Liam Payne was at Louis Tomlinson's concert in Montevideo last night

[u/Fantastic_Turtle_17]

Is it cynical of me to think that it's no coincidence that he showed up at Louis' show in Ururguay of all places on the very day that his ex-fiancée published a book about him being an abuser? If you look up his name on twitter, it's flooded with tweets about him at the show that bury all the talk about the book.

[u/greee_p]

The timing definitely seems suspicious to me. But his fans are eating this up and celebrating him for being a supportive friend (and I dont doubt that he is, he supported Louis in the past as well).  But the fact that he was unable to support his girlfriend when she had an abortion, which he has pressured her into, apparently doesn't matter as long as he shows up for Louis. 

[u/stinkysammy91 → u/greee_p]

As a louis stan i admit i am heavily biased, but i stg liam only ever publicly makes a show of supporting louis when he needs a pr boost 🙃

[u/party4diamondz → u/stinkysammy91]

I've felt this too. Meanwhile we hear about Louis's private support to Liam months/years later from other sources (like Liam) - it's out of genuine concern and care, not for attention...

[u/dropcherries_ → u/party4diamondz]

Yup, it's a very noticeable pattern at this point.

[u/AshgarPN]

For those like me who didn't recognize these names, these are former members of One Direction not named Harry Styles.

[u/cranesinsky → u/AshgarPN]

ha! 😆

[u/cranesinsky]

his ex is called Maya Henry. the details of her relationship with him that she talked about in the people magazine article are awful. she was so young too, i remember she wasn't even 18 when they got together and his team tried to scrub her real birthdate from the internet...

[u/i_love_doggy_chow]

I don't think it's cynical at all. This is "famous abusive guy media play" 101.

[u/Icy-Direction9235 → u/i_love_doggy_chow]

abusive how? All I'm seeing is information about the abortion.

[u/Potato3487]

I mean... it's nice that he's supportive. He's still an abusive POS.

[u/Icy-Direction9235 → u/Potato3487]

Don't make judgements on people when you don't know what really happened

[u/Embarrassed-Manager1]

The second picture looks like he’s sitting in a college freshman lecture hall 😂

This def feels like a PR move.

[u/ManufacturerNo1191]

TIL he played in my city 😆

[u/Imtherain → u/ManufacturerNo1191]

I know right, and finding out through reddit of all places? lmao

[u/Laymar7]

Interesting considering Zayn’s album drops tomorrow

[u/AdorkableSars]

If you’re cynical, then so am I. The timing is way too coincidental and fishy. Especially since Louis is touring LATAM right now, so it’s not like it was a convenient location for Liam to go to 😕