Liam Payne had the audience in stitches during his appearance on The Graham Norton Show when he shared the unforgettable moment he changed his son Bear’s nappy for the very first time—and the “deal” he and Cheryl struck to make it happen.
With his trademark charm and a cheeky grin, Liam recounted how he and then-partner Cheryl came to an agreement before their son Bear was born. “She said to me, ‘I carried him for nine months, so you can take the first nappy,’” Liam laughed. “And I was like, ‘Yeah, no problem—how bad can it be?’”
As it turns out… very bad.
The former One Direction star described the moment in vivid detail: “We’d only been home for a day, and Cheryl’s looking at me like, ‘Well? Go on then.’ I opened the nappy and—I’m not joking—it was like a horror film. I wasn’t prepared!”
The audience howled with laughter as Liam mimed nearly passing out, and even Graham couldn’t help but double over in amusement. “It was black tar!” Liam exclaimed. “No one told me about that part. It was like a scene from Alien.”
Despite the drama, Liam said the moment brought him closer to fatherhood in a way he hadn’t expected. “As terrifying as it was, I just remember thinking, ‘Wow, this little guy depends on me for everything.’ It’s humbling, really.”
Bear, now growing up quickly, continues to be a source of joy for Liam—and plenty of parenting stories for talk shows to come. As for whether he ever got out of future nappy duty?
“Let’s just say,” Liam smirked, “once you survive the first one, the rest are nothing.”
Fans praised Liam’s candid and comedic approach to fatherhood, proving that even global pop stars aren’t immune to the messy reality of parenthood—and that they’re happy to laugh about it later.
