Liam Payne Celebrates Solo Record Deal As Fans Took On Twitter For “Congratsliam’ Hashtag

Former One Direction member, Liam Payne, shared on twitter thanking the record label Republic Records for signing him.

He wrote, "Amazing to have signed to @RepublicRecords I am celebrating as I tweet thank you so much for accepting me to your roster of amazing artists."

According to Mirror, fans mistakenly thought the hashtag 'congratsliam' was because the singer and girlfriend Cheryl Cole had confirmed pregnancy rumors.

Some fans wrote, "#congratsliam when this came up on my twitter I seriously thought Cheryl had confirmed pregnancy."

Other users tweeted, "yALL GAVE ME A HEART ATTACK I THOUGHT CHERYL CONFIRMED THE PREGNANCYWJNC #congratsliam."

"Legit thought this hash tag, as about liam confirming that Cheryl was prego. Heart attack. #congratsliam."

"I THOUGHT IT WAS OFFICIAL THAT HE HAS A SON. I HAD A MINI HEART ATTACK RIGHT THERE OMG #congratsliam."

Payne, 23 and Cole, 33, have been dating since December. She has been spotted with rounded tummy a couple of times, while her mother was seen in Mothercare buying supplies.

Liam Payne is still focusing on his career. His manager Simon Oliveira said, "With Republic's track record of launching powerhouse talent in the US including superstars like Drake, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, The Weeknd, Ariana Grade, Lorde and countless others.

"I am more than confident we have assembled the best team alongside Capitol's UK label to launch and shepherd Liam's solo career."

The speculations started when the couple was seen on a date night in London. Cole was wearing a loose-fitting knit dress with an oversized coat, which led fans to think that she might be concealing a baby bump, E! News reported.

Adding to the issue, the singer's former bandmate, Kimberly Walsh said in an interview, "She's really happy right now,"

"And she'll be a brilliant mum. She has loads of nieces and nephews, so she's used to the madness of children."

Last month, Liam updated his twitter bio, "the luckiest man in the world." Fans noted the possibility that he was implying to future fatherhood. On the other hand, it could have been the record deal that he was referring to.