Cheryl Cole may have gone into hiding The X Factor USA, but her former colleague, Louis Walsh, has revealed he has been in contact with the star.
Walsh, who appeared alongside Cole as a judge on the UK version of the talent show, claims that Girls Aloud beauty to rejoin the UK show, Louis revealed he understands why the 27-year old decided to turn her back on the programme for good.
The Irish music mogul explained: "She didn't take up the offer to come back to the UK panel because she probably didn't want to go backwards.”

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“I know she wants to do music, she wants to dance. I'm sure she wants to settle her life down, she's been working hard for the past ten years.”
He continued: “On the first day of auditions for The X Factor, I text her, saying: 'They're going to ask me what am I looking for in the contestants this year'."
“She replied: 'Tell them you're looking for a new Cheryl Cole.' We had a good laugh about that.”
Since leaving the XF, Cheryl has vowed to dedicate more of her free time to her charity, The Cheryl Cole Foundation, stating she wants to "help young disadvantaged people through my celebrity."