‘I have been at a complete loss. Nothing about the past few days have felt real. I ask and pray that you’ll give me the grace and space to navigate this in private.
Liam Payne’s fatal balcony fall is treated as ‘inconclusive’
‘Liam, my angel. You are everything. I want you to know I loved you unconditionally and completely. I will continue to love you for the rest of my life. I love you Liam.’
Ms Cassidy and Payne first started dating in October 2022, and made their red carpet debut at the Fashion Awards later that year.
The pair then put an end to split rumours by enjoying a date in London in June last year, and later that year she supported him when he was rushed to hospital with a ‘serious kidney infection’.
The former One Direction star fell from the third floor of the Casa Sur Palmero hotel.
Police and prosecutors are continuing to investigate the tragedy which is being treated as an ‘inconclusive death’.
A post-mortem examination has determined that he died from multiple injuries.
Kate and Liam first started dating in October 2022, and made their red carpet debut at the Fashion Awards later that year.
DAILY MAIL