Liam Payne strips off to blow kisses to fans as he celebrates 25th birthday

Liam Payne thanked fans for their birthday wishes by blowing kisses topless on Instagram.

The former One Direction singer turned 25 on Wednesday and was predictably inundated with messages from adoring fans.

Payne, who is spending his special day abroad, made sure to thank them for the outpouring by stripping off.

The Bedroom Floor singer posted a Boomerang of himself blowing a kiss to the camera while lounging topless by a pool.

He captioned the video: “Thank you for all the well wishes.”

He posted another of himself miming to Bas & A$AP Ferg’s hit Boca Raton as he laughed to the camera and joked he doesn’t feel more mature.

He captured the clip: “Woke up it’s ma birthdayyyy. Still haven’t grown up though by the looks of it.”

His birthday cards proved he’s still young at heart, with one from his parents featuring Iron Man and the Incredible Hulk from the Avengers.

Payne was inundated with messages from fans who held birthday parties in his honour around the world. Fans struggled to contain themselves as they hailed him “handsome,” “legendary” and a “role model”.

Payne recently split from Cheryl who he has one-year-old son Bear with. He opened up about the break-up in a Vodafone Big top 40 interview, saying he is “feeling okay” but it still “a bit fragile at times”.

The singer, who is reportedly dating model Cairo Dwek, said: “No I’m alright you know, it’s been okay. Obviously there’s a lot of stuff I’ve still got to sort out with my life.

“Obviously we’ve broken up and then it was like a couple of days or a couple of weeks before we actually like put the announcement out and that’s the bit when it really hits home I guess.

“But at the same point it’s like breaking up twice like, we already did this once and now I’m having to go through all of that again.”