{"id":284592,"date":"2019-12-05T08:29:58","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T15:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1099765"},"modified":"2019-12-05T08:29:58","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T15:29:58","slug":"how-liam-payne-and-ex-cheryl-make-co-parenting-a-holiday-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/how-liam-payne-and-ex-cheryl-make-co-parenting-a-holiday-tradition\/","title":{"rendered":"How Liam Payne and Ex Cheryl Make Co-Parenting a Holiday Tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"44.246575342466\">\n<div class=\"column post-content__image--left post-content__image\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/2019820\/rs_634x1024-190920122817-634-liam-payne-mv-92019.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" title=\"Liam Payne \" alt=\"Liam Payne \"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">David x Prutting\/BFA.com <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"32.550306211724\">\n<p>This Christmas,<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/liam_payne\"> Liam Payne<\/a><\/strong> is looking forward to hanging out with his child, who he hopes will &#8220;get&#8221; the holiday more than ever.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old singer and former&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/one_direction\">One Direction<\/a><\/strong> member and 36-year-old pop star <strong>Cheryl<\/strong>, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/948499\/liam-payne-and-cheryl-split-we-are-going-our-separate-ways\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">broke up in mid 2018 after two years together<\/a>, share a 2 and 1\/2-year-old son,&nbsp;<strong>Bear<\/strong>. Liam confirmed this past September that he is dating model&nbsp;<strong>Maya Henry<\/strong>. In a new interview, he signaled&nbsp;he and Cheryl will unite again for&nbsp;a&nbsp;holiday meal with their son.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m going to go down and see Bear, maybe cook a Christmas dinner and just hang out with family,&#8221; he said on the ITV show <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zC99wcNbHak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">This Morning<\/a><\/em>&nbsp;on Thursday. &#8220;Yeah we&#8217;re going to go down and cook some food and hang out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Last year, despite their breakup, Liam and Cheryl spent&nbsp;the holiday together with their son.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it&#8217;s the first time he really gets Christmas now. I want to see if he actually gets unwrapping presents this year though, because otherwise, it&#8217;ll just be Cheryl by the tree again,&#8221;&nbsp;Liam said on <em>This Morning<\/em>. &#8220;I can really remember it from last year, she wrapped them all up and then unwrapped them and I just sat there going, &#8216;Right, what is this?'&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"56\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"2\">\n<p>Watch Liam&#8217;s interview below:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-4\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"55.370324189526\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"10.067331670823\">\n<p>Liam and Cheryl have made it a point to co-parent Bear amicably following their split.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Liam is a great dad. He&#8217;s much softer than me,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1033161\/cheryl-cole-gets-candid-about-co-parenting-with-great-dad-liam-payne\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cheryl told <em>The Telegraph<\/em> in April<\/a>. &#8220;But it is what it is, and I&#8217;m OK about it. When you have a baby, you are not consumed with just thinking about yourself. It&#8217;s your responsibility to keep things settled and happy, so you make the best of everything. And we have.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"video-int-txt-5\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"33.5\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"7\">\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m the strict one; Liam isn&#8217;t. I&#8217;ll be the one saying, &#8216;Just one square of chocolate,'&#8221; she said. &#8220;But Bear is so good. If I get cross with him he puts his little hands on my face and looks into my eyes to see if I&#8217;m deadly serious or a tiny bit cross, and it melts my heart.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1099765\/how-liam-payne-and-ex-cheryl-make-co-parenting-a-holiday-tradition?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David x Prutting\/BFA.com This Christmas, Liam Payne is looking forward to hanging out with his child, who he hopes will &#8220;get&#8221; the holiday more than ever. The 26-year-old singer and former&nbsp;One Direction member and 36-year-old pop star Cheryl, who broke up in mid 2018 after two years together, share a 2 and 1\/2-year-old son,&nbsp;Bear. 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