Liam Payne shares rare photo of son Bear, 6, as they enjoy a fun day out together and fans are all saying the same thing

Liam Payne posted a rare photo of son Bear on Instagram on Friday, sending his 26 million followers into a frenzy.

The former One Direction singer, 30, shares the six-year-old with ex Cheryl, 40, and both have chosen to keep him out of the public eye.

In the photo, Liam obscured his son’s face as he showed the little one a billboard in London’s Leicester Square, advertising his new single Teardrops.

Writing: “One day I want to be on a billboard, Dad.”

Fans immediately rushed to the comments and couldn’t believe how quickly Bear had grown.

Where one writes: ‘Beer has grown enormously!’.

While a second gushed: ‘That’s definitely not a bear! I feel old’.

And: ‘Beer is soooo bigggg’.

Another commented: ‘He’s so big!’.

Someone else wrote: ‘Isn’t he that big already???’.

A sixth wrote: ‘He’s so big, he looks like he was born yesterday.’

Cheryl previously revealed that Bear had realized that both his parents are famous.

Speak with British Vogue before the Girls Aloud reunion, Cheryl shared that Bear thinks it’s ‘pretty cool’ that both his parents are famous pop stars.

When asked if her son would appear on stage at some point during the tour, Cheryl said: ‘The problem is I want Bear to have a normal childhood.

‘I don’t want people to recognize him on the street. But he knows I’m famous. He recently said, “How lucky am I to have famous parents?” I said, “It doesn’t matter.” He says, “Yeah, but it’s pretty cool.” ‘

Liam’s new single – which marks a new chapter in his career – was co-written by NSYNC’s JC Chasez and is about the vulnerability of heartbreak and the challenge of overcoming those moments.

In a recent statement, the One Direction favorite candidly said, “This song marks the beginning of new beginnings, with much more to come in 2024.”

Song co-writer Jamie Scott has also described Liam’s last year in the studio as an ‘annual process of self-reflection’.

It comes after his ex-fiance Maya revealed she is releasing a new book based on her experiences during the pandemic.

The model, 22, said she was inspired to write the novel after going through “a period in my life full of pain.”

She shared a photo of the cover of the book, called Looking Forward, which shows a brunette woman and a man with a guitar walking with their arms around each other in London.

In the caption of the Instagram post, Maya revealed her inspiration for the novel, explaining that she “never intended” to share the story, but chose to help others “experience similar trauma and hardship.”

She wrote: “2020 has been a dark and scary time for all of us. I was coming out of a period of my life filled with a lot of pain.

‘But I’ve learned that the beauty of pain is that it can inspire something beautiful.