The entertainment industry was left devastated on Wednesday when it was announced Liam Payne had tragically died. Now, a guest staying at the same hotel as him has revealed what may have been his final words.

Payne, who had only recently turned 31, fell to his death from his third-storey room at the Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires just seven minutes after concerned hotel staff requested ‘urgent’ assistance from police.

While it remains unclear what occurred in the minutes leading up to his death (despite another hotel guest saying that Payne was seen ‘passed out and convulsing’ in the lobby before he died) 28-year-old woman has revealed she had a 30-minute exchange with the father of one soon before his death, in which he made a heartbreaking admission.

The IT consultant from Washington DC, known only as Rebecca, not her real name, was staying in the same hotel as Payne and claims he told her: ‘I used to be in a boy band – that’s why I’m so f**ked up’.

Speaking to the Daily Mail, Rebecca, one of the last people to speak to Payne, said the popstar displayed ‘disturbing and weird behaviour’ during their interaction, which left her ‘shaken’.

Claiming he threw his laptop on the floor, she alleged he also grabbed another woman by the throat in the hotel lift and pretended to choke her.

Rebecca also claimed the singer, who police believe was alone at the time of his death, had an ‘entourage’ with him during their half an hour conversation, which included two women and a British man.

Recalling her exchange with Payne at 4.26pm (8.26pm UK time) on Wednesday, 36 minutes before emergency services were called, Rebecca told the news outlet that she was waiting in the hotel lobby with her friend and noticed staff were ‘on edge’.

Payne was due to check out of the hotel on Wednesday morning, and Rebecca’s friend was set to get his room.

She continued to say that while they knew who Payne was, they weren’t ‘bothered’, suggesting that he was ‘desperate’ to be noticed.

The group, who were waiting for the lift to arrive, were then invited by Payne to ‘get in’ with him and his group. The star allegedly said ‘I love a cuddle,’ but Rebecca said she and her friends chose to wait for the next one.

Other women in the lobby, however, reportedly joined the star: ‘And then he grabs a girl who I think was with him and starts fake choking her, only lightly, but the others thought it was really disturbing.’

Ten minutes later, Rebecca said Payne arrived back in the lobby and, this time, had his laptop with him. She claimed he lay on one of the lobby couches and began looking through his emails, noting that he was using the accessibility feature often used by visually impaired individuals.

Rebecca said she assumed he was using the setting for ‘attention’.