After a four-year break, Cheryl, 30, has agreed to return to the judging panel of the ITV talent show and everyone is wondering how she and 39-year-old former Spice Girl Mel will get on.
Speaking to The Sun at yesterday’s Capital Summertime Ball, Cheryl said: “I admit we are very different characters and very different people. But it works, she actually makes me laugh.”
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Girls Aloud star Cheryl admitted that she’s sometimes left shocked by Mel’s comments to the contestants, and has to stop herself from laughing.
She continued: “Sometimes I have to stop myself laughing at her because it’s really rude – the contestants think I’m laughing at them.
“She’s quick and very direct. A lot of the stuff she says I couldn’t bring myself to say. But I love that – it’s a good dynamic for the panel.”
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After three years judging the UK version of The X Factor, Cheryl transferred to the US show but was unceremoniously dropped from the line up, leading her to insist she would never return.
But now she has had a change of heart, the Geordie singer says it feels like she never left.
She added: “I have to admit that at first I though, ‘Oh God, what is this going to be like?’ But it really feels like I haven’t been gone.”