Heartbroken Jackie ‘O’ Henderson was left speechless on Thursday morning as she spoke about the shocking death of One Direction star Liam Payne.
The radio queen, 49, was stunned when a colleague broke the news that the British pop star, 31, had been found dead after falling from her hotel balcony in Argentina.
Jackie revealed her theory to co-host Cooper Johns about what could have happened.
“If he fell, it would probably be by accident,” the radio star began.
‘I don’t know if that would be the way I would do something like that if I wanted to do it intentionally, from the third floor.
‘People could survive (a fall from a third floor) and have. That’s why I wonder if it’s an accident, it’s a huge shock.”
Jackie added that Liam’s death was “horrible news” upon waking up and said she wasn’t interested in hearing any “conspiracy theories” about the shock death.
‘It’s very disturbing to hear the news and I heard it for the first time live, it’s absolutely shocking. It’s sad that he died under really unfortunate circumstances.
A heartbroken Jackie ‘O’ Henderson (pictured) was left speechless on Thursday morning as she spoke about the shocking death of One Direction star Liam Payne.
“Much love to Liam, his friends and family.”
It comes after the former One Direction member died in Buenos Aires, according to local reports.
The pop star allegedly fell from the third floor of a hotel in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires, TMZ reported.
Several witnesses told the publication that Payne had fallen from his room at the CasaSur Palmero Hotel shortly after 5 p.m. on Wednesday.
Emergency services are believed to be present outside the hotel, where a red tent has been erected at the site. Investigations into the pop star’s death are ongoing.
The radio queen, 49, was stunned when a colleague broke the news that the British pop star, 31, had been found dead after falling from her hotel balcony in Argentina. In the photo: Liam in 2018.
Spokesman for the city’s ambulance service, Alberto Crescenti, said he had fallen about 40 meters and suffered “serious injuries that were incompatible with life.”
He said: ‘The alarm was raised at 5:04 pm local time saying that a person was lying in an internal courtyard of Casa Sur.
‘At 5:11 pm an ambulance arrived and the man was certified dead.
‘Later we discovered that he had been a famous singer. Unfortunately, the injuries he had suffered as a result of the fall proved fatal. There was no possibility of resuscitating him.’
He was previously in a relationship with British pop sensation Cheryl Cole and the couple welcomed their son Bear Gray on March 22, 2017.
The presenter added that she believed Liam’s death was probably a tragic accident due to the strange circumstances surrounding what happened.
The Night Changes singer had recently been spotted attending his former bandmate Niall Horan’s concert in the country earlier this month.
She initially auditioned for the X Factor in 2008, when she was just 14, and impressed the judges with her own version of Frank Sinatra’s Fly Me To The Moon.
However, Payne gave his singing career another shot by auditioning for the competition again in 2010, where he quickly rose to fame as part of One Direction.
He and his former bandmates Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson were brought together by Simon Cowell and former judge Nicole Scherzinger, who saw their potential as a group.
After a few weeks of getting to know each other and rehearsing non-stop, the group impressed Simon at their audition for Judge’s Houses and moved on to the live shows.
MailOnline has contacted Liam Payne’s representatives for comment.
There has been an outpouring of tributes online, with former XFactor contestant Jedwad writing: ‘RIP Liam Payne. Our deepest condolences to his friends and family.’
They added: ‘Sending strength to Cheryl and her son Bear, and the entire One Direction family.’
Paris Hilton wrote: ‘Very upsetting to hear the news of Liam Payne’s passing. Sending love and condolences to his family and loved ones. RIP my friend.’
