Generally, the only former One Direction guys I pay attention to are Zayn and Harry. I’ve never really cared about the other ones? But in case anyone does care, Liam Payne is engaged! Liam is only 26 years old, and his fiancee, Maya Henry, is just 20 years old. Did you know that Maya and Liam have actually been together for two years? Wow, they started up when she was 18 and he was 24? It’s not completely off-side, but man, she really hasn’t lived much of her adult life apart from him. Also interesting to me: Liam gave her an absolutely ENORMOUS diamond engagement ring. You can see the photos at the Daily Mail, although they don’t have a super-clear look at the ring. You can see that it’s f-cking ginormous on her hand.
Liam Payne and his girlfriend Maya Henry are engaged after dating for two years, MailOnline can exclusively reveal. The former One Direction heartthrob 26, popped the question with a dazzling diamond ring that set him back an eye-watering £3 million.
Texan-born model Maya, 20, was seen sporting the ring when she enjoyed a romantic meal with her new fiancé at London’s upscale Novikov on Thursday night. A source at the restaurant told MailOnline that Maya was proudly showing off her engagement ring during the evening.
Sources say that his proposal wasn’t super-recent, that he proposed some time during the lockdown, which they spent together. Maya was also Liam’s first big girlfriend after the drama with Cheryl Cole, who had his baby, Bear, in 2017 – Cheryl and Liam broke up in July 2018, and apparently he was first seen with Maya in August 2018. So… um. Yeah. She’s also the daughter of a Texas millionaire. So she’s an heiress and he’s a rich pop star. It should work out.
EXCLUSIVE – Former 1D star pops the question after two years together! Congratulations Liam and Maya! https://t.co/xmrUGVLnsF
— Daily Mail Celebrity (@DailyMailCeleb) August 27, 2020
Photos courtesy of Backgrid.
Is it the norm? Woman with money got bigger rings regardless how much money the man has. If Maya is from middles clasa family, I don’t think she’ll get that big of a rock.
I think I See that pattern,even Brooklyn Beckham gave his girlfriend a ring supposedly banked rolled by his parents because the girlfriends family are Billionaires ,i guess you have to prove to the in laws you are ‘worthy’.
I don’t really think it has much to do with the woman’s wealth. I think it has more to do with the man’s ego. I‘ve found people in the south especially use engagement rings as a way to show off their wealth. I have a decently large engagement ring, but in certain settings, like our church for example, it looks like a chip in comparison to the ice rinks on some fingers. Generally those fingers belong to people who get new range rovers every year and live in McMansions.
I think you’re right about the man’s ego. My fiancee isnt a wealth flaunting kinda guy and he went for the best quality diamond he could afford rather than the biggest because that what was more important to him, even if it doesnt look as flashy size wise. I loved that and personally i think when the rock gets too big it just looks silly and uncomfortable to wear daily anyway! Each to their own but the giant diamond ring does seem to be more about the man’s ego and the lady’s instagram.
“For better or for worse” – IF you can come up with a 3 million dollar ring! I detest the trend toward flashier and flashier engagement & wedding rings. It’s just another manifestation of today’s showmanship – what counts is one’s image – rather than focusing on intangibles like one’s love, and devotion.
I’m glad Liam gets a do-over, this time more on his own terms.
At first I thought “WTF? 3 million for a ring? Wouldn’t you want to use that money to build a life together and maybe for your future children?!” …and then I read that she’s a rich heiress. Alrighty then.
But really I’m happy for him. He was so horribly manipulated by Cheryl. I hope they are happy together. He’s looking amazing on these photos.
What was that whole relationship with Cheryl about,it seems he was just infactuated with dating the star,it seemed mismatched and contrived from the start. And now there is a child involved.
Is Cheryl Cole that big of a star though?
She was like the ‘Beyonce’ of her group so 😀
She was very big in the UK, shes been out of the limelight for a while now, but at one point she was definitely Britains sweetheart.
There’s been a lot of rumours that they started up way before she turned 18. Not sur wit they are true or not. Never cared for Liam. Does he even ever seen his child?
I can’t find a single photo of her smiling 😐 I’d rather be poor lol
So her Dad is actually Thomas J Henry a VERY successful lawyer in my hometown of San Antonio. He has ads all over t.v. I’m not much for attorney ads on t.v. but at least he doesn’t scream to get your attention nor verbally brag about his firms settlements which tend to be pretty massive. His ads are very low key.
But yeahhhhh, that’s who her Dad is. Never heard of her till I believe her fiance got into a bit of a verbal and physical altercation with a bouncer in a bar called The Silver Fox.
Don’t know the outcome
Her dad is Tomas J Henry?!? LOL I’m stuck in America because of Covid and the closed borders so I see those stupid ambulance chasing ads all over tv. They certainly weren’t on 7 years ago when I left (Wayne Wright was the go to ambulance chaser) so I question his wealth and “millionaire” status. It must have happened sometime in the very recent past. How did they even meet? Did he come to San Antonio? There are definitely wealthier people in Texas, much less San Antonio so I’m confused as to how a tv attorney’s daughter ran in those circles at age 17.
@Ashley
Yep that’s her Daddy.
As to how they met, apparently she was a fan of his band? And they met at a meet and greet. I think @Belig also mentioned it as well.
Since I have zero clue who HE is, and I only know who she is cuz of her Dad, I just have to go with what other commentators have said
And yes. There ARE much wealthier people, I happen to have a passing (and I mean passing) acquaintance with one who’s got more money than they know what to do with. That’s here in the teeny tiny hamlet I currently live in
Thomas J. Henry is VERY wealthy and his eponymous firm is VERY infamous in the Texas legal community. They run a settlement mill with outposts in several cities and are constantly hiring because it’s a miserable place to work. I’m sure he’s just the name on the firm at this point and doesn’t litigate (to the extent that the firm does) or anything anymore.
They prey on new law school grads, promise them the sun, moon, and stars, and then set them loose in an “eat what you kill” compensation model. It’s a good place to learn the basics of a personal injury practice if you’re straight out of law school, but it’s a toxic environment and nobody makes any money but the partners.
Am I remembering correctly that this family had a ridiculous million-dollar sweet sixteen for this child (or possibly a younger sister) not that long ago? They are new money in every sense of the word.
It was for this child and it was a SIX MILLION DOLLAR quincenera.
https://www.mysanantonio.com/lifestyle/article/Thomas-J-Henry-takes-critics-with-a-grain-of-6886556.php
I had never heard of either of these two until today. I am really getting old.
He seems so big compared to the other one directioners. They all seem so petite and baby faced and he looks ten years older than the rest of them. When did this happen?
I don’t think anyone should get married until 30, Maybe that’s too harsh. Maybe 25.
So people are just going out to dinner now?
He’s been hyping a show this week for ages, so this is promo.
Also, this girl was originally a fan. She first met him at a meet and greet when she was 15.
Just like he himself first met Cheryl, who was a X Factor judge, when he was a teen, incidentally.
And yeah, they lied about her age when they started dating.
Liam remains a mess…
Checked out Tumblr:
1) she’s not 20, she only turns 20 in December
2) found a weird segment where an adult man hits on her asking when she turns 18, with talking heads from her family; Google tells me they had a reality show!
Link (if allowed): https://elounors.tumblr.com/post/627659057374904320/wasnt-there-a-thread-with-proof-on-her-her
Not that it really matters, but was the ring 3 million dollars or 3 million pounds? I thing there is a pretty significant difference…almost double in pounds?
At any rate, YIKES!!
She’s actually only 19 (she celebrated her 15th birthday in February 2016, internet is full of articles about it since her rich daddy spent 6 millions for it), but her and Liam lie about her age because it would mean he started dating her while she was still 17. Alexa, play Creep by Radiohead.