Trigger Warning: This article contains references to an individual’s death. Nicole Scherzinger, best known for her role with the Pussycat Dolls, was reportedly in touch with One Direction star Liam Payne on the day of his tragic passing. Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, who is currently working with Scherzinger on the Broadway production of Sunset Boulevard, shared this information in an interview published Thursday. According to Webber, Scherzinger had remained close to Payne as a mentor and was exchanging messages with him shortly before she received the news of his death. Andrew Lloyd Webber spoke candidly about the connection between Payne and Scherzinger, talking about her role as a mentor to the young star. “I suppose something that hasn’t been said, and I suppose I could say, is that of course she mentored Liam from One Direction,” Webber shared in the Billboard interview. He then disclosed that Scherzinger had been texting Payne the very day he passed away, October 16. “She was still texting him that day,” Webber continued. Scherzinger reportedly learned of Payne’s passing only …