Niall Horan wonders if he could have done 'more' for former One Direction bandmate Liam Payne before he died

Niall Horan has wondered if he could have done "more" for Liam Payne before his death.

The One Direction star was heartbroken when his former bandmate died aged 31 in October 2024 after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires just two weeks after attending one of Niall's gigs in the Argentinian capital city.

Appearing on the Tommy Tiernan Show, he admitted: "You start asking yourself: What could I have done? Should I have looked into things more? Should I have spoken to other people? You go through all of that."

Niall noted he is yet to "fully" process his friend's tragic death, which has been partially attributed to Payne's struggles with substance abuse.

Niall admitted "shock was definitely the first thing", but recalled how "great" it was to see Payne just two weeks before he died.

He said: "It was pure shock. I knew he’d had a couple of issues, but I hadn’t been around him as much in recent years, so I didn’t realise the extent of it.

"I knew something was going on, but not how deep it was."