A popular celebrity news outlet received a slew of hate after sharing photos of Liam Payne's dead body while the story of his death was still developing.

TMZ is facing backlash for publishing images said to show parts of Liam Payne’s body after the former “One Direction” singer died in a fall on Wednesday. The celebrity gossip tabloid published cropped images showing a tattooed arm and stomach,

After a torrent of criticism, TMZ removed the image of a body without explanation. TMZ, the Hollywood-obsessed news outlet known for its coverage of celebrities, drew a flood of criticism for publishing an image purporting to show the body of Liam Payne,

Alessia Cara has taken to social media to slam TMZ‘s unethical decision to share portions of graphic photos of Liam Payne‘s body following his death on Wednesday (Oct. 16). First reported by TMZ and confirmed by CNN,

It took hours for TMZ to take down the photos that purportedly showed former One Direction singer Liam Payne’s body on the ground in Buenos Aires. But how did the photos, which the outlet said it used to confirm Payne‘s death—which police had already announced—end up on the celebrity gossip website’s page at all?

An autopsy revealed One Direction singer Liam Payne died from “polytrauma” and “an internal and external hemorrhage.” Buenos Aires police said in a statement that Payne fell from the third floor of the Casa Sur Hotel in the trendy Palermo neighborhood of Argentina’s capital,

The four remaining former members of One Direction released a joint statement in the wake of their former bandmate, Liam Payne’s sudden passing.