LOVE-SPLIT RUMOURS? I DON’T CARE
Singer says stunt claims are ‘weird and ludicrous’
CHERYL has blasted claims that her appearance with Liam Payne at the Brit Awards was a “stunt”.
The couple have been dogged by speculation their relationship is in trouble but they put on a defiant display on the red carpet and in the audience at the ceremony.
Responding to the rumours, singer Cheryl tweeted: “Oh stop no one cares who’s been speculatively arguing or not in their relationships. Use your platform to put something productive in your columns. I opened a centre this week that could help thousands of youth !!!! ”
She added: “...Oh and your ‘stunt’ theories are just ludicrous and a bit weird.”
Cheryl, 34, shared pictures on Instagram from the bash, including some of herself and the former One Direction star, and two of him on stage performing with Rita Ora.
During the show, the former Girls Aloud star and Liam, 24, raised eyebrows when they made a quip about their sex life.
Host Jack Whitehall said to Liam: “You’re performing later, you’re doing a performance from the Fifty Shades movie, it sounds pretty saucy – is there a safe word?”
He pointed at the I Don’t Care star and joked: “She knows that.” Cheryl leaned into the mic and said the safe word is “don’t stop”.
On the red carpet before the show, the couple held hands and gazed into each other’s eyes as they posed for pictures.
The pair met on The X Factor in 2008 but it was 2016 before they began dating. They had a son Bear last March.
Ed Sheeran also shot down rumours about his relationship after he was spotted wearing a ring at the Brits.
Fans thought the singersongwriter, 27, had tied the knot after announcing his engagement to Cherry Seaborn last month.
But Ed, who won the Global Success Award, said: “I’m not married. I’m just wearing an engagement ring as well because I feel like you both should.”