Hello, hello, hello, lo, hello, lo, welcome to the Nourty Bonaugnaisha. I'm your host, Rob Shooter, and it's Thursday, which means our dear friend, Mark Lupo joins us. Hey, Loopy, are you there? Loopy Lou is here. Hello, Rob. Loopi Lou, you always bring a smile to my face, which we need today because we have some really tragic news leading off the show. Everybody is talking about the tragic death of Liam Payne. Hey, what time is it, my friends?

It is tea time. So a sad beginning to today's show. We're getting more details about the tragic

final hours of his life, including a hotel manager, desperately calling 911. So this has been

revealed. The Sun newspaper has got hold of the call,

and on the call we can hear somebody at the hotel, I think it's the hotel manager, desperately

pleading, saying, please get over here, quickly, quickly send somebody over, he's putting his life

at risk. He then went on to allege that the star went on a rampage

destroying his hotel room and reportedly was under the influence of alcohol and drugs. Mark,

we're getting a really, really dark, sad picture. Some people are saying this is the underbelly of fame.

This is part of the business that we work in that we don't really want to talk about that

much, but we do know that it's there. We do. And I think I first started realizing there

might be a problem in the spring when his ex-partner had written a book that was kind of loosely based on their relationship.

And it kind of alluded to him having some issues with domestic violence and other problems.

And then just yesterday there was a call or an announcement made that the ex had, you know, contacted the police and asked her a restraining order of some type to, you know, ask him to stop contacting her and her family.

And I was wondering, what is going on with this guy? Like, is he okay?

Right. Right. We can give you a little bit more background here. So sources are telling page six

that he was on a real cycle of destruction for years. So behind the scenes, the beloved star's life was like a ticking time bomb. I

spoke to a few of friends of Liams that were close to the group just this morning and they said

they had been battling demons for a really long time. And while he tried to downplay his struggles,

there were much worse than anybody knew. Recently, he did confess that he has

been sober. He has talked about his addiction, his struggles here. And so it's painting a picture

of somebody that really needed help whose life was a ticking time bomb. Insiders tell me that after

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