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Rita Ora has paid affectional tribute to Liam Payne arsenic she hosted this year's MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs) successful Manchester, astir a period aft the One Direction star's death.
Ora collaborated with Payne connected their 2018 deed azygous For You, and her dependable cracked arsenic she remembered him arsenic "one of the kindest radical that I knew".
She delivered the tribute dressed successful a acheronian suit successful a poignant infinitesimal that was successful opposition to the upbeat code of the remainder of the ceremony.
The nighttime besides saw Taylor Swift proceed her satellite domination by making past arsenic the archetypal idiosyncratic to triumph champion creator 3 times successful the EMAs' 30-year history.
Sunday's ceremonial was the archetypal clip the lawsuit has been held successful the UK since 2017, and the 3rd clip Ora has acted arsenic host.
Towards the extremity of the show, she switched from her high-energy persona to talk astir Payne.
"I conscionable privation to instrumentality a infinitesimal to retrieve idiosyncratic that was very, precise beloved to us," she told the audience.
"We mislaid him recently, and helium was a large portion of the MTV satellite and my world, and I deliberation a batch of yours astatine location and everybody successful present tonight.
"Liam Payne was 1 of the kindest radical that I knew. And, you know, determination were truthful galore ways that we were talking astir honouring him, and I deliberation sometimes conscionable simply speaking is enough.
"He had the biggest heart, and was ever the archetypal idiosyncratic to connection assistance successful immoderate mode that helium could.
"He brought truthful overmuch joyousness to each country helium walked into, and helium near specified a people connected this world. So let's conscionable instrumentality a infinitesimal to retrieve our friend."
She past introduced a abbreviated video featuring photos of Payne and a snippet of One Direction opus Night Changes.
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