Liam Payne shares very rare pic of son Bear - and fans all ask same question
One Direction star Liam Payne delighted fans by posting a super rare photo of his son Bear, six, to his social media earlier this year. The former X Factor singer is normally very private about his family life so his fans couldn't get enough of the picture of the youngster, who he shares with Cheryl Tweedy from Girls Aloud.
Liam, 31, shared a snap of of Bear, who turns seven in March, in a bright yellow puffer coat looking at a huge big billboard of Liam that was advertising his new music. Liam captioned the post: "I want to be on a billboard one day Daddy." Cheryl, 41, and Liam, who are no longer together, are very private when it comes to their son, and neither of them have ever publicly shared a photograph showing his face.
Liam's followers rushed to comment on the snap, and many of them were shocked by the same thing - how big the boy has become. One fan wrote: "HOW IS HE SO BIG?", while someone else said: "He's so big, it seems like he was born yesterday."
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Another fan said: "Bear is an amazing boy he's his father's biggest supporter." A fourth person wrote: "Oh no that's so cute I can't," while another couldn't believe how tall Bear is: "He's already that big? ? ? "
Last year, Newcastle-born Cheryl revealed that Bear had recently discovered that both his mum and dad were quite famous, saying he thought it was "pretty cool".
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In a chat with British Vogue, Cheryl shared that she wants Bear to have a 'normal childhood'. "I don't want people recognising him on the street. But he's twigged that I'm famous. The other day he said, 'How lucky am I to have famous parents?' I said, 'It doesn't matter.' He goes: 'Yeah. But it's pretty cool."
Cheryl also spoke about how quickly Bear is growing up, saying: "We blinked and we're here, almost seven."
Liam and Cheryl dated from 2016 to 2018, and they welcomed Bear in 2017. Liam once said that Bear's arrival "ruined" their relationship as they knew it, but for "all the right reasons". Despite their split, Liam and Cheryl have remained living near each other so they can both be around to co-parent their son.
"She is the best mum in the world. I couldn't ask for someone better," Louis previously shared on Logan Paul's podcast Impaulsive. "I get to take my son to school one or two times a week and it's the best thing. The relationship we have now as friends has only grown more.
"We broke up for a reason and now she gives me full autonomy of my life and to do what I do and I know he's [Bear's] taken care of. He is all she cares about and I couldn't ask for more. They live like three minutes from my house. I always glue myself to where he is. My life now is his. My money is his. He's a lovely, lovely boy. We've been blessed."
