UNITED KINGDOM: Heat magazine editor says that Cheryl Cole is a superstar in her own right

Record ID: 574838

  • Title: UNITED KINGDOM: Heat magazine editor says that Cheryl Cole is a superstar in her own right
  • Date: 27th May 2010
  • Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE - SEPTEMBER 17, 2008) (REUTERS) GIRLS ALOUD SINGER CHERYL COLE IN PINK DRESS ON CATWALK FOR 'FASHION FOR RELIEF'
  • Embargoed: 11th June 2010 13:00
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  • Location: United Kingdom
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment / Showbiz
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  • Story Text: Singer Cheryl Cole has filed for a "quickie" divorce from her footballer husband Ashley, sources close to the singer confirmed on Wednesday (May 26).
    The 26-year-old X Factor judge cited "unreasonable behaviour" as the reason for the break-up in papers filed at the High Court in London Tuesday (May 25), it was said.
    Their split was announced in February after claims that the left-back had been unfaithful during the couple's three-and-a-half-year marriage.
    Heat magazine's editor, Lucy Cave, said that Cheryl Cole does not need Ashley.
    "Cheryl Cole's star has risen so much - obviously from the X-Factor - but since all the problems emerged with Ashley in the first place, and she has proven that she can do so much better without him dragging her down. People don't like her and him as a couple."
    Cheryl, who topped the charts with Fight For This Love, stuck by Ashley after allegations of his infidelity surfaced two years ago.
    But further claims that his mobile phone had been used to send saucy photos to a glamour model and indulge in "text sex", plus further kiss-and-tell stories, appeared to have been too much of a strain on the relationship.
    The divorce is expected to go through before Ashley features in the England team during the World Cup in South Africa this summer.
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