#fuck TMZ

[voxina]

[fabbyf1]

i'm going to log off the internet here in a minute, because i don't think it's a place i need to be right now. but i would just like to echo how absolutely fucked up it is that TMZ and other major news outlets are allowed to post this kind of thing before families are notified.

i am absolutely... overwhelmed with the amount of grief i feel for his family and close friends. it's late in the UK, and this shit was posted online SO FAST. there is just... no chance his family was notified before it went public.

and it makes me sick.

this shouldn't be legal for them to do.

this is human life we're talking about. real human grief. real human emotions. which is so much more important than clicks and views and money. i know cash is king, but my god... have some fucking respect.

losing anyone in your life is so hard, i can't imagine what it's like to learn about it through goddamn TMZ.

please don't spread the news articles. don't give them more clicks than they already have. please respect the privacy of everyone who actually knew him and spent time with him. i can't even imagine what they're going through right now.

and for all of us that didn't know him personally but loved him and grew up with him: i love you. we will get through it together. it's okay to grieve and to feel sadness and to mourn what the world has lost. please take time off the internet and step away from all the repeat articles. please take care of yourself first.

and please, please, please, leave his family and friends out of it. let them have their space, too.

i'm here for anybody who needs some love right now ❤️ you're not alone.

[pathologicalreid]

at least we can always depend on TMZ to do only the most heinous things when someone in popular culture passes away in some tragic incident

[chris-trepidationrry]

Everyone at TMZ deserves to go to fucking hell. He had a 7 year old son who could've seen the pictures they posted. No kid deserves to see their father like that, especially so young

[mothergoddessofmadripoor]

Honestly, Liam's family has the right to sue TMZ as they broadcasted his deceased body for the world to see even before the police notified them first.

Imagine finding out that your son and brother is death from the internet the same time as the rest of the world did.

TMZ should be held accountable for that.

[kimitoiuno]

[cursed-dagger]

nicola payne, liam payne’s SISTER found out about his death theough news online I feel sick to my stomach.

for her, he was just her little brother that got snatched away from her house too young and then from this world, too young again.

and she found out through these disgusting tabloids. fuck tmz.

[sadgirlzclubxo]

honestly it makes me sad that when a celebrity dies they still dont get an ounce of privacy even in death. since the day that liam payne passed I have learned more details about his tragic death that i feel i shouldn’t know but i do because his death has turned into a spectacle in the media. As a fan but also someone that doesn’t know liam or his family personally, i feel like i shouldn’t know every single little detail and if i wanted to I could look him up and find videos and pictures of his body thanks to tmz. I didn’t need to know or want to know all the details of his death because i don’t want to picture it and it makes me uncomfortable.

the same thing happened to matthew perry when he passed away last year and I know now that his doctors that were supposed to support him took advantage of the fact that he was an addict and sadly eventually killed him. they knew exactly what they were doing.

I hate that i know these things. I wish i didn’t and I wish things were kept more private for celebrities especially after they’re gone.

fuck tmz for posting those photos of liam. lets not forget when kobe & his daughter gianna died in 2020, tmz found out before his WIFE & tmz is how she found out that her husband & daughter had passed away. that in itself is so awful to me.

why do people have to know everything and why is everything so easily accessible?

celebrities deserve privacy & respect too. especially in death

I hope you’re at peace Liam🖤

[promisesbutnevertokeep]

hi so I’m not that big of a fan of one direction, but I do appreciate some songs.

so when I found out Liam died yesterday, I checked it wasn’t just some clickbait and my stomach dropped when it wasn’t.

I understand that Liam was definitely not a perfect person, and he was abusive in his later life, but he’s still a person. And a person that was a big part of many people’s childhood. and he’s a person who had a child. a child lost their father, he will be deeply mourned and missed.

what makes me sick to my stomach is that TMZ posted pictures of his body minutes after. that’s fucking disgusting and ridiculously disrespectful. using someone’s death for press is an awful thing to do and I feel absolutely devastated that people don’t have the decency to realise it.

my heart goes out for Liam’s family, friends, and any fans of one direction, please take care of yourselves 🧡

[damianprisetsimp]

I woke up this morning letting the grief fog roll in like it always does. Got my kids up, hubby off to work kids ready for school and on the bus. Got my youngest one his juice and breakfast and then I sat and cried. Family and friends checking on me because I was their first thought when they heard the news. At the end of the day this one hurts like hell but I will be okay. My thoughts and prayers are with his parents, sisters and his son. They need all the comforting prayers right now. Liam, Harry, Niall, Louis, and Zayn got me through some dark times. Their music was my escape. I know the past couple of weeks he was under attack and getting so much hate because of an ex. While it may be true addiction changes people(not making excuses). And yes if it was true I believe he should’ve been held accountable but the things some people were saying and still are saying are ridiculous. One person went so far to say “he’s this this this and this and doesn’t deserve love” go look his family and his 7 year old son in the face and say that to them. I don’t know how I feel. I just know I’m sad I’m mad I’m angry I’m confused. I have a feeling that he didn’t just fall. He died thinking everyone hated him. He had just got to see Niall perform and he was so proud of him.

Goodbye Liam. Thank you for the memories. You will be missed. I hope wherever you are, you’re at peace now.

Goodbyes are bittersweet but it’s not the end I’ll see your face again.

— Walking in the Wind, One Direction.

[anothermansjeans]

why do we as a society allow TMZ to keep doing this shit?

[princess-chocolate-drop]

I started this blog off as a One Direction blog back in 2011. My best friend (Kristi) texted me an article with the news and I just sat on the floor crying and called my best friend of 15 years, Madie. I saw them three times. Once with my mom and twice with Madie. Countless hours spent watching the video diaries, X-Factor performances, SNL, iCarly, This Is Us, etc. all those late nights/early mornings reading fanfics on here and watpad. These boys were my life. I can’t believe Daddy Payno is gone. It doesn’t feel real. My feet are numb.

I can’t imagine what the boys, his family, Cheryl and Bear are going through right now.

I’m in utter shock.

And FUCK TMZ

[amelaninangel]

This right here? Don't do this. And PLEASE don't show up to his funeral or try to take pictures of his family if ever you see something. Let. Them. Grieve. Privately.

His whole life was already so public man. And so was his death. His own family found out from the media like everybody else. Let them put him to rest privately.

[zappedbyzabka]

[boots-and-dagger]

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[mindfairylights]

fuck tmz

those photos made me feel sick. The worst thing about it is i saw them on their article. not on twitter on their article. they shouldve never been there. No one deserves that

rest in peace liam.