If you’ve been watching Netflix’s Building the Band, which features the late Liam Payne, you have likely felt a wide range of emotions. The reality competition, which paid tribute to the One Direction member, was released on the 2025 TV schedule months after his death. So, watching him mentor the singers is both incredibly joyful and tragic. Now, one of his colleagues, Nicole Scherzinger, has emotionally opened up about why she was so “excited” for fans to see Payne on this series.
When Scherzinger was asked about working with Payne, first, she brought up the fact that she was on the X Factor panel that brought One Direction together. So, for both her and him, this was a “full-circle” moment for many reasons. She then got choked up talking about watching this new series, and Willie Geist chimed in, saying that the 1D member is very “joyful” in it. That led the Tony winner to say the following on Sunday Today:
