As video of Liam Payne's fatal fall from hotel balcony goes viral, here's the truth behind it

Soon after the news of One Direction former member Liam Payne's death surfaced, a shocking video of Payne allegedly falling from a hotel balcony emerged sending fans into a frenzy. Is the clip, which is being rapidly shared across social media platforms, real? Here's the truth behind the video and what happened in this heart-stopping moment.

The truth behind the video showing Liam Payne's fatal fall from a hotel balcony

The video doing the rounds shows a man, claimed to be Liam, falling off a hotel balcony. Since Payne also died for the same reason, many people have already assumed that it was a video of his final moments. However, the fact is that the video doing the rounds is old. It is from?2023, and the man falling off from the building is not Payne. The video is from Mexico, in which a man jumped off after a fire broke out in his apartment.?

Meanwhile, local police have confirmed that? Liam Payne died outside a hotel in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires,?on Wednesday. The police said that the 31-year-old British musician was found dead after falling from his third-floor hotel room balcony.?

Payne shot to global fame as part of the boy band One Direction, which also had Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, and Louis Tomlinson. The group started after they stood third on the British X Factor music show in 2010. However, they split up in 2016, thus starting their individual careers. As per local news outlet Todo Noticias TV who spoke to Hernan Palazzo, who works near the hotel in Palermo, he said, "The neighborhood is really shaken up... There’s a lot of police and some fans arriving. It’s very sad."?

?Earlier this month, Payne attended a concert by his former bandmate Niall Horan in Buenos Aires. Payne has openly shared his struggles with addiction and his time in a rehab facility.?In his last Snapchat post, which is now deleted, Payne about riding horses, playing polo, and looking forward to returning home from his Argentina trip to see his dog.

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