LIAM PAYNE AND JADE THIRLWALL KNEW EACH OTHER WAY BEFORE ONE DIRECTION - AND HERE'S THE PROOF 

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We may have missed the Throwback Thursday boat but today it\'s all about Flashback Friday, thanks to us rediscovering these UHmazing pre-fetus pics of One Direction\'s Liam Payne and Little Mix\'s Jade Thirlwall. 

Oh we all know the story but here\'s a refresher anyway: Liam and Jade have actually been pals since 2008 (two whole years before 1D were formed and three whole years before Little Mix became a thing), after they both auditioned for The X Factor but were oh-so-rudely cut before the live show stages. 

Look, here they are, being all adorable and young. Nice dog tags, Leeyum. 

The pair stayed in contact, then both auditioned AGAIN in 2010, the glorious year that One Direction were born. 

See, here\'s that now infamous vid from The Xtra Factor, which sees both Harry Styles and our Jade taking part in a backstage skit thing. 

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Obviously Liam then went on to be 1/5 of the biggest boyband of all time, but Jade was let go once again, only to dust herself off and audition for a third time in 2011. Trooper. 

This time the judges recognised her kick ass talent, and she was put into the group we now know (and love) as Little Mix. ​

Jade revealed in an early interview that her mum and Liam\'s became close pals too, and that he was thrilled to hear she\'d made it. 

"My mom and his mom talk all the time, so when he found out that I had made it, I think he was so happy," she said. 

CUTE. Now, let\'s just take a min to appreciate these pics again, because EL OH EL. 

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