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Sarah spent £30k on gift for Cheryl
Sarah Harding has reportedly spent £30,000 on three Andy Warhol silkscreen prints.
The Daily Star claims that the Girls Aloud singer hinted they were for Cheryl Cole, as she was heard saying that she was buying them as “a present for a friend who had been very ill”.
“The silkscreens are of Marilyn Monroe with big pink lips set on pink, black and silver backgrounds,” a source said.
The insider added that the three pieces have now been taken to be framed, saying: “They’re really coveted items. Kate Moss has a few and Sarah was very lucky to get them.
“They are a very thoughtful girly present. Cheryl will love them.”
Cheryl Cole is keeping an emotion-packed diary about her battle to overcome her bout of malaria.
A close pal said expressing her feelings on paper has been a “true tonic” for the singer, 27, during the illness and has helped relieve the frustration of not being able to work.
The diary charting her battle will be worth millions and mum Joan Callaghan, 50, has been keeping notes as Cheryl speaks her thoughts.
“It’s pretty moving and gripping stuff,” revealed the friend.
“Cheryl’s been pouring out her feelings about being so ill, about having her mum nursing her just like she did when she got sick as a child.”
Cheryl’s camp knows that publishers will be clamouring for the print rights to her revealing and emotional yarn. It could be a follow-up to her book Picture My World, due out later this year.
CHERYL Cole has paid an emotional tribute to the doctors who she says saved her life.
Before flying out to Los Angeles with her dancer pal Derek Hough, Cheryl publicly thanked the medical team in the tropical diseases unit at University College London Hospital who treated her for malaria.
She said: “I want to say how grateful I am for everything you guys have done. I wouldn’t be here now, if it wasn’t for you.”
Cheryl was treated at UCL by specialist Professor Peter Chiodini.
The X Factor judge is reported to be planning to make a donation towards the specialist team’s unit.
Last night Cheryl flew to LA with Dancing With The Stars’ Derek Hough, who she had been holidaying with in Tanzania, East Africa, where she picked up the bug – and who has been by her side throughout her illness.
She is hoping to be well enough to return to X Factor in time for the judges’ houses stage.
Cheryl pictured for the first time since being ill with Malaria
Cheryl Cole gave a clear indication she’s on the road to recovery as she was pictured yesterday for the first time since contracting malaria.
Wearing not a scrap of make-up with her hair hanging loose, the 27-year-old smiled at photographers as she picked up a coffee from her local Starbucks in Surrey.
Wearing jeans, an off-the-shoulder white jumper and lace vest, the fresh-faced singer looked thrilled to be out in the fresh air again following nearly a month in bed.
Looking noticeably fuller in the face and a healthier size compared to her increasingly skinny frame in recent months, it appeared Mrs Cole has been enjoying home-cooked meals from her mother Joan Callaghan, who has been assisting her daughter’s recovery.
Clearly in a sociable mood after so many weeks recuperating, the star was more than happy to chat to fans and pose for photographs in the coffee shop.
Mrs Cole left hospital two weeks ago to recuperate at her Surrey mansion, which she used to share with estranged footballer husband Ashley.
Cheryl Cole wants to raise money to stop the spread of malaria in Africa.
The pop star was hospitalised after contracting the potentially fatal tropical disease during a trip to Tanzania and while she has been recovering she has decided she wants to help sufferers in the continent.
A friend of the star said: “Cheryl wants to raise money for mosquito nets and better medicines across the worst-affected regions of Africa. After hitting such a terrible physical low, she has come to realise just how awful the disease is and how lucky she has been to receive the best medical care.”
The 27-year-old singer – who had to pull out of the audition stages of pop star search show ‘The X Factor’ and cancelled her scheduled appearances at the V Festival in August so she can fully recover – was discharged from hospital earlier this month and is now convalescing at her home in Surrey, South East England.
Frail Cheryl Cole has reportedly put her plans to divorce cheating hubby Ashley Cole on hold until she fully recovers from malaria.
The Girls Aloud star, who is home at her Surrey mansion recovering from the deadly disease is said to have refused to deal with the legal papers and has ordered that she participates in ‘nothing stressful’ until she is well again.
However, it seems that anything related to the Chelsea footballer is seen as ‘stressful’ to Chezza, as she has allegedly been ignoring doctors orders by working from her sick bed – but will NOT deal with anything to do with her imminent divorce or her estranged hubby.
A source told Now magazine: “This means the divorce is being stalled and could take even longer to go through.”
“Why she’s refusing to deal with it, yet is still liaising with her management about her schedule and texting people like Simon Cowell about X Factor, has become a bone of contention with her family.”
They added: “Her mum Joan is absolutely beside herself. She knows Cheryl finds the divorce stressful. After all, she’s run down because she overworked herself in the first place in an attempt to block it out.”
“But Joan says the avoidance tactics need to stop. She thinks her daughter should get this process through as quickly as possible, so she can start healing. Ashley’s presence is a burden to the entire family.”
Meanwhile, Cheryl is said to be worried that she will never sing again after losing her voice for five days when battling the mosquito-carried virus.
Mollie King hopes Cheryl Cole will “get better soon.”
The Saturdays singer – who herself was temporarily out-of-action recently due to cellulitis – says she can sympathise with the X Factor star, as she recovers from malaria.
“Cheryl must be feeling really down,” Mollie said. “It’s horrible for anyone to miss out on work but especially with her as she’s going through a real high point of her career right now.
“At least with me, I had the rest of The Saturdays to carry on as we have a new single and new album to promote,” King then added to the Daily Record. “With her, everything has to stop.
“I just want to tell her to get better soon and hang in there. All of The Saturdays wish her better and hope she can recover as soon as possible.”
