Cheryl 'Found Nicole Scherzinger Crazy & Odd'

09:40, Thursday, 11 October 2012

Cheryl Cole has branded her former X Factor colleague Nicole Scherzinger "crazy and odd", revealing that the Pussycat Dolls star sang a full version of her song Promise This in her face during their first meeting.

Chezza, who Scherzinger replaced as a judge on The X Factor USA last year, recalls how she felt "embarrassed" by Nicole's "awkward" rendition of her No.1 single in an extract from her autobiography Cheryl: My Story - which leaked on Twitter ahead of its release today (11th October)

The Girls Aloud star writes: "The first time I met Nicole was when she was performing on The X Factor in London.

"'Oh my God, Cheryl! You're just as pretty in real life! I heard your song on the radio!' she had gushed. It was really embarrassing.

"Then she started singing Promise This to me, and I swear to God the woman sang the whole song, to my face. It was just so awkward, and every! time I stood next to her she started singing it again."

Cheryl added: "I thought how that would be like me going up to Britney and singing the whole of Baby, One More Time in her face. Can you imagine how weird that would be?"

The Call My Name singer then came face-to-face with Nicole again during her doomed stint on The X Factor USA panel, where the Wet singer was originally a co-host with Steve Jones before stepping into Chezza's shoes.

Taking a swipe at Scherzinger again, Cole said: "Nicole was singing and dancing to her own songs, and I found that a bit crazy and odd."

Cheryl also went on to add that she also felt ex-boss Simon Cowell was "acting like a weirdo" on the first day of XF USA.

In a previous extract from her book, the 29-year old spoke about her sacking from the US show - stating how she sent SiCo a explicit text message saying she hated him after he gave her the boot.

Cheryl: My Story is out now!

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