Liam Payne fans slam 'disgusting' TV show about his 'final days'

Liam Payne fans are furious over a new TV show about the ITV The X Factor star airing in the wake of his death. The 31-year-old ITV The X Factor died last Wednesday, in a tragic fall from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, in Argentina, in South America.

Now, it has emerged a programme is set to air which shows the Wolverhampton singer and West Bromwich Albion's final days before his passing last Wednesday at 5pm Argentina time. An ANC special is due to air on Hulu on Friday called Liam Payne's Final Days.

The synopsis of the documentary reads: "Drugs, a trashed hotel room, and a deadly fall: How One Direction’s Liam Payne tragically died. The boy band singer’s sudden death sparked renewed questions about the dark side of fame. How did the 31-year-old’s brilliant star fade so dramatically?"

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In reply to the announcement, one social media user said: "Wow disgusting, but anything in order to gain profit I guess. even exploiting such an horrific death," as another added: "He is not buried yet and y’all are ready to profit off him. It’s sickening."

The IMPACT x Nightline episode One Direction: Liam Payne’s Final Days, led by Nightline co-anchor Juju Chang, features new interviews with those close to Payne, including former The X Factor contestant Mary Byrne, who describes what it was like living with Payne and his One Direction bandmates while filming the show in 2010, and their enduring friendship.

Additional interviews will include a social psychologist. a One Direction fan and ABC News contributors Chris Connelly, Kelley Carter and Megan Ryte. A preliminary autopsy report detemined Payne died of “multiple trauma” and “internal and external hemorrhage,” and an initial toxicology report revealed he had multiple drugs in his system at the time of his death, including “pink cocaine”, as well as cocaine, benzodiazepine and crack.