Liam Payne has opened up about how he attempted to discover his place as a father in the wake of feeling prohibited by Cheryl’s nearby bond with their infant child.
The vocalist – who invited infant Bear with Chezza in March 2017 – concedes he felt ‘edgy’ to be included by one means or another and attempted to center around what he could do.
‘A mother and a child is the most beautiful thing to watch, but they’re the closest thing ever – and you’re close, but you’ll never be as close,’ says Liam, 24.
‘Their hearts were beating at the same time at one point, for god’s sake! You’re never going to be as close as that.
‘So a lot of dads feel put out, in that sense. I didn’t really feel put out, but I was like, “Where’s my place?” I was desperate to find out what I was meant to do – changing nappies and whatever else.’
To cope with this Liam took up cooking to provide for Cheryl, 34, and little Bear.
‘If you cook for her, she feeds him, so you’re cooking for everyone,’ the former One Direction star tells Hashtag Legend. ‘That’s what my thing was.
‘As daft as it sounds, cooking actually got me through fatherhood because it made me feel useful, rather than being the guy who just gets handed to to change his nappy and make him laugh and giggle.
Liam and Cheryl have warded off their child from the general population eye since his introduction to the world however Liam has given a knowledge into what he looks like now – and it sounds like he’s turning into a scaled down Cheryl!
‘Once in a while I pivot and I take a gander at him and he resembles a little me,’ Liam clarifies. ‘In any case, he’s really transforming into significantly more of Cheryl’s highlights now, the more he grows up.
‘When he was conceived, she resembled, “I conveyed him for nine months and he’s all wicked you!”‘
Awww.