Liam Payne supporters are livid after a social media page spread some unsettling photos of his body.
Tragically, the young star met his untimely death at the age of 31 on Wednesday, October 16, having taken a fatal plunge from his hotel room in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The emergency crew confirmed that the Teardrops vocalist lost his life on impact after sustaining severe injuries from the fall.
However, when snapshots of Liam surfaced on X (previously known as Twitter), his following rallied together to call for the account to be banned. The contentious photos displayed Liam postmortem, lying in Casa Sur Hotel's inner court in the Argentinian city.
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Now, the late artist's fans are clamouring for Elon Musk and his team to axe the offensive account. One fan blasted: "You're f***ing sick, piece of s***t."
Another was all action, exclaiming: "Reporting!! That's actually horrific." An equally upset admirer said: "Please report this freak [redacted], they posted pictures of Liam's body but deleted them now. Report them. DO NOT interact with them," reports the Mirror.
Someone else added their voice, outraged: "You're posting awful pictures. His son may see those in a few years and be traumatised for life. You f***er."
A fifth heartbroken supporter implored: "Go report [redacted], he posted pictures of Liam's body, seriously don't look, just report, it's shocking."
And another demanded: "Go and REPORT this account! ! ! [redacted], it's inhumane to post such a photo."
The American gossip site TMZ has been slammed for posting snaps of Liam's arm and torso, claiming they needed to identify the Wolverhampton lad before police could. Despite the backlash, TMZ's top dog Michael Babcock reckons there "was balance".
Talking on Fox 5 New York, Babcock said: "There's a balance, and that's obviously a conversation that newsrooms across the world have, you want to be sensitive to the family and to the friends and also while working a news story. When the information was coming in, police had not yet confirmed that it was Liam, so what was done on the TMZ website, there was an image did not show the full image, didn't show his face but that showed his arm and his abdomen, where he has some very recognisable tattoos, so that's sort of used as a way to confirm, or to match up the tattoos at a point where police had not yet confirmed his identity. And then, once they did, obviously, that photo was removed.
"I mean, it's just a terribly horrific and sad story. It's something obviously that shouldn't have happened, and this guy had so much life left to live and you feel horrible for everybody."
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