Liam Payne and Cheryl Cole might have officially split over the summer, but the former couple and parents of little Bear are still keeping things amicable.
In a new interview with The Daily Mail, Cheryl opened up about their post-breakup life. “There's no animosity whatsoever. We are learning all the time,” she said of their relationship today. “And it's good, it's healthy. We're just like any other couple that have gone through this, but we have a few more eyes watching us...just a few.”
Cheryl also added that their son Bear has changed her perspective on fame and life in the public eye, saying, “'Having Bear has helped. I have a different purpose now. Before, I would work and work and work, and that was the main subject in my life — and now he is.”
Cheryl and Liam first met on the set of The X-Factor, which is, of course, the TV show where One Direction was eventually formed. She was a judge and he was a contestant, and according to Liam, he’d always had a crush on her. “She's been my dream girl since I was younger. She's so ace,” he said in a 2017 interview.
They confirmed their relationship via Instagram in 2016, and welcomed baby Bear the year after. Cheryl and Liam weathered a great deal of attention and more than their fair share of cheating rumors during their relationship, and formally split in July of 2018, noting that they “still have so much love for each other as a family.” Despite their high-profile relationship and breakup, it looks like they’re doing the best they can for themselves and their son — and that both Cheryl and Liam have a lot of respect, care, and love for each other.
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