Nicole Scherzinger was reportedly in touch with Liam Payne on Oct. 16, the same day he fatally plunged to his death.
According to Andrew Lloyd Webber, who composed the music for her Broadway musical “Sunset Blvd.,” the Pussycat Dolls alum, 46, was texting the One Direction singer, 31, while he was in Argentina before his sudden death.
“I suppose something that hasn’t been said, and I suppose I could say, is that of course she mentored Liam, from One Direction,” Webber told Billboard in an interview published on Thursday. “On the Wednesday when he died, she was still texting him that day.”
After learning of Payne’s death, Scherzinger still performed as Norma Desmond in the Broadway production — a move Webber applauded her for.
“She’d just heard that he died,” he explained, “and the fact that she even did the show at all is extraordinary. I mean, she is an amazing, amazing woman. She is without any question one of the finest performers I’ve ever worked with.”
The Post has reached out to Scherzinger’s rep.
The singer was always in Payne’s corner.
She was a judge on “The X Factor” when One Direction was created. Resurfaced footage showed Scherzinger, not Simon Cowell, was the one who suggested putting Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik and Payne in the boy group instead of allowing them to compete as individuals.
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