Liam Payne’s ex Sophia Smith gets engaged 2 months after singer’s tragic death

Liam Payne’s ex-girlfriend Sophia Smith is engaged to boyfriend James Bridgwood, just two months after the singer’s tragic death.

Smith posted a sweet black-and-white video of the proposal, which showed her and her new fiancé, clad in pajamas, sitting on a floor covered with rose petals and a bottle of prosecco.

The influencer, 30, appeared stunned and smiled wide while Bridgwood placed the ring on her finger.

Liam Payne’s ex-girlfriend Sophia Smith, pictured here in March 2015, is engaged. David M. Benett Smith shared a video of her boyfriend, James Bridgwood, proposing to her. Instagram/@sophiaxsmith

The couple’s one-year-old daughter, Angelina, was also wandering around the room during the proposal but stopped to join in for a group hug.

“Yes a million times over ❤️💍 25.12.24,” she captioned the sweet video on Friday.

Smith received hundreds of comments from fans and friends congratulating her on the big news –– including two women from the One Direction inner circle.

Bridgwood proposed while they were sitting in a room with their daughter. Instagram/@sophiaxsmith The family of three shared a group hug. Instagram/@sophiaxsmith

“Aw Soph ❤️,” Louise Teasdale –– who was the former hair and makeup artist for the boyband –– commented.

“😭😭😭💕💕💕✨ congratulations,” Louis Tomlinson’s sister Lottie Tomlinson commented.

Smith made her relationship with Bridgwood Instagram-official in June 2022, and she announced that she was pregnant with their first child together in December 2022.

Smith and Bridgwood made their relationship public in June 2022. Instagram/@sophiaxsmith The couple share one-year-old daughter, Angelina. Instagram/@sophiaxsmith

Prior to her relationship with Bridgwood, Smith dated Payne from 2013 to 2015. The two were initially childhood friends in Wolverhampton, England.

“I didn’t actually go out with her at the time [when we were younger],” Payne said in a September 2015 interview with Attitude. “I used to see her at school and we’d kind of chat. I asked her sister for her number. She was very shy and didn’t give much indication that she liked me, so I just assumed that she wasn’t interested, as well as thinking, she was way too hot for me anyway.”

Payne even revealed that they “talked about marriage” at the time, but they ultimately decided to focus on their individual careers, and they split in October 2015.

“Being on the tour all this year and being away from her was so hard,” Payne told the Sun at the time. “We spent so much time apart. But in order to do right by somebody sometimes it’s better not to do what your heart wants, but to do what’s better for them.”

The former One Direction member and Smith dated from 2013 to 2015. FilmMagic The former couple were childhood friends. David M. Benett

The “Teardrops” singer went on to date Cheryl Cole –– whom he shared son, Bear –– Maya Henry and Kate Cassidy before he died at age 31 on Oct. 16.

Payne was dating Cassidy at the time of his death, and they were vacationing together in Buenos Aires, Argentina, before she left by herself.

Payne later tragically died after falling three floors from his hotel balcony while he was under the influence of drugs.