Cheryl has revealed she is looking for a sperm donor from “out of town” or abroad to have more children.
The pop star, 36, shares two-year-old son Bear with former One Direction singer Liam Payne and said she does not want him to be her only child.
Cheryl said she intends to conceive “more than one” child via a sperm donor.
She told the Times magazine the forthcoming treatment “makes me very happy”.
She said: “If time was on my side and I was in my twenties, yeah, I would wait and consider more options, or wait for somebody I felt was right, but…
“You could meet somebody and for that year it feels incredible, but there is never a guarantee because there are so many variables that can happen. Life is a funny old game.”
Newcastle-born Cheryl, who has been married to former England footballer Ashley Cole and French restaurateur Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini, said she will get the sperm from “out of town”.
“You can get it from abroad,” she said.
“Do you imagine some guy from Newcastle saying, ‘That’s my child!’?” There’s a lot to choose from and a lot to think about.”
Cheryl found fame in 2002 after winning a place in the girl group Girls Aloud following a stint on Popstars: The Rivals.
She has since become one of the UK’s most successful female solo artists and appeared as a judge on the X Factor.
Cheryl returns to TV on Saturday as a judge on the BBC’s The Greatest Dancer.
Cheryl – In pictures
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Borne Charity’s Wonderland on The Orient Express Gala Dinner, Freemason’s Hall
Hannah Harley Young
2/76 2004
Girls Aloud) perform live on stage during the Smash Hits T4 Poll Winners party 2004 at Wembley Arena
PA
3/76 2006
Cheryl Tweedy sits in the stands with Victoria Beckham, before Trinidad and Tobago’s Group B World Cup 2006 soccer match vs England in Nuremberg
Reuters
4/76 2016
Cheryl Cole attends the ‘Slack Bay (Ma Loute)’ premiere during the 69th annual Cannes Film Festival at the Palais des Festivals on 13 May 2016 in Cannes, France
Getty Images
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Borne Charity’s Wonderland on The Orient Express Gala Dinner, Freemason’s Hall
Hannah Harley Young
6/76 2002
Girls Aloud (Sarah Harding, Cheryl Tweedy, Nadine Coyle, Kimberley Walsh and Nicola Roberts)with presenter Davina McCall (second left) during a live program of Popstars the Rivals
PA
7/76 2009
The X Factor: Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole, Dannii Minogue and Louis Walsh
Talkback Thames
8/76 2003
Girls Aloud: Sarh Harding, Nicola Roberts, Kimberley Walsh and Nadine Coyle, pose for photographers as they arrive to perform at Capital FM presents O2 in the city at Greenwich
PA
9/76 2003
Pop band Girls Aloud and their mothers arrive for the premiere of ‘Freaky Friday’ at the Odeon, London
PA
10/76 2003
Nicola Roberts, Kimberley Walsh, Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding and Cheryl
11/76 2003
Cheryl in 2003
PA
12/76 2003
Cheryl Tweedy arrives at Kingston Crown Court, in London. She appeared charged with racially aggravated assault after being arrested at the Guildford club “The Drink” allegedly hitting Law student Amogbokpa
Getty Images
13/76 2004
Girls Aloud (Sarah Harding, Cheryl Tweedy, Nadine Coyle, Kimberley Walsh and Nicola Roberts)onstage during the Disney Channel Kids Awards
PA
14/76 2005
Sarah, Kimberley, Nadine, Cheryl and Nicola, (L-R), from Girls Aloud performing onstage at G.A.Y from the Astoria, central London, during a concert to launch their new album ‘Chemistry’
PA
15/76 2006
Cheryl Tweedy of Girls Aloud and Footballer Ashley Cole pose in front of a Rolls Royce as they promote National Lottery’s new Dream Number in Jasmine Studios
Getty Images
16/76 2006
Girls Aloud singer Cheryl launching the new Coca-Cola Zero drink
Coca-Cola/PA
17/76 2006
Girls Aloud in a scene from the video for their Christmas single, ‘I Think We’re Alone Now
3 MusicStore/PA
18/76 2006
Cheryl Cole from Girls Aloud in a scene from the video for their Christmas single, ‘I Think We’re Alone Now’
3 MusicStore/PA
19/76 2007
Girls Aloud star Cheryl
PA
20/76 2008
Girls Aloud
21/76 2008
Girls Aloud
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Girls Aloud
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Girls Aloud
24/76 2008
Cheryl Cole, Nadine Coyle, Nicola Roberts, Kimberley Walsh and Sarah Harding of Girls Aloud perform live on the V stage during Day Two of V Festival 2008 at Hylands Park in Chelmsford
Getty Images
25/76 2008
Cheryl during the Fashion for Relief show during London Fashion Week at the BFC Tent, Natural History Museum, London
PA
26/76 2008
Girls Aloud arrive at the Brit Awards at Earls Court
Getty Images
27/76 2008
Sarah Harding, Kimberley Walsh, Cheryl Cole and Nicola Roberts of Girls Aloud arrive for the Mastercard BRIT Awards at Earls Court
PA
28/76 2008
Girls Aloud singer Cheryl in The X Factor
Rex Features
29/76 2008
Cheryl, a judge on X-Factor
Rex Features
30/76 2009
Girls Aloud at The Brit Awards at Earl’s Court
Dave Benett
31/76 2009
Girls Aloud’s Nadine Coyle, Kimberly Walsh, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts and Cheryl arrive at the Brit Awards 2009 at Earls Court exhibition centre in London
AP
32/76 2009
Cheryl, a guest performer. ‘The X Factor’
Rex Features
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Cheryl Cole of Girls Aloud performs on stage during The Brit Awards 2009 at Earls Court
Dave Benett
34/76 2010
Cheryl, a judge on X-Factor
ITV
35/76 2010
Cheryl performing her new single ‘Promise This’ at Fountain Studios, London.
The X Factor Results Show
Rex Features
36/76 2010
X Factor judges Danni Minogue, Simon Cowell and Cheryl Cole appear with their award for Most Popular Talent Show at the National Television Awards held at O2 Arena
Getty Images
37/76 2010
Cheryl Cole on stage during the Capital FM Summertime Ball at Wembley Stadium
PA
38/76 2010
Cheryl Cole performs on stage during the Danish X-Factor show on Danish television in Copenhagen
AFP/Getty Images
39/76 2010
Cheryl looks impressed with a waxwork version of herself as it is unveiled at Madame Tussauds
Alex Lentati
40/76 2011
Cheryl Cole arrives at the first round of auditions for Fox’s “The X Factor” at Galen Center in Los Angeles, California
Getty Images
41/76 2012
Strictly Come Dancing with Kimberley Walsh, Cheryl, Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts
BBC
42/76 2014
huge red and black roses she has had tattooed on her lower back and bottom are as big as each of her buttocks. They trail down her thighs, with more climbing up her back, all set against what look like black serpents …
24 AUG 2013..CHERYL COLE’S TATTOO ARTIST POSTS PICTURE OF HER NEW TATTOO ON INSTAGRAM!
Cheryl/Instagram
43/76 2014
Ben Quinlan attempts to impress X Factor judge Cheryl during auditions in Manchester
Tom Dymond/ITV
44/76 2014
A newly styled wax figure of British singer Cheryl at Madame Tussauds, London
AFP/Getty Images
45/76 2015
Cheryl Fernandez-Versini attends the press launch of ‘The X Factor’ in London on 26 August 2015
Getty Images
46/76 2015
Cheryl Fernandez-Versini attends the Premiere of “Irrational Man” during the 68th annual Cannes Film Festival on 1 May
Getty Images
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The X Factor with Nick Grimshaw, Rita Ora, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini and Simon Cowell.
Syco/ThamesTV/Corbis/Dymond/PA
48/76 2015
Cheryl Fernandez-Versini and Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini at Ant and Dec’s 40th Birthday
Rex Features
49/76 2015
Cheryl attends the first auditions for The X Factor at Event City in Manchester
Getty Images
50/76 2015
Cheryl Fernandez-Versini attends the first auditions for ‘The X Factor’ in Manchester
Getty Images
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Cheryl arrives at the BRIT Awards 2016 at The O2 Arena
Dave Benett
52/76 2016
Cheryl attends the “Slack Bay (Ma Loute)” premiere during the 69th annual Cannes Film Festival at the Palais des Festivals
Getty Images
53/76 2016
Nick Grimshaw and Cheryl present the British Breakthrough Act award during the BRIT Awards 2016 at The O2 Arena on February 24
Getty Images
54/76 2016
Cheryl Fernandez-Versini at the Gareth Pugh Autumn/Winter 2016 London Fashion Week show at Freemasons’ Hall, London
PA
55/76 2016
Cheryl and Liam Payne attend the Global Gift Gala Photocall at the Hotel Georges V
Getty Images
56/76 2016
Liam Payne and Cheryl attend the Fayre of St James’s hosted by Quintessentially Foundation and the Crown Estate in aid of Cheryl’s Trust in support of The Prince’s Trust
Dave Benett
57/76 2016
Liam Payne and Cheryl attend the Fayre of St James’s hosted by Quintessentially Foundation and the Crown Estate in aid of Cheryl’s Trust in support of The Prince’s Trust
Dave Benett
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Cheryl presents a creation on the catwalk as part of a fashion show organized by cosmetics company L’Oreal on the Champs-Elysees in front of the Arc de Triomphe, during Paris Fashion Week
EPA
59/76 2016
Liam Payne and Cheryl at Fayre of St James Christmas Concert, London
Rex
60/76 2017
Cheryl, an ambassador for L’Oreal Paris
L’Oreal/PA
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Cheryl Cole and Liam Payne seen stepping out in London to switch on the Christmas lights at St James Church
Splash News
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Cheryl posts a picture of her baby boy with Liam Payne
Cheryl/Instagram
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Cheryl has a selfie with fans after opening the new Prince’s Trust and Cheryl’s Trust centre in Newcastle
PA
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Cheryl is given a bottle of Newcastle Brown Ale by a fan after opening the new Prince’s Trust and Cheryl’s Trust centre in Newcastle
PA
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The Prince of Wales meets (left to right) Adrien Koskas of L’Oreal, celebrity ambassadors Cheryl Tweedy and Dame Helen Mirren and Dame Helen’s husband Taylor Hackford at an Invest in Futures reception for The Prince’s Trust at St James’s Palace in London
PA
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Cheryl and Liam Payne and put on the spot in an on-air impromptu interview with host Jack Whitehall at the 2018 Brit Awards
ITV
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Haim photobombs an on-air interview between Jack Whitehall . Liam Payne and Cheryl at the 2018 BRIT aWARDS
ITV
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Cheryl and Liam Payne attend the Universal Music BRIT Awards After-Party 2018 hosted by Soho House and Bacardi at The Ned
Dave Benett
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Cheryl and Liam Payne attending the Brit Awards at the O2 Arena, London in 2018
Dave Benett
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Cheryl and Liam Payne attending the Brit Awards at the O2 Arena, London in 2018
PA
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Cheryl and Liam Payne at The Brit Awards 2018
AP
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Liam Payne, Cheryl and Niall Horan attend the Universal Music BRIT Awards After-Party 2018 hosted by Soho House and Bacardi at The Ned
Dave Benett
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Liam Payne, Cheryl, Sam Smith and Jessie Ware attend the Universal Music BRIT Awards After-Party 2018 hosted by Soho House and Bacardi at The Ned
Dave Benett
74/76 2019
Cheryl as a Dance Captain on BBC show The Greatest Dancer
BBC
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Borne Charity’s Wonderland on The Orient Express Gala Dinner, Freemason’s Hall
Hannah Harley Young
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Borne Charity’s Wonderland on The Orient Express Gala Dinner, Freemason’s Hall
Hannah Harley Young
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Borne Charity’s Wonderland on The Orient Express Gala Dinner, Freemason’s Hall
Hannah Harley Young
2/76 2004
Girls Aloud) perform live on stage during the Smash Hits T4 Poll Winners party 2004 at Wembley Arena
PA
3/76 2006
Cheryl Tweedy sits in the stands with Victoria Beckham, before Trinidad and Tobago’s Group B World Cup 2006 soccer match vs England in Nuremberg
Reuters
4/76 2016
Cheryl Cole attends the ‘Slack Bay (Ma Loute)’ premiere during the 69th annual Cannes Film Festival at the Palais des Festivals on 13 May 2016 in Cannes, France
Getty Images
5/76
Borne Charity’s Wonderland on The Orient Express Gala Dinner, Freemason’s Hall
Hannah Harley Young
6/76 2002
Girls Aloud (Sarah Harding, Cheryl Tweedy, Nadine Coyle, Kimberley Walsh and Nicola Roberts)with presenter Davina McCall (second left) during a live program of Popstars the Rivals
PA
7/76 2009
The X Factor: Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole, Dannii Minogue and Louis Walsh
Talkback Thames
8/76 2003
Girls Aloud: Sarh Harding, Nicola Roberts, Kimberley Walsh and Nadine Coyle, pose for photographers as they arrive to perform at Capital FM presents O2 in the city at Greenwich
PA
9/76 2003
Pop band Girls Aloud and their mothers arrive for the premiere of ‘Freaky Friday’ at the Odeon, London
PA
10/76 2003
Nicola Roberts, Kimberley Walsh, Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding and Cheryl
11/76 2003
Cheryl in 2003
PA
12/76 2003
Cheryl Tweedy arrives at Kingston Crown Court, in London. She appeared charged with racially aggravated assault after being arrested at the Guildford club “The Drink” allegedly hitting Law student Amogbokpa
Getty Images
13/76 2004
Girls Aloud (Sarah Harding, Cheryl Tweedy, Nadine Coyle, Kimberley Walsh and Nicola Roberts)onstage during the Disney Channel Kids Awards
PA
14/76 2005
Sarah, Kimberley, Nadine, Cheryl and Nicola, (L-R), from Girls Aloud performing onstage at G.A.Y from the Astoria, central London, during a concert to launch their new album ‘Chemistry’
PA
15/76 2006
Cheryl Tweedy of Girls Aloud and Footballer Ashley Cole pose in front of a Rolls Royce as they promote National Lottery’s new Dream Number in Jasmine Studios
Getty Images
16/76 2006
Girls Aloud singer Cheryl launching the new Coca-Cola Zero drink
Coca-Cola/PA
17/76 2006
Girls Aloud in a scene from the video for their Christmas single, ‘I Think We’re Alone Now
3 MusicStore/PA
18/76 2006
Cheryl Cole from Girls Aloud in a scene from the video for their Christmas single, ‘I Think We’re Alone Now’
3 MusicStore/PA
19/76 2007
Girls Aloud star Cheryl
PA
20/76 2008
Girls Aloud
21/76 2008
Girls Aloud
22/76 2008
Girls Aloud
23/76 2008
Girls Aloud
24/76 2008
Cheryl Cole, Nadine Coyle, Nicola Roberts, Kimberley Walsh and Sarah Harding of Girls Aloud perform live on the V stage during Day Two of V Festival 2008 at Hylands Park in Chelmsford
Getty Images
25/76 2008
Cheryl during the Fashion for Relief show during London Fashion Week at the BFC Tent, Natural History Museum, London
PA
26/76 2008
Girls Aloud arrive at the Brit Awards at Earls Court
Getty Images
27/76 2008
Sarah Harding, Kimberley Walsh, Cheryl Cole and Nicola Roberts of Girls Aloud arrive for the Mastercard BRIT Awards at Earls Court
PA
28/76 2008
Girls Aloud singer Cheryl in The X Factor
Rex Features
29/76 2008
Cheryl, a judge on X-Factor
Rex Features
30/76 2009
Girls Aloud at The Brit Awards at Earl’s Court
Dave Benett
31/76 2009
Girls Aloud’s Nadine Coyle, Kimberly Walsh, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts and Cheryl arrive at the Brit Awards 2009 at Earls Court exhibition centre in London
AP
32/76 2009
Cheryl, a guest performer. ‘The X Factor’
Rex Features
33/76
Cheryl Cole of Girls Aloud performs on stage during The Brit Awards 2009 at Earls Court
Dave Benett
34/76 2010
Cheryl, a judge on X-Factor
ITV
35/76 2010
Cheryl performing her new single ‘Promise This’ at Fountain Studios, London.
The X Factor Results Show
Rex Features
36/76 2010
X Factor judges Danni Minogue, Simon Cowell and Cheryl Cole appear with their award for Most Popular Talent Show at the National Television Awards held at O2 Arena
Getty Images
37/76 2010
Cheryl Cole on stage during the Capital FM Summertime Ball at Wembley Stadium
PA
38/76 2010
Cheryl Cole performs on stage during the Danish X-Factor show on Danish television in Copenhagen
AFP/Getty Images
39/76 2010
Cheryl looks impressed with a waxwork version of herself as it is unveiled at Madame Tussauds
Alex Lentati
40/76 2011
Cheryl Cole arrives at the first round of auditions for Fox’s “The X Factor” at Galen Center in Los Angeles, California
Getty Images
41/76 2012
Strictly Come Dancing with Kimberley Walsh, Cheryl, Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts
BBC
42/76 2014
huge red and black roses she has had tattooed on her lower back and bottom are as big as each of her buttocks. They trail down her thighs, with more climbing up her back, all set against what look like black serpents …
24 AUG 2013..CHERYL COLE’S TATTOO ARTIST POSTS PICTURE OF HER NEW TATTOO ON INSTAGRAM!
Cheryl/Instagram
43/76 2014
Ben Quinlan attempts to impress X Factor judge Cheryl during auditions in Manchester
Tom Dymond/ITV
44/76 2014
A newly styled wax figure of British singer Cheryl at Madame Tussauds, London
AFP/Getty Images
45/76 2015
Cheryl Fernandez-Versini attends the press launch of ‘The X Factor’ in London on 26 August 2015
Getty Images
46/76 2015
Cheryl Fernandez-Versini attends the Premiere of “Irrational Man” during the 68th annual Cannes Film Festival on 1 May
Getty Images
47/76 2015
The X Factor with Nick Grimshaw, Rita Ora, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini and Simon Cowell.
Syco/ThamesTV/Corbis/Dymond/PA
48/76 2015
Cheryl Fernandez-Versini and Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini at Ant and Dec’s 40th Birthday
Rex Features
49/76 2015
Cheryl attends the first auditions for The X Factor at Event City in Manchester
Getty Images
50/76 2015
Cheryl Fernandez-Versini attends the first auditions for ‘The X Factor’ in Manchester
Getty Images
51/76
Cheryl arrives at the BRIT Awards 2016 at The O2 Arena
Dave Benett
52/76 2016
Cheryl attends the “Slack Bay (Ma Loute)” premiere during the 69th annual Cannes Film Festival at the Palais des Festivals
Getty Images
53/76 2016
Nick Grimshaw and Cheryl present the British Breakthrough Act award during the BRIT Awards 2016 at The O2 Arena on February 24
Getty Images
54/76 2016
Cheryl Fernandez-Versini at the Gareth Pugh Autumn/Winter 2016 London Fashion Week show at Freemasons’ Hall, London
PA
55/76 2016
Cheryl and Liam Payne attend the Global Gift Gala Photocall at the Hotel Georges V
Getty Images
56/76 2016
Liam Payne and Cheryl attend the Fayre of St James’s hosted by Quintessentially Foundation and the Crown Estate in aid of Cheryl’s Trust in support of The Prince’s Trust
Dave Benett
57/76 2016
Liam Payne and Cheryl attend the Fayre of St James’s hosted by Quintessentially Foundation and the Crown Estate in aid of Cheryl’s Trust in support of The Prince’s Trust
Dave Benett
58/76
Cheryl presents a creation on the catwalk as part of a fashion show organized by cosmetics company L’Oreal on the Champs-Elysees in front of the Arc de Triomphe, during Paris Fashion Week
EPA
59/76 2016
Liam Payne and Cheryl at Fayre of St James Christmas Concert, London
Rex
60/76 2017
Cheryl, an ambassador for L’Oreal Paris
L’Oreal/PA
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Cheryl Cole and Liam Payne seen stepping out in London to switch on the Christmas lights at St James Church
Splash News
62/76
Cheryl posts a picture of her baby boy with Liam Payne
Cheryl/Instagram
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Cheryl has a selfie with fans after opening the new Prince’s Trust and Cheryl’s Trust centre in Newcastle
PA
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Cheryl is given a bottle of Newcastle Brown Ale by a fan after opening the new Prince’s Trust and Cheryl’s Trust centre in Newcastle
PA
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The Prince of Wales meets (left to right) Adrien Koskas of L’Oreal, celebrity ambassadors Cheryl Tweedy and Dame Helen Mirren and Dame Helen’s husband Taylor Hackford at an Invest in Futures reception for The Prince’s Trust at St James’s Palace in London
PA
66/76
Cheryl and Liam Payne and put on the spot in an on-air impromptu interview with host Jack Whitehall at the 2018 Brit Awards
ITV
67/76
Haim photobombs an on-air interview between Jack Whitehall . Liam Payne and Cheryl at the 2018 BRIT aWARDS
ITV
68/76
Cheryl and Liam Payne attend the Universal Music BRIT Awards After-Party 2018 hosted by Soho House and Bacardi at The Ned
Dave Benett
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Cheryl and Liam Payne attending the Brit Awards at the O2 Arena, London in 2018
Dave Benett
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Cheryl and Liam Payne attending the Brit Awards at the O2 Arena, London in 2018
PA
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Cheryl and Liam Payne at The Brit Awards 2018
AP
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Liam Payne, Cheryl and Niall Horan attend the Universal Music BRIT Awards After-Party 2018 hosted by Soho House and Bacardi at The Ned
Dave Benett
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Liam Payne, Cheryl, Sam Smith and Jessie Ware attend the Universal Music BRIT Awards After-Party 2018 hosted by Soho House and Bacardi at The Ned
Dave Benett
74/76 2019
Cheryl as a Dance Captain on BBC show The Greatest Dancer
BBC
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Borne Charity’s Wonderland on The Orient Express Gala Dinner, Freemason’s Hall
Hannah Harley Young
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Borne Charity’s Wonderland on The Orient Express Gala Dinner, Freemason’s Hall
Hannah Harley Young
She split from Payne, 26, in July 2018. Speaking about her romantic life, Cheryl said: “I’m just not very good at choosing. I think I’ve always had a bit of that disease where I’m a kind of contradiction.
“I’m attracted to people who have traits I hate, if that makes any sense to you? Because it makes no sense to me. It’s almost like, ‘Can I help them …?’ ”
She added: “But I’m very much in a good space now. I’ve come so far past all of that. I’m so happy now. I am happy with who I am and where I am in my life, and with my situation… (and) my son.
“I didn’t need to choose him. He chose me! And it’s changed my world view. It’s changed everything for me in the best way. I had to reassess myself as a person, as a woman, as an older woman.”
