Kate Cassidy hit back at TikTok trolls on Thursday who accused her of abandoning the dog she shared with late boyfriend Liam Payne. The 25-year-old influencer and her One Direction singer boyfriend adopted their rescue dog Nala just one month before he tragically died.
Cassidy posted a new video from the airport, writing that she had been flying out of town for some peace of mind. However, some fans questioned where her pet pooch Nala was while she jetted off on holiday. Commenters wrote asking if she was leaving Nala alone again, alleging she always has a sub owner for Nala, and claiming she does not care about the dog.
Cassidy was quick to shut down speculation that she had left her dog home alone, confirming her pet pooch was staying with a friend. She wrote back, "Nala is literally staying with Anna everyone plzzzz." When asked how the dog was, Cassidy added, "She's so good she's with Anna."
Cassidy and Payne adopted their rescue dog from Urgent Dogs of Miami in mid-September 2024.
Liam Payne Tattoo Tribute Removal
The response comes as Cassidy revealed she is having her Liam Payne "angel" tattoo tribute removed from her hand in a new video shared on Instagram on Tuesday. The influencer dated the singer for two years, until he died in October 2024 at the age of 31 after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with alcohol and cocaine found in his system.
Cassidy shared a video from the tattoo removal studio as she had "444" lasered from her left hand, 21 months after the One Direction star tragically died. Cassidy originally got the inking, as well as "LP" on her wrist, in the months after Payne died because the numbers had a special significance to the couple as their "angel number." The ideology arguably roots back to the sixth century in Ancient Greece with the Pythagoreans, who believed that numbers had mystic, spiritual properties to create positivity and guidance.
Cassidy snapped a mirror selfie wearing safety goggles ahead of the removal before sharing a clip of the "444" being erased from her hand. However, the influencer revealed that she has decided to get some tattoos removed that were done poorly and insisted she will be getting them redone eventually.
Handwritten Love Letters From Liam
The social media star often shares tributes to her late boyfriend and signs them off using their angel number "444." She also previously shared a romantic note that Payne had written to her but asked her not to read until later. In the note, Payne expressed his wish to be engaged and married within a year, signing it with the phrase, "Me and Kate to marry within a year/engaged and together forever 444."
Earlier this month, Cassidy broke down in floods of tears as she read old love letters from the late One Direction star. Taking to Instagram, Cassidy could not hold back her tears in an emotional video as she detailed trying to move on amid her grief. The blonde beauty explained that she was sitting in her basement surrounded by piles of love letters handwritten by Payne.
Cassidy said that sometimes when she feels sad, she reads old letters that Payne wrote her, which make her more sad. She explained that she has a mountain of letters, journals, and books he left her. Cassidy confessed that sometimes his handwriting is a little messy, but noted that he bought her a car for her birthday. She said she was shaking because she was getting sad, adding that reading a letter feels almost like the person wrote it from heaven.
Reading Payne's letter out loud, Cassidy said, "I hope whenever you take a journey you remember I'm alongside you body and spirit. In every drive you remember how much you have driven me and all the hopes and dreams I have for your future. You're going to be a superstar if you learn how to love yourself the way I love you. So drive slow and remember to take your foot off the gas in life too. Your 20s are so difficult and you're halfway through navigating them. You're not lost at all my love. You're taking the gorgeous road to finding yourself and I can't wait to be there for every speed bump, left and right turn and roundabout. I love you."
Cassidy broke down in tears after struggling to get through the short note she read. She told followers that she knows Payne is cheering her on from up above and watching her navigate life. She said reading those few sentences makes her want to work harder and push herself when unmotivated and stressed, noting that it is very important to write loved ones letters.
Fans quickly took to the comments to share sweet messages with Cassidy and told her to cherish the letters forever. Commenters wrote that she is lucky to have the letters, that their hearts melt for her, and that Payne loved her so much. Others commented that grief and loss has many layers, that Payne is always watching over her, that he was literally a poet who wrote songs, and that it was almost as if he knew she would need to read the letter one day.
