Simon Cowell recalls hearing about Liam Payne from @nytmag

Simon Cowell recounts the emotional moment he learned of Liam Payne's death during a sit-down interview. He describes his shock, compares the feeling to losing his father, and reflects on a meeting with Liam a year prior, supported by archival footage of that interaction. He concludes by discussing the complexities of managing artists and the limits of professional oversight regarding personal struggles.

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Transcript

Can you tell me how you heard and and then what you did to sort of process the loss? Somebody who works with me very close, came into my, room. I was up in the North Of England, and I could tell from the look of her face that she was upset, and, you know, she said that, you know, sit down, and she told me, and it was like, woah. It's a bit like I felt when I heard the news about when my dad passed away, it's just a shock, total shock and a surprise And, at that point you're kind of, you're not r

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