Liam Payne's Sister Ruth Gibbons Breaks Her Silence After His Passing
Liam Payne‘s sister Ruth Gibbons is speaking out after his passing.
On Saturday (October 19), Ruth took to Instagram to pay tribute to her brother 3 days after he tragically passed away at the age of 31.
“I don’t believe this is happening. Many times I have poured my heart out publicly with pride about Liam but never much about life as his sister,” Ruth began. “Liam is my best friend, noone could ever make me laugh as much as him, doing his impressions always had me creasing and he loved seeing how much of a laugh he could get.”
Keep reading to find out more…He moved out when he was 17 to chase his dreams, its this that forced me to finally pass my driving test during The X Factor live show weeks because I couldn’t stand the thought of not being able to get to him,” she recalled. “I would regularly drive to have tea with him after I finished work, just to sit around. One month the hotel was right by a wagamamas and I swear he had it morning, noon and night!”
Ruth continued, “I used to love picking him up from there when it all started, especially after concerts, speeding us away from venues or appearances, Liam plugging in his phone to she me the new songs for albums. Liam loved 1D, he loved his brothers and we talked about it so much. He would just play song after song that had been recorded but never used and we’d sit having a mini 1D concert.”
“Liam knew he could call me anytime, any day and I would pick up or that I would always fetch him if he needed to just come home,” Ruth wrote. “Our calls would often result in me laughing at his ideas and next adventure, talking through his plans and working through his issues but it would always end with ‘love you miss you’ ‘love you ru.’”
Ruth added, “Liam was born with music in his veins, it was clear from a very young age he just had that quality that would make him a star. I could sit and listen to him sing all day, which is a good job really because he never bloody stopped! I will never tire of the look he give when showing new songs, ‘listen loud’ he’d say and just grin with pride of his work. I keep notes on my phone ‘things to tell Liam’ so that if he was working for a while, I’d know what I needed to update him on.” I suppose it’s only right to tell him now.”
“Liam, my brain is struggling to catch up with what’s happeni9ng and I don’t understand where you’ve gone,” Ruth wrote. “I just want to drive to your house and walk in to music blasting and find you sat there writing a song or walk to to your art phases and sit with whilst you draw or craft.”
“What I love most about you is your ability to make me laugh, I never chuckle as much as I do when I’m with you with anyone else,” she continued. “I’m always in awe of your talent, it should be illegal to be so talented and just have the ability to not only be good at things but be bloody great at everything you attempt, without evening knowing you’re absolutely smashing it each time. I love your kindness and how proud I am to call you my brother and my best friend. You also make a great Sunday dinner too!”
Ruth went on, “I don’t feel this world was good enough or kind enough to you, and quite often over the last few years, you’ve had to really try hard to overcome all that was being aimed at you. You just wanted to be loved and to make people happy with your music. You never believed you were good enough, I hope you can now see this outpouring of love that you never received in your time.”
“Than you for changing my life, thank you for the incredible memories, thank you for always being the best brother and friend I’ll ever have! We’ll take care of Bear and he will always know how incredible his Dad is and how much you idolise him,” Ruth wrote.
“I’m sorry I couldn’t save you,” Ruth concluded. “Love you, oh how my heart misses you, Ru xxx. One last thing I need to know, I’m here if you need anything, I’d drive to the end of the universe to bring you back.”
Along with her message, Ruth shared several photos of she and Liam from over the years.