Kelly Osbourne was in touch with Liam Payne just days before he died

She told this week's edition of UsWeekly: "It hit hard. He was in a good place. He was checking on me to make sure that I was OK. "

The former 'Osbournes' star - who has 23-month-old son Sidney with her partner Sid Wilson - has struggled with alcohol in the past and noted it is a "rocky road" for her but being a mother helps her from slipping back.

She said: "Most days are great, but every now and then, I'll get one really bad day where it's hard to pull myself out. My natural habitual instinct is to numb myself because I don't have to see the pain and I don't have to feel unworthy. I can just hibernate. But, you can't do that when you have a baby. You absolutely cannot. Finding other ways of getting through those hard days can be difficult sometimes."

Liam enjoyed huge success as part of One Direction - but he previously admitted to struggling with drink and drugs, acknowledging that his lifestyle became a "cause for concern" at one point in time.

The 'Strip That Down' hitmaker - who was in the band alongside Niall, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and Zayn Malik - told the BBC: "When I was younger, I went straight in on the whisky. I tend to pick my poison early, then I stick with it until it bores me."

Kelly is the daughter of former 'X Factor' judge Sharon Osbourne and Black Sabbath rocker Ozzy Osbourne, and just days after the tragedy her mother claimed that he had been "let down" by the industry.

Sharing a picture of the singer on Instagram, Sharon wrote: "Liam, my heart aches. We all let you down. Where was this industry when you needed them? You were just a kid when you entered one of the toughest industries in the world. Who was in your corner? Rest in peace my friend @liampayne (sic)"