Cheryl Cole paid the scary price of fame yesterday after she was hassled by an overly-eager fan who wouldn’t let go of her.

The pop star was grabbed by the persistent woman as she arrived at her hotel in Birmingham after a long day filming the X Factor auditions.

As she got out of her car and made her way into the building, the female fan pushed through the press cameras and grabbed Cheryl’s wrist.

Clutching a marker pen, she shoved a CD of Cheryl’s album 3 Words into the singer’s face and demanded she sign it.

According to onlookers, she grabbed 26-year-old Cheryl and refused to let go as she begged her to autograph her album cover.

Eventually, Cheryl’s people managed to prise the woman away as they fought their way through the throng.

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