Kate Cassidy has admitted she ‘hates’ being single, days after she was dumped. On Tuesday, the influencer revealed she’d been left by her new partner because she kept comparing him to Liam Payne, whom she dated for two years up until he died in October 2024 at the age of 31.Following the breakup, Kate, 27, confessed she was struggling to adjust to being single again, sharing a snap of herself beaming, but explaining in the caption that it was a ‘fake smile’. She layered over the image: ‘Single and happy [love heart] (I hate being single).’ Amid the breakup, Kate has been on a girls’ holiday in Montauk, New York, and on Friday she shared a slew of sizzling bikini snaps. Kate looked sensational in the images as she posed up a storm in a tiny bandeau bikini that flashed her underboob and toned stomach. Kate Cassidy has admitted she ‘hates’ being single days after revealing she was dumped by her new boyfriend for constantly comparing him to Liam Payne Kate confessed she was struggling to adjust to being single again, sharing a snap of herself beaming, but explaining in the caption that it was a ‘fake smile’ Amid the breakup, Kate has been on a girls’ holiday in Montauk, New York, and on Friday she shared a slew of sizzling bikini snapsKate revealed she’d been dumped in a TikTok video this week, days after it was revealed by the Daily Mail that Liam’s eight-year-old son Bear will inherit all of the star’s £21million fortune.’I got dumped you guys,’ Kate told her 1.8million followers. ‘I have been super MIA on here about my updated dating situation, that is because I recently met someone.”I feel like things were moving super fast, if you know me you know I have a tendency of moving fast,’ she explained before revealing more about her mystery man.’Let’s just call this guy Joe. Joe was really sweet and a lot of things I wanted in a guy. He’s super low-key so he doesn’t have any social media, which I actually really liked.”I met his family, he took me on trips, things were going really well, really quick. I f**ked up.’The new romance comes 20 months after Liam’s death with Kate admitting: ‘Dating after losing somebody that you genuinely thought you were going to spend the rest of your life with is really tough because I physically look for Liam in every single guy that I meet.’If they don’t hit all the checkmarks I tend to, either back away or almost resent this person, and it’s so crazy.’ Kate looked sensational in the images as she posed up a storm in a tiny bandeau bikini that flashed her underboob and toned stomach Kate ensured she worked her angles as she snapped selfies in her tiny two piece Influencer Kate, 27, dated One Direction star Liam for two years, until he died in October 2024 at the age of 31, after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos AiresShe then said she found herself comparing her new man to Liam. ‘There were certain times where I would get so angry with this guy, because I would physically get like “oh well Liam would do this so why aren’t you doing this?”‘Or he would do something and I would be like, “Liam would never do that”. He texted me yesterday and told me we should go our separate ways because it’s just too much, and I understand.’I feel sad because I don’t like losing people and I feel like especially in the beginning of a situationship it’s so fun and you’re so excited to see where it goes.’Earlier this month Kate dropped a huge hint she’d found love with a new partner, sharing a TikTok video of a handsome man carrying her in his arms.Kate captioned the post: ‘I love having a crush’, before teasing on the video: ‘When you know you know.’In another video shared this week, two days before her breakup post, she enjoyed a double date with a friend. The video was captioned: ‘POV you and your friend are carrying the double date.’Kate’s social media is also littered with tributes to Liam, with one post this week showing a photo of the two cuddled up alongside the caption ‘never gonna find nobody better all my life… love you 4eva’.