Cheryl leaves LA after 24hr trip to visit Derek Hough
She couldn’t have looked any happier as she left Los Angeles after a whirlwind trip to visit her close friend Derek Hough.
Cheryl Cole smiled widely and beamed at photographers as she headed back to London ahead of this weekend’s X Factor shows after spending just 24 hours with her dancer pal.
The 27-year-old singer texted on her mobile phone as she walked through LA’s LAX Airport ready to catch her flight, and looked stunning in her all-black outfit of cropped trousers, high-heeled boots and a trendy double-breasted jacket.
The X Factor judge was spotted keeping a low-profile in Derek’s car as he pulled up outside the plush Century apartment block in Century City on Wednesday, shortly after arriving in the US city.
While Hough, 25, was happy to be photographed in his jeans and shirt, Cole hid in the front seat of his black Audi – with just her dyed red hair just visible over the dashboard.
The day of Cheryl’s visit coincided with Derek writing a public declaration of congratulations to the singer on his Twitter page after her single Promise This got to number one on Sunday.
He wrote yesterday: ‘Dimples is number one wahooooooooooooooooo !!!! So proud of her, especially after such a tough year.’
The pair haven’t seen each other for the beginning of September since Cheryl returned to London from LA for the X Factor live shows.
Cheryl Cole and Derek Hough’s relationship not sexual
Cheryl Cole’s blond dancing shadow, Derek Hough, has told his best mate that his relationship with The X Factor judge is not sexual and he is actually seeing someone else.
Mark Ballas insists the speculation around the pair has been ‘distorted’.
‘Derek and Cheryl are just friends and are very professional,’ Ballas said.
‘Just because they are both hot and are a good act, things get distorted, just like they are distorted when couples dance together. Derek is very professional and keeps things that way. That’s all they are – friends,’ said 24-year-old Ballas.
‘He’s dating other people. He’s working really hard and dating.’
Hough, 25, joined Cole, 27, on her first holiday to Tanzania after her split with Ashley Cole, 29.
He was one of the few people allowed to see her in intensive care as she battled malaria following their getaway.
There is now speculation their partnership is a decoy for her other close friendship with 35-year-old Black Eyed Peas singer, Will.i.am.
The pair reportedly looked ‘cosy’ as they filmed Cheryl’s judge’s house for The X Factor together over the weekend.
Derek Hough writes cheesy rock ballad for Cheryl Cole
Cheryl Cole’s new boyfriend has written a sickly-sweet rock ballad for her which includes the lyrics: “My heart’s set free.”
Derek Hough – who composed the cheesy love song, called Epiphany, around the time their romance was made public – also sings “there’s fire inside and a desire I hide”.
Hough laid down the track during an impromptu session at record producer Kai McKenzie’s studio in Orpington, Kent, earlier this year.
He has told friends he now hopes to re-record Epiphany in the UK as a DUET with Cheryl.
A close friend of Derek’s said: “The song was written in about 45 minutes and it’s obvious who it’s about.
“Derek is very discreet, he doesn’t show his feelings but everything comes out in his music.
“He’s known as a dancer but he’s a talented singer and songwriter and when he wrote the song the words just flowed out. It’s written as a duet and Derek said he wants to record it with Cheryl as the second vocalist. We did another track a few months later and I asked him if he wanted to go into music and he said, ‘I’m just doing it for fun but I love writing and performing.’”
Derek, 25, has become so close to the Girls Aloud singer, 27, that he’s told his family he plans to move in with Cheryl in Los Angeles.
Simon Cowell reportedly wants Cheryl Cole to call time on her relationship with dancer Derek Hough for the sake of her career.
The music mogul
apparently made his feelings clear when he invited Derek over for dinner at his London mansion, The Mirror newspaper reported.
Simon, 50, is said to have told Derek – who is rumoured to be dating the Girls Aloud singer – that Cheryl would be better off single.
A close friend of Derek’s reportedly told the Mirror, ‘During the dinner Simon told Derek, ‘It’s nothing personal, I just don’t think Cheryl should be spending so much time with you so soon after her marriage breakup’.
‘She thinks he is wise and emotionally intelligent, which is why Derek is so scared that Simon’s opinion could hurt them in the long run.’
But a spokesman for Simon denied that he had stuck his nose in, telling the Mirror, ‘Simon wouldn’t dream of telling anyone what to do in their private relationships.’
Cheryl Cole is reportedly dating one of the Black Eyed Peas’ dancers.
The Daily Star claims that the Girls Aloud singer has been happy for people to believe that she was dating Derek Hough, who she has been regularly linked with in the press.
“Cheryl has been more than happy to use Derek and her good friend will.i.am to fool paparazzi and fans alike,” a source told the paper. “She has actually been dating one of the dancers.”
They continued: “They met while she supported the band on their European tour earlier this year.”
Yesterday, Amir Khan denied that he said that Cole and Hough were not dating, after reports suggested that he had commented on their friendship.
The source continued: “Cheryl’s relationship with the hunky backing dancer is very casual. They’ve been enjoying each other’s company behind closed doors.”
The paper claims that the X Factor judge is planning to spend time in Ibiza with the dancer and will.i.am shortly.
“Cheryl’s hoping to fly out and party with the lads in Ibiza in a few weeks time,” the source added. “However, it all depends on what happens with her job-hunting in LA.”
Brian Friedman has apparently ‘spilled the beans’ on Cheryl and Derek’s “relationship”.
He supposedly told the Daily Mirror: “I’ve very close to them both. They’re amazing people and make a great couple. They’re very, very cute together. ‘Cheryl and Derek both seem incredibly happy right now, that’s all I can say.”
This is the first time someone close to Cheryl & The X Factor has publically announced the couple as an item.
However, Brian took to his twitter in the early hours of this morning to deny such rumours:
Another False story breaking in the UK involving me. Checking facts should always be a must.
Is Brian just trying to cover his tracks to retract his comments or have the press twisted his words in interview?
Fans have nicknamed the pair ‘Cherek’, and have been speculating for months that they may be an item. Some have even made fanfiction stories about their relationship together.
Kimberley Walsh ‘felt under pressure to have sex as a teen’
Just days after revealing her belief in traditional relationships, pop star Kimberley Walsh has told how she felt under ‘pressure’ to have sex when she was a teenager.
The Daily Mail told last month how the Girls Aloud singer had never been tempted by the free-and-easy approach common of so many of her peers in showbusiness.
Indeed, in a refreshing antidote to the lewd boasts of so many public figures, the 28-year-old revealed she had only had two lovers in her life.
Now Miss Walsh has told how, as a teenager, she desisted from losing her virginity even though she was under intense pressure.
Echoing the dilemma of so many young people, Miss Walsh revealed: ‘As a teenager, I felt the pressure to have sex to an extent where I felt like: ‘Oh God, maybe I should have done it by now.’
‘But it was never strong enough to make me feel like I should act on it.’
She continued ‘I was quite headstrong about sex and knew it wasn’t something I was going to give away easily.
‘Sex should be with someone you really like so I refused to be forced by peer pressure. Sex is a scary thing, you’ve got to wait for it to feel right.”
