{"id":1878787,"date":"2015-10-26T15:24:31","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T19:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/?p=1878787"},"modified":"2023-03-29T08:48:59","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T12:48:59","slug":"sophia-smith-liam-payne-split-reason-age","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2015\/10\/26\/sophia-smith-liam-payne-split-reason-age\/","title":{"rendered":"Liam Payne &amp; Sophia Smith: Why She Dumped Him &amp; Broke His Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Things were just moving too fast for Sophia Smith in her relationship with Liam Payne. The boy bander&#8217;s girlfriend of two years decided to pull the plug on the couple&#8217;s romance because she wasn&#8217;t ready for things to be so serious, HollywoodLife.com has EXCLUSIVELY learned.<\/h3>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-1\">Miss Independent!\u00a0<strong><a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/tag\/liam-payne\/\"  >Liam Payne<\/a><\/strong>, 22, is totally heartbroken over his split from\u00a0<strong><a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/tag\/sophia-smith\/\"  >Sophia Smith<\/a><\/strong>, 21, and\u00a0<strong>HollywoodLife.com\u00a0<\/strong>has EXCLUSIVE scoop on why their relationship ended after two years. Unfortunately for Liam, Sophia just wasn&#8217;t ready to take things to the next level.<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-2\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"hl-poll-wrap\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/renderer.qmerce.com\/interaction\/562e98d341d4754d14a39554\"  width=\"100%\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-3\">&#8220;Sophia felt that their relationship was at a point where they either made a decision to get married and settle down, or they go on and do something else and experience more of the world,&#8221; an insider tells\u00a0<strong>HollywoodLife.com<\/strong>\u00a0EXCLUSIVELY. &#8220;She chose the latter because she&#8217;s still so young. Sophia has always been an independent woman and believes she has a lot to achieve. She wants to remain amicable with Liam, but knows that&#8217;ll be harder now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-4\">News of this shocking split broke on Oct. 25, just days after the\u00a0<strong><a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/celeb\/one-direction\/\"  >One Direction<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0singer<a  href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2015\/10\/23\/liam-payne-illness-why-one-direction-cancelled-concert-harry-styles\/\"  > got sick <\/a>and the band had to cancel their concert in Belfast. &#8220;Liam is incredibly sad, but is going to keep busy,&#8221;\u00a0<em>MailOnline<\/em> reported of the split. &#8220;He really hopes that everybody will respect both his and Sophia&#8217;s privacy and stop speculating.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-5\">Liam and Sophia began dating in 2013, just months after he split from longtime girlfriend,\u00a0<strong>Danielle Peazer<\/strong>. The 22-year-old hasn&#8217;t spent much of his post-<em>X-Factor<\/em> life as a single guy, and with 1D&#8217;s break coming up, it&#8217;s the perfect time for him to get out there and play the field a little bit. We feel terrible that Liam is so heartbroken over this break up, but we&#8217;re confident his buddies will help him pull through!<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none !important;margin:0!important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hollywoocom-20&amp;l=pf4&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-7\"><strong>HollywoodLifers<\/strong>, do you think Liam and Sophia were too young to be in a serious relationship? Were you surprised to learn that they were broken up?<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-paragraph-8\"><strong>&#8212;\u00a0Alyssa Norwin, reporting by Jon Boon<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Things were just moving too fast for Sophia Smith in her relationship with Liam Payne. The boy bander&#8217;s girlfriend of two years decided to pull the plug on the couple&#8217;s romance because she wasn&#8217;t ready for things to be so serious, HollywoodLife.com has EXCLUSIVELY learned.<br \/>\nMiss Independent!\u00a0Liam Payne, 22, is totally heartbroken over his split from\u00a0Sophia Smith, 21, and\u00a0HollywoodLife.com\u00a0has EXCLUSIVE scoop on why their relationship ended after two years. 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