Nicole Scherzinger is remembering her friend Liam Payne in the wake of the former One Direction singer’s tragic death.

“Liam and I were pretty close…” Scherzinger said Friday on “Good Morning America.” “And so, yeah, I’m devastated.”

“I am heartbroken for Liam. I am heartbroken for his family, his loved ones and his fans,” she continued. “Liam always led with his heart and with kindness, and I truly hope that is how he will be remembered.”

Scherzinger said she and Payne had recently become “particularly” close after filming the Netflix series “Building the Band.”

The show, which was announced by Netflix in August, will feature Scherzinger as a judge and mentor, with Payne and Destiny’s Child singer Kelly Rowland joining her on the judging panel. Backstreet Boys singer AJ McLean was announced as host.

Payne died on October 16 after falling from the third-floor balcony of his hotel room in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was 31.

On Thursday, Scherzinger shared an Instagram post dedicated to Payne, with a photo of them next to Rowland. In the post, Scherzinger wrote that she will “forever treasure and cherish the time we shared together” and said it was “a blessing” to work with Payne recently.

“We shared the same love and passion for music and I will forever remember the meaningful and joyful conversations we had,” she continued in the post. “It has been so hard to process that you are gone, but I am grateful to have gotten to know your kind heart, sweet soul and character.”

Elsewhere in her conversation with “GMA” on Friday, Scherzinger opened up about making her Broadway debut in the vibrant new revival of “Sunset Boulevard.”

“It’s a dream come true,” she said, calling musical theater “my first love.”

Scherzinger plays the lead role of Norma Desmond, who played Glenn Close in the original 1994 Broadway production – which won him the Tony – and in the 2017 revival.

The former Pussycat Dolls singer, who has already played Norma on London’s West End, revealed how Close helped her celebrate her first opening night on Broadway.

“She was so nice on my opening night. She sent me these beautiful roses and a note that said, ‘There is no doubt that you will take New York by storm. Welcome to Broadway,'” she shared. “What a way to have your first opening night on Broadway!”

Scherzinger also told “GMA” what returning to Disney for the upcoming sequel “Moana 2” meant to her, revealing the inspiration behind her role as Moana’s mother.

“I’m proud to be of Hawaiian descent and I’m proud of… the representation of the Polynesian people and the story,” she said of the film, in theaters Nov. 27. “I think that in my role I was deeply inspired by the beautiful women from my family and my ancestors who came before me.

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