ITV Loose Women's Olivia Attwood makes desperate plea after Liam Payne's death

Loose Women's Olivia Attwood Dack has issued a heartfelt plea to social media users in the wake of Liam Payne's heartbreaking death.

On the live broadcast of ITV's daytime programme on Thursday (October 17), Olivia, alongside host Kaye Adams, and Katie Piper, honoured the late sensation who was tragically found deceased on Wednesday at a hotel in Buenos Aires.

Kaye, 61, struck a sombre tone as she commenced the show with a tribute to the singer and shared her condolences for Liam's loved ones. She then turned to Olivia, asking: "Did you cross paths with him over the years?" to which she confirmed encountering Liam "a couple of times".

The 33 year old TV personality expressed her grief over Liam's demise and implored the online community to 'leave each other alone'. Reflecting on her memories, Olivia said: "I remember vividly the X-Factor journey, I was a fan of the band it's so tragic."

She continued, revealing her thoughts: "The first thing of thought of this morning was the last couple of weeks my algorithm on social media has been very full of videos of him, people speculating, taking the mick - and whatever.

"This is not be speculating around what's happened but why can't we just leave people alone? If someone is acting in a way that seems unusual, there is probably a reason and making fun of them for viral content is probably not the best approach."

Olivia remarked: "I feel like with social media it's the best and worst of humanities on display and I think before posting things sometimes take a minute and think 'why are you posting this?'"

Tragedy struck as 31 year old Liam Payne died on Wednesday following a fall from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires' Palermo district, Argentina, reports .

Authorities reported that the father-of-one tragically plummeted from the third floor into the inner courtyard of the Casa Sur Hotel, where medical personnel later pronounced his death.

Loose Women airs weekdays at 12:30pm on ITV and ITVX