{"id":57050,"date":"2024-10-17T11:04:03","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T15:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=57050"},"modified":"2024-10-17T11:04:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T15:04:03","slug":"how-liam-paynes-son-bear-motivated-his-soccer-aid-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/how-liam-paynes-son-bear-motivated-his-soccer-aid-efforts\/57050\/","title":{"rendered":"How Liam Payne\u2019s son Bear motivated his Soccer Aid efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liam Payne\u2019s involvement in Soccer Aid was deeply influenced by his love for his son, Bear. The One Direction star took on a more active role, motivated by his desire to give children the same opportunities his son enjoys.<\/p>\n<p>Liam Payne\u2019s decision to captain England at Soccer Aid was driven by his son Bear, whom he shared with former partner Cheryl. Payne wanted to support Soccer Aid\u2019s mission to ensure every child has the right to play. Reflecting on his son\u2019s kind nature, Payne said Bear often checks on other children, which mirrored his own passion for giving back.<\/p>\n<h2>A new role inspired by fatherhood<\/h2>\n<p>After becoming a father, Payne increased his dedication to Soccer Aid, saying that the birth of his son pushed him to do more for the charity. He mentioned that Soccer Aid\u2019s work in addressing global issues like malnutrition aligned with his values as a parent.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being a huge football fan, Payne admitted he had to learn the game properly ahead of Soccer Aid. He trained twice a day for months to prepare for the match. Payne also acknowledged that his former One Direction bandmates, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson, were better players.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liam Payne\u2019s participation in Soccer Aid was inspired by his son Bear, as he aimed to support children\u2019s right to play. Payne trained hard for the match, reflecting his dedication both as a father and an athlete.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":57052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[20934,20935,19834,20937,6146,19836,20936],"class_list":["post-57050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","tag-bear-payne","tag-cheryl","tag-liam-payne","tag-louis-tomlinson","tag-niall-horan","tag-one-direction","tag-soccer-aid"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}