Louis Tomlinson’s relationship with his mother Johannah Deakin was notoriously close and a 2011 interview with the 1D star has revealed his mother considered her eldest son ‘her best friend.’

The 43-year-old who passed away on Wednesday after a battle with an aggressive form of leukemia was extremely proud of her successful son.

In the interview Louis revealed that his mother would send him up to seven texts a day, and said:


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The documentary, ‘One Direction: A Year in The Making’, saw the young singer admit: ‘She always says I’m like one of her best friends so it must be really difficult for her to not get upset and not miss me so much, I’m so far away.’

Johannah praised her son calling him ‘a really nice lovely brother’ and said he always offered to pay for his sisters’ school trips.

She said: ‘He always asks me, “Tell me what trips they’ve got, where do they want to go? Let me use my money to pay for their trips. He’s always been like that. He’s not a materialistic person himself but he likes to give people things. He spoils me and the girls and he’s happiest doing that.’

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Louis and his mother were incredibly close and had both recently shared photos of each other on their respective Instagram accounts.

The 24-year-old was due to perform at the X Factor final on Saturday night and it is expected that he will now dedicate the performance to his late mum, who was looking forward to seeing her son back on the stage where it all started.

The family released a statement today confirming the Johannah’s death describing her as an ‘incredibly selfless’ woman who ‘would always look to put other people before herself.’