Liam Payne has one more direction to go in not that he and girlfriend Cheryl Cole welcomed a baby boy last Wednesday. The little tyke doesn’t have a name yet, which, per gossip rules means we get to name him. He is healthy and I am sure is already the third most followed celebaby on Twitter. New dad Liam posted the same shot as Cheryl did, above, with the caption:
My close friends and family know there are very few times when I’m left speechless… wow! I’m incredibly happy to welcome our new baby boy into the world, it’s a moment that I will never forget for the rest of my life and my favourite memory I have so far. I’m completely in awe of his incredible mother and how she has been the whole way through this, she’s really made my dreams come true. We haven’t named him yet but he’s already capturing hearts including mine. I feel very blessed. Happy Mother’s Day everyone!
As Kaiser mentioned the other day, we never really discussed the fact that Cheryl and Liam were expecting in the first place. Apparently that was all by design:
The couple never officially confirmed they were expecting, but the songstress’ growing baby bump became undeniable. During an #AskLiam Twitter Q&A, the former 1D member admitted he was in the best place of his life. “Are you happy honey?” one fan asked.
“The happiest I could be,” Liam, 23, replied.
Liam ignored all questions about Cheryl’s pregnancy, and his girlfriend, 33, also chose not to speak about it during her interview with The Mirror’s Notebook magazine. But after awhile the secret couldn’t be contained, and #CongratsLiam started to trend on Twitter.
The fact is, we’ve not really discussed them much at all. The couple first met when Liam auditioned solo for the X Factor in 2008. He was 14 at the time and Cheryl was 24 and married to Ashley Cole. Two years later, Liam and One Direction went on to place third on the X Factor but it wasn’t until 2016 and another ended marriage for Cheryl that the two made it romantic. And now they are parents to Baron Squiggy Pennywhistle ColePayne the Foofheaded (just a suggestion). Cheryl’s former Girls Aloud bandmate, Kimberly Walsh, assured everyone Cheryl would be aces as a mom because, “She has loads of nieces and nephews” and Liam can get tips form fellow bandmate Louis Tomlinson, who is dad to one year old Freddie. Harry Styles is worthless because all he is set to produce is a new single. As always, congratulations to the new parents! They seem elated.
Little Squiggy already boasts excellent timing – as you can read in the Instagram announcements, he arrived just in time for the Mother’s Day in the UK, which was yesterday. Happy Mother’s Day to Cheryl and all our UK moms.
Photo credit: Instagram and WENN and Fame/Flynet Photos
The fact they met while he was 14 is a bit creepy to me. And Cheryl is a psycho. Those 1D boys sure god babies very young.
Absolutely it’s creepy. Tweedy is so desperate to stay relevant and always has been. I wish them well for the sake of the baby, but they both seem like twats to be honest.
Technically the didn’t “meet” just spoke for 30 seconds from a distance on live TV. Iirc they didn’t meet in person then.
It is absolutely creepy and she has GOD AWFUL taste in men. She’s like JLo in that way. It never works when you land your celebrity crush. It never lives up to the fantasy (see Nick Cannon and Mariah Carey).
Anyways I doubt they make it to the child’s first birthday. It’s fun to see the 1D fandom have a meltdown in the meantime
Congrats to them.
I still don’t have much respect for Cheryl though; showing no remorse for assault, those awful tattoos, supporting Chris Brown.
Exactly…
To be true, they both have awful tattoos. Wouldn’t be surprised if the baby had inherited a tiny rosebud, poor lad.
I couldn’t resist clicking on this story as I’ve seen it everywhere (everywhere!) and I have no idea who she is. I’ve heard of One Direction but could not place her at all. Upon checking I realize that if I lived in the U.K. I would care or at least know. But it appears that since I live in North America I don’t have to know or care who she is. Great, because I’m very busy.
Being in Australia, I’m in the same boat, Mia4s. I don’t have a clue who she is, and I’m clearly not part of the 1D demographic, so know not much about them, either, which I’m glad of. Congratulations, I guess.
Well she was the most attractive, but least talented, of Girls Aloud who were set up from the show Popstars. To be fair she was the best dancer in the group.
She’s kept her profile as a judge on the UK X-Factor but when she was announced as a judge on the US show she was quickly dropped (surprised she was picked in the 1st place as most Americans would have trouble understanding her Geordie accent).
She’s been trying to stay relevant ever since.
She really is very pretty!!! That’s all I got
She’s beautiful but eek at that age difference and him meeting her when he was only 14.
Yeeeezzz, have women in this world have fun, and even fall in love (yikes!!!) with younger men, too. Not just men “being allowed” to date the younger.
Yeah but you don’t think how it started is a bit weird and gross?
Honestly this is creepy.
Good luck to the kid.
Shades of Sam Taylor- Johnson. I’ve got my side eye on you two.
Is this Cheryl’s first baby?
Same for me in that Im watching this from afar with a stink face But…
I too am surprised this is her first kid
i always kind of want these ‘older’ ladies and their hot young pieces to work… but girl. you went too young with this one.
Yeah, it is!
i don’t know why i find that surprising, I think I assumed she’d had a kid with her last long term partner.
This relationship gives me the creeps 👀
If the age difference was 10/11 years but the Man was older, no one would even mention it.
She is very lovely to look at, but how she is still stealing a living, I’ll never know.
They met when he was a teenager and they’ve dated for a couple of months max before she got pregnant, I think that’s why people mention it.
Exactly, stop with this nonsense. There isn’t a commenter on this site who wouldn’t think this was weird with the genders reversed also.
Wow the 12 Year age gap between Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt must have given you a fit of the vapours then.
She may have met him when he was a teenager but that doesn’t mean a thing.
I don’t particularly like Cheryl Cole but I’m not side eyeing her for this. Maybe she just wanted a baby and anyone would do, she wouldn’t be the first famous Woman to do that either.
Congrats to both of them.
Wow, I’m 31 years old and romantically interested in a 25 year old and it makes me feel like a cradle robber. I couldn’t imagine getting knocked up by a 23 year old.
Oy. The woman is exactly my age and the thought of dating a 23-year-old is … no bueno. Perving on these boys from a distance is fine, they’re all over 18. But actually having a child with him? I don’t know.
LOL at “Harry Styles is useless”.
Anyone with two failed marriages behind them is supposed to be a bit wiser. But having a child and a lifelong responsibility with a 23-year-old who’s lived in a fame bubble since he was 16, after what, a few months of dating at best, shows she hasn’t learnt much at all. I hope they prove me wrong for the sake of the child, but all of the variables in this equation seem pretty bad.
Let’s be honest, this won’t last.
I love her. She’s got some bops!
she’s very pretty
since she is so attached to her ex husband’s name i think it would be hysterical if she named it cole
Congrats!
I think they are probably pretty much equal when it comes to maturity. Cheryl has run into some assholes in her day so maybe it is ok that she maybe has some control now. Its not like she doesnt look better than most 23 year old women anyway.
The guy seems solid. I hope they last.
Shakira and her footballer husband (who have the exact same age difference and had a baby when they were 2 years older than this couple) never get bullied like that. Wonder why.
Funny you should mention Shakira, I always wondered what she saw in Pique. She seems like an accomplished, intelligent woman famous in her own right, while Pique just seems like he can’t even handle grown up cutlery and his wife has to cut his food instead. But unlike Shakira, Tweedy’s always been a hanger-on and this relationship reads more like an attempt to stay relevant, plus it’s time for a baby so why not. I agree they’re probably pretty equal maturity-wise.
Cheryl has two ex husbands and got engaged/married to both of them after a couple of months, ahem. The fact that she got pregnant from a guy she’s met when he was a teenager (didn’t he say he had a crush on her back then?) after a couple of weeks/months of dating is quite telling, but it’s not like she forced him into all of this and he’s old enough to make his own decisions.
@KLO Shakira was with a guy for over a decade before she met Gerard Pique, she didn’t have a history like Cheryl and Pique seems/seemed much more mature than that Liam guy. But yeah, I think the fact that “people” like Shakira and they don’t like Cheryl plays a role as well.
And yes, I know I don’t know these people, but it’s celebitchy after all 😀
He looks like bob Mortimer from Vic and Bob
Who? Never heard of her. But I think the guy is a former boyband??
I will never understand the need for these so called celebs to announce pregnancy and birth of their child….only to scream privacy afterwards.
I’m 36, I can’t imagine having a baby with a 26 year old; right now I would prefer dating someone 35-45 and honestly over 40 since men tend to mature far slower. She’s 33–he’s 23, total different life paths. He also had fame very young and thus is probably very spoiled. This won’t last. Cheryl has terrible taste in men.
Really creepy woman, even more considering I saw that audition live. Hope the kid is his, the timelines don’t add up.
side note: i’m stealing that name for my next cat Baron Squiggy.
He’s going to be Baron Squiggy Floofpants though. Colepayne was too classy.
Which age difference do you people think is okay? Lol
I do think that it’s irresponsible for her to have a baby that quickly with him but the age difference I don’t care about. Who cares that she met him at an audition when he was 14? There is no proof that they hooked up when he was under 18 and it’s wrong to insinuate that there is when there isn’t.
No one implied they hooked up when he was under 18 though? They obviously didn’t.
It’s the fact that she’s known him since he was a teenager (without hooking up) that’s a bit weird I think. Or the combination of her pattern, their history, how long they’ve been together etc pp. I can only speak for myself, but I wouldn’t find it weird if the had been dating for two years or so.
According to a casual Googling, he’s worth 50 million pounds, and she’s worth 20 million (the mind boggles). I find her worth hard to believe, and am more inclined to believe she’s latched onto someone young, rich and naive and tossed out her birth control before the first date. Gotta have a retirement plan, after all. What else can she do?
Soooo Happy for you you3!!
Delighted all is well! Close the Doors to unwelcome comments and enjoy the journey of being parents to a little boy,
Cherel you are amazing .xxxxxxx