Cheryl: "I’ll have to decide on X Factor or baby in 2015"
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IT’S been a whirlwind year for CHERYL FERNANDEZ-VERSINI, who is in a reflective mood when we meet during a break in rehearsals for her Children in Need performance. She got married, returned to X Factor, became the most successful UK female singer in the history of the singles chart, and released the album she has always wanted to make.
Now she’s thinking about what’s next — and has a big decision to make. Despite incorrect reports stating she has signed a £2million contract to return to the ITV talent show next year, she has to decide first whether to start a family. In her only newspaper interview this year, Cheryl tells me:
“You couldn’t do them both. Next year is going to have to be the time where I reflect on what I’ve done and think about what I want to do. I’m not ruling it out. To think about going back next year at this point is too much. I put my heart and soul into it — I’m not a half-hearted person. You feel like you’re on the biggest rollercoaster. I can’t even think about it right now. I need to find my balance, sit down, have a drink and rethink things.”
It’s no wonder Cheryl feels a bit frazzled. She released her brilliant new album Only Human at the same time as X Factor’s notoriously controversial live shows. But she has no doubt that her decision to go back to the show was the right one. She explains:
“I felt like I needed to put a lid on it — there was unfinished business. A lot of the focus goes to the judges but a lot of the time I find that ridiculous. I genuinely want to create talent.”
As long as she finds a new way to give us music I don't really care which she picks. That or she can force Nicola to step into the vocal booth for once so that her sophomore effort can see me through those times.