Liam Payne’s ex-fiancée Maya Henry is reportedly planning to make a documentary about their relationship and breakup – a year after his tragic death.
The former One Direction star died at the age of 31 in October last year after plunging from a hotel balcony in Argentina.
His funeral was held on November 20 at Saint Mary’s Church in Amersham, Buckinghamshire.
Model Maya, 24, and Liam were together from 2018 to 2022, and now The Sun reports that she is working with HBO and an independent production company on the project.
There is concern the film may upset his grieving family after earlier this year Maya claimed the singer used heroin and sexted fans in an explosive interview.
A source told the publication: ‘This documentary is going to be hugely upsetting for Liam’s family, who are struggling with unimaginable loss.
Liam Payne’s ex-fiancée Maya Henry is reportedly planning to make a documentary about their relationship and breakup – a year after his tragic death
Model Maya, 24, and Liam were together from 2018 to 2022, and now The Sun reports that she is working with HBO and an independent production company on the project
‘There is also concern within the industry that it is going to be one-sided. Of course, Liam is not here to give his side of the story or his version of events. It all just feels terribly sad.’
Representatives for Maya and Liam have been contacted by Daily Mail for comment.
It is thought the film will cover their relationship and touch on the trolling she received from One Direction fans when they started dating.
Back in February Maya spoke out about her ex for the first time four months after his death in an explosive interview, which claimed he used heroin and sexted fans.
The Texan model said at the time that she loved Liam ‘very much’, but he was ‘unrecognisable’ while on drugs and she put herself in ‘unsafe and harmful situations’ as he battled addiction.
They dated for three years before calling off their engagement in 2022.
Speaking to The Rolling Stone magazine, she said: ‘Initially, it was the drug use and addictions that tore us apart. Anyone who has been with an addict understands how difficult that is.
‘While I loved him deeply, he did things that hurt me in ways I’ll never fully understand, and he continued to hurt me years after we broke up.’
According to an insider quoted in the article, Maya didn’t learn the full extent of Liam’s drug use until near the end of their relationship, with the source saying: ‘It was normal for Liam to do cocaine, ketamine, MDMA, and pharmaceutical pills (Xanax and pain pills). Then he got into smoking heroin.’
The former One Direction star died at the age of 31 in October last year after plunging from a hotel balcony in Argentina (seen in 2021)
Maya said that she hoped each drug-related incident would come as a ‘wake up call’ to him and she tried to be there to help the troubled star ‘fix things’.
Sources close to the singer claimed to Rolling Stone that his behaviour was ‘volatile’, claiming he was ‘seeking out drugs, sexting fans, and hiring sex workers’.
Maya said: ‘I knew there were parts of himself he was struggling with — parts of his identity he wasn’t ready to fully face, even within our relationship.’
However, in the end Maya was unable to help the star, who went on to struggle with substance abuse in the years after their relationship.
Following Liam’s death, Maya became the target of online trolls who unfairly said she was to blame for the death of the singer.
Days before his death, Maya instructed lawyers to issue a cease and desist letter to the pop star after accusing him of repeatedly contacting her.
Maya, who was said to be ‘in shock’ over Liam’s death, was defended by fans who have rushed to share messages of support in the comments section of her posts.
Her supporters jumped to her defence over vile comments which were posted online after Liam’s death.
Underneath one Instagram picture, trolls posted sickening comments asking Maya if ‘she was happy’ and telling her the death was ‘her fault’.
After noticing the comments on her page, many shared their own more positive remarks, reminding Maya that the tragic events were not her fault.
They read: ‘For everyone in the comments attacking Maya, Liam’s death isn’t her fault. She’s allowed to share the truth about their relationship and how he treated her. Victims are allowed to tell their stories.
‘There is no way that anyone could’ve seen Liam’s death coming. So y’all need to stop attacking her and leave her alone. It’s not her fault.’
Others read: ‘Girl please take a break from social media if you need or mute the comments. You’ve done nothing wrong. Take your time to heal’; ‘Just want you to know you are so loved and cared for we all stand with you Maya’; Turn your comments off’; ‘It’s not your fault’;
‘Leave this woman alone. Y’all don’t know what happened. Go pot condolences on his page, but why attack her? Grow up! Be respectful’; It’s not your fault, please don’t blame yourself’;
‘People blaming her for Liam’s death is so stupid. Victims are allowed to tell their stories, she couldn’t have foreseen this death happening. You all need to grow up’;
Just days before his death Maya accused the singer of obsessively contacting her friends and family including her mother Azteca Henry.
Lawyers for the star told The Daily Mail: ‘Maya Henry issued a cease and desist last week to Payne following the emergence of new and concerning information.
‘She has retained attorneys Marco Crawford and Daniel Cerna to represent her. At this time, that is her only comment on the matter.’
Sharing a brutal assessment of Liam with her TikTok followers in October, Maya – the daughter of multi-millionaire personal-injury lawyer Thomas J. Henry – claimed he has gone to extraordinary lengths in an attempt to contact her.
‘Ever since we broke up he messages me, will blow up my phone, not only from his phone, it’s always from different phone numbers too, so I never know where it’s gonna come from,’ she said.
‘He’ll create new iCloud accounts to message me – it’s always a new damn iCloud account. Every time I see one pop up on my phone I’m like, ‘here we f***ing go again.’
Over the past year, Maya has continued to promote her debut novel, Looking Forward – an art-imitating-life romance about a girl who falls in love with a pop star
There is concern the film may upset his grieving family after earlier this year Maya claimed the singer used heroin and sexted fans in an explosive interview
‘Also, he will email me… not only me, but he’ll blow up my mom’s phone. Is this normal behavior to you?’
She also accused Liam of playing on the loyalty of die-hard One Direction fans across social media to pillory her.
Liam made his first public appearance with Maya in 2019 before their stop-start three-year relationship came to an end in 2022, almost a year after the former couple called off their engagement.
The Strip That Down For Me singer was in a relationship with Kate Cassidy before his untimely death.
Over the past year, Maya has continued to promote her debut novel, Looking Forward – an art-imitating-life romance about a girl who falls in love with a pop star.
