Cheryl Cole is speaking out about the death of her ex-boyfriend, Liam Payne. On October 16, the former One Direction band member died at 31 years old after falling from a hotel balcony in Argentina. Two days later, the mother of his seven-year-old son, Bear, pleaded with her followers to grant the singer “dignity” in the “wake of his death.”

Cheryl Cole, Liam Payne's former partner and the mother of their son Bear, spoke out about the singer's death and "abhorrent" media reports on Friday.