Cowell created and judged “The X Factor,” the show on which he and fellow judges put together Payne’s band, One Direction, in 2010.

Though Simon Cowell has yet to speak out following the untimely death of Liam Payne, who made up one-fifth of the boy band One Direction formed by Cowell in 2010 on The X Factor, the producer has still responded to the terrible situation.

Simon Cowell was slammed by a former X-Factor contestant Katie Waissel following Liam Payne's death, who bluntly said 'we all know the truth'.