X FACTOR BABES AT WAR!
Nicole and Sinitta fury at Cheryl’s TV return
POP babe Cheryl is set to make her long-awaited return to our screens but not everyone’s happy with the situation.
Simon Cowell invited Cheryl, 34, to join him at The X Factor’s Judges Houses stage of the ITV contest but her return has had Nicole Scherzinger, 39, and Simon’s ex Sinitta RAGING.
Despite saying in July that he hadn’t spoken to Cheryl in “six months” it seems Simon’s friendship with the Geordie star is back on track.
But their reunion hasn’t gone down well with two other women in 53-year-old Simon’s life and is causing furious rows behind the scenes.
Sinitta, also 53, has been left devastated by Simon’s snub as she regularly appears by her former flame’s side at the Judges Houses stage.
She said: “Simon promised me the job for life and said he didn’t ever want to do it with anyone else.
“My anger wants to slap all their butts and demand an apology and compensation.
“But they have no class so if they think they can do it and get away with it, a massive sensitivity chip is missing.”
X Factor judge Nicole is also seething at Cheryl’s return to the singing competition.
Simon and Cheryl famously fell out when he fired the pint-sized pop princess from the U.S. X Factor and hired Nicole in her place.
Since then, Nicole and Cheryl haven’t really seen eye to eye and them both fighting for Simon’s attention has upset the former Pussycat Doll.
A source claimed: “Nicole is fuming. Show bosses didn’t tell Nicole Cheryl was coming back and, though they won’t be filming together, she’s really annoyed.
“Nicole feels very competitive with Cheryl and feels like this is Simon playing yet more games with her.”
Judges Houses will begin later this month, and the X Factor judges will enlist some famous pals to help make their choice of which acts to take through to the live shows.