Cheryl Fernandez-Versini On Ashley Cole’s Affair: ‘I Crumbled’

Geordie babe, Cheryl Fernandez Versini, has always seemed pretty ruddy strong - especially when she was going through her messy break up with footballer Ashley Cole after he cheated on her in 2010.

But now the X Factor judge has admitted that despite putting on a brave face, inside she was “crumbling”, and having to go through with her scheduled performance at the BRIT Awards shortly after news of Ashley’s affair broke was understandably difficult.

Speaking to InStyle magazine, the brunette beauty shared: “To be honest, I coped in public and crumbled in private.

“It’s grown, it’s life. They say a good sailor would never be a good sailor if he hadn’t experienced a rough sea.”

However, Chezza found that one of the hardest things to deal with was the Nation judging her for taking her unfaithful husband back; revealing that close friends who warned her against Ashley have since been through the same thing and reacted in the same way.

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She explained: “It’s funny - those who didn’t understand my actions at the time have now had that happen to them and they get it.

“A friend of mine told me her husband was having an affair and she said, ‘I understand everything that must have been going through your head. But what I will never understand is how you had to face the world.'”

We don’t think we’ll ever understand either, babes - we’ve got to hand it to you, you handled the entire thing like an absolute pro.

Sadly, Cheryl was left humiliated when she discovered that Ashley had cheated on her again, finally divorcing him before finding love with French hottie Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini.

Now, the singer has her happy ever after as well as a seriously snazzy surname, so we think that it is clear to see who the real winner is.