Cheryl and Liam Payne 'moving to New York with son Bear' after being rocked by split rumours

The celebrity couple have been plagued by reports they are on the verge of splitting 
Next step: Celebrity couple Cheryl and Liam Payne
Dave Benett
Emma Powell28 February 2018
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Cheryl and Liam Payne are reportedly planning to relocate to New York with son Bear after being rocked by rumours that their relationship is over.

The celebrity couple, who have been plagued by split speculation, are said to be heading to the Big Apple so that Cheryl can record new music.

“Bear is going to be going on his first trip abroad,” a source told Mirror Online. “Cheryl is planning to go to New York in the next couple of months to record and she will be taking Bear with her.

“They will schedule the trip around the time Liam is there so they will be there as a family.”

United front: Cheryl and Liam Payne with Niall Horan at the Brit Awards
Dave Benett

The news comes amid reports the couple are struggling to make their relationship work due to Payne’s travelling, with the singer spending most of the past six months on the road to promote his new music.

He recently returned home from Miami after flying out to shoot a new music video.

Parenting: Liam Payne with son Bear after he was born (Instagram/ Cheryl)
Cheryl/Instagram

The couple, who share 11-month-old son Bear, attempted to quash rumours they are on the verge of splitting by putting on a united front at the Brit Awards.

They put on a loved up display – with Cheryl even cracking a joke about their sex life.

Host Jack Whitehall sat down with the couple to speak about Payne’s performance of his Fifty Shades Freed song with Rita Ora.

He said: “You're performing later, you're doing a performance from the Fifty Shades movie, it sounds pretty saucy – is there a safe word?”

Payne pointed at Cheryl and joked: "She knows that."

Cheryl then leaned into the microphone and said that the safe word is “don't stop”.

Cheryl - In pictures

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But some branded their appearance a “stunt” and claimed they “barely spoke” backstage.

Blasting the claims, Cheryl tweeted: “Oh stop no one cares who’s been speculatively arguing or not in their relationships. Use your platform to put something productive in your columns. I opened a centre this week that could help thousands of youth!!!!....

“..Oh and your ‘stunt’ theories are just ludicrous and a bit weird.”

Standard Online has contacted representatives for Cheryl and Payne for comment.

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