Cheryl Colehas refused to confirm she is dating Alan Carrin a new interview: "I've had no time. A lady doesn't talk about these things."

Her comments came just days after Derek apparently told theSimon Cowell. "There is nothing sexual with Simon. We have good chemistry."

But he did give the Geordie beauty an unusual Christmas gift… vouchers for Botox injections! "I still haven't opened mine. I'll give it back to him... he could use it himself. But he looks younger now than he did before. Maybe the Botox works!"

Cheryl also admitted that this year’s X Factor was the hardest yet and that the atmosphere behind the scenes was "intense". "It is hardcore backstage. We want to kill each other by the end," she confessed.