One Direction's Liam Payne goes shirtless for magazine cover shoot; talks about his 'most beautiful girlfriend' Cheryl

Former One Direction star Liam Payne has finally opened up about pregnant girlfriend Cheryl Cole as they confirmed their relationship officially. The couple also remained tight-lipped for a long time regarding the pregnancy.

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Recently, in an interview with an UK magazine Rollacoaster, the 23-year-old singer had been high on praise for former Girls Aloud star Cheryl, whom he idolised as a teenager long before he became the One Direction star.

The singer went shirtless for the cover of the lifestyle magazine, while striking a ready-to-fight martial arts pose. It comes with a caption of "No Payne, No Gain."

While gushing about his 'beautiful girlfriend,' he said, "Obviously I have the most ­beautiful girlfriend in the world and she's absolutely amazing. She's been my dream girl since I was younger. She's so ace."

As the 1D star is ready to release his much-anticipated debut solo album, he said that Cheryl has been very supportive of his career all the time.

"She is a wonderful, wonderful person and it's amazing to have someone who can relate to so much of things — someone who's taken greater steps than me. Her solo career was ­amazing. She's been in the ­industry for 14 years now.

"She fully supports me. We're super happy. It's a very personal, precious time for us. I'm still learning. I'm only 23."

It is believed that the pair (Liam Payne and Cheryl) started seeing each other on the X Factor set, where they were introduced by none other than Simon Cowell.

The couple kept quiet about the pregnancy for a long time. Cheryl confirmed the news last month as she flaunted her bump in a promo shot for L'Oreal Paris' new campaign.