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ONE Direction’s Liam Payne had a second furious clash with Cheryl’s ex-husband Jean Bernard Fernandez-Versini at a nightclub in Monaco.
Liam referred to JB as a “c***” and threatened to “f**k” up his pals in a bathroom rant at one of the Frenchman’s group.
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The incident took place at trendy nightclub Twiga in the country, where Jean-Bernard, 37, was partying with friends.
Witnesses say Liam, 24, threatened a mate of the French playboy in the toilets, before launching into a four-letter tirade.
The fiery clash happened just weeks after the singer threatened to fight Jean-Bernard in London restaurant Chiltern Firehouse just days after his split from Cheryl, 35.
A party source said: “The whole night he was standing behind JB looking to fight him. He was stood there with his arms crossed and he kept pointing at JB – nobody could understand what he wanted.
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And JB was just ignoring him because he was like: ‘I’m 35 years old, he’s a 20-year-old kid. I don’t want to fight this kid in Monaco – it’s supposed to be a smart place’.
“In the toilets, one of JB’s friends turned round to see Liam looking at him and it flared up. He said: ‘What the f**k are you looking at?’ Listen, your friend JB is a f*****g c***.’ Security stopped things escalating but as he left he looked at him and said: ‘I will f**k you up.’ It was all a bit embarrassing.”
The older man, who was divorced by Cheryl in 2015, offered to leave the posh venue to keep the peace — just as he did when the pair clashed in London.
A club source said JB, who wed the Girls Aloud singer in July 2014 after a whirlwind romance, confronted Liam over his behaviour towards his friend.
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The source added: “Jean Bernard told him he shouldn’t have gone after his friend, but Liam didn’t seem to have a response.
JB told friends he thought the youngster was following him and is ‘in love’ with him. Even some of Liam’s friends came up to him to apologise afterwards.”
The incident comes just three weeks after The Sun revealed how the pair nearly came to blows in trendy London hotspot Chiltern Firehouse.
Worried staff were forced to intervene to stop a physical altercation.
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JB told friends on the night: “He’s a kid. But he needs a hug, not a punch.”
The row occurred after both of Cheryl’s exes coincidentally ended up at the A-list party venue on the same night.
The fiery incident happened two days before The Sun revealed Liam and Cheryl had split after two-and-a-half years together.
In a joint statement released shortly after our story, the pair confirmed the break-up and vowed to focus on their child, Bear, one.
The break-up came after months of turmoil, which had seen them almost split early this year before agreeing to give the romance one more chance.
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Cheryl and Jean-Bernard married at a secret ceremony on a private island in July 2014 after a whirlwind romance, with just four guests in attendance.
But the relationship broke down a year later after a string of rows and she began dating Liam in early 2016, shortly before filing for divorce to finalise her break-up from Jean-Bernard in October that year.
Last night a friend of Liam said: "The fact JB keeps exaggerating and manufacturing these stories is making us laugh. Liam is getting on with his life and wishes JB would stop obsessing over him."
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