{"id":431460,"date":"2011-05-27T18:25:13","date_gmt":"2011-05-27T18:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/27\/cheryl-cole-blames-simon-cowell-for-x-factor-usa-sacking\/"},"modified":"2011-05-27T18:25:13","modified_gmt":"2011-05-27T18:25:13","slug":"cheryl-cole-blames-simon-cowell-for-x-factor-usa-sacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/27\/cheryl-cole-blames-simon-cowell-for-x-factor-usa-sacking\/","title":{"rendered":"Cheryl Cole blames Simon Cowell for X Factor USA sacking"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"356.709636101\">\n<p>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=y&#038;authornamef=Sarah+Bull\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sarah Bull<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last updated at 7:25 PM on 27th May 2011<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Singer tells friends she feels like she&#8217;s been &#8216;hung out to dry&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Sinitta claims Cole and Cowell are still &#8216;in talks&#8217; about future plans<\/li>\n<li>Cole&#8217;s PR tweets thanks from Cheryl to fans for their support<\/li>\n<li>She&#8217;s still trying to decide whether or not to return to British X Factor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div readability=\"10\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2011\/05\/27\/article-0-0C332E3600000578-259_306x745.jpg\" width=\"306\" height=\"745\" alt=\"Fuming: Cheryl Cole, seen here earlier this month, is said to be 'shocked and stunned' after being sacked from X Factor USA\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fuming: Cheryl Cole, seen here earlier this month, is said to be &#8216;shocked and stunned&#8217; after being sacked from X Factor USA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cheryl Cole has been left &#8216;shocked and stunned&#8217; after being unceremoniously dumped from X Factor USA.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old singer, who was revealed earlier this week to have been sacked from the show, is apparently blaming Simon Cowell fully for the decision, telling a friend she &#8216;never saw it coming&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>However, a source from inside Cowell&#8217;s camp said the music mogul had told Cheryl three days previously that it &#8216;wasn&#8217;t working&#8217; for her as a judge on the show.<\/p>\n<p>And Cheryl was even more upset that Cowell is said to have avoided telling her the bad news in person<\/p>\n<p>A source told The Sun: &#8216;She is completely shocked and stunned. She never saw this coming at all.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Cheryl is also quoted as telling a friend she had been &#8216;hung out to dry&#8217; by Cowell and the X Factor USA.<\/p>\n<p>The friend told the Daily Mirror: &#8216;I know who\u2019s to blame. I\u2019ve had no opportunity whatsoever to prove myself and instead they\u2019ve just cast me aside like a fool.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>A close friend of the star\u2019s said: \u2018Cheryl is furious. This is another slap in the face. She moved to America in full public glare &#8211; and now she\u2019s being asked to come back to do the UK again. She feels hurt and let down.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cowell is unlikely to fare well in the eyes of the public due to his involvement in the decision to get rid of Cheryl.<\/p>\n<p>The mogul is set to return to the UK next week for the live rounds of Britain&#8217;s Got Talent and it remains to be seen how he is accepted by fans.<\/p>\n<p>ITV bosses will also no doubt be hoping Cowell&#8217;s return will help boost the show&#8217;s ratings, which have been floundering.<\/p>\n<p>One of the preliminary audition shows saw an average of 8.99 million viewers, the lowest for this stage since 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Cowell decided to leave the judging panel of American Idol to concentrate fully on X Factor USA, but since his departure, Idol ratings have gone through the roof &#8211; with 21 per cent more viewers tuning in for the season finale than last year, when Cowell was still on the panel.<\/p>\n<p>But Louis Walsh, the only remaining original judge left on the panel of the British show, has said he would be thrilled to have Cheryl back on the programme.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;We&#8217;d welcome her with open arms. I&#8217;m surprised about what happened to Cheryl in the US but yes I&#8217;d like her back on the UK show.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think she should return and I think most viewers feel the same. She&#8217;s a great asset. I honestly don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s going to happen at this stage but I&#8217;m 100 per cent behind her returning.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>And, appearing on Daybreak this morning, Cowell&#8217;s right-hand woman Sinitta said he and Cheryl are still &#8216;in talks&#8217; to try and resolve the situation.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2011\/05\/27\/article-1391223-0C49C69E00000578-565_634x360.jpg\" width=\"634\" height=\"360\" alt=\"Back-up offer: Cheryl Cole is said to be furious with Cowell and plans to snub his offer of her old job on UK X Factor\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back-up offer: Cheryl Cole is said to be furious with Cowell and plans to snub his offer of a return to her old job on British X Factor<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>She said: &#8216;There is something going on. All I can say is Simon and Cheryl are very close and I believe that they are in talks trying to sort something out and as soon as they agree on something then we\u2019ll hear about it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They are talking and they are working on something that they will agree on. Simon was 100 per cent behind Cheryl and I am sure that very, very soon, maybe today, we will find out what that decision will be.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>She added: &#8216;Personally if she is not going to be on the American show then it would be great to have her back here \u2013 I know that\u2019s what her fans want.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>And ITV sources were last night hopeful she may still return to the British show. According to a senior source, \u2018plenty of phone-calls are going on\u2019.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"12\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2011\/05\/26\/article-1390959-0C44C71300000578-694_634x471.jpg\" width=\"634\" height=\"471\" alt=\"The big reveal: Steve Jones, Scherzinger, L.A Reid, Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell and Cole pose as they prepare to record the first audition show last month\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The big reveal: Steve Jones, Scherzinger, LA Reid, Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell and Cole pose as they prepare to record the first audition show last month<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, he admitted any deal would have to be done \u2018bloody quickly\u2019 as the auditions for the British series are due to begin next Wednesday.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2011\/05\/27\/article-1391510-0C45C5D200000578-210_306x533.jpg\" width=\"306\" height=\"533\" alt=\"Star quality: Bosses were also said to be concerned that Cheryl was overshadowed by Paula Abdul\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Star quality: Bosses were also said to be concerned that Cheryl was overshadowed by Paula Abdul<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>One ITV insider said: \u2018Of course we would be glad to have her back. She is Cheryl Cole.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>While Cheryl&#8217;s spokespeople have yet to release a full statement about the decision, they did write on Twitter today that they have been talking to Cheryl regularly about what&#8217;s going on.<\/p>\n<p>They tweeted a Cheryl fan group: &#8216;We&#8217;ve told Cheryl how much support she is getting from her soldiers. Thank you all.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>In a MailOnline poll, 23,633 voted that Cheryl should have been sacked, while 13,803 disagreed and said she should never have been replaced by Scherzinger.<\/p>\n<p>Cheryl has gone into hiding following her devastating sacking, and was last seen in public on May 19 at the auditions in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>However, she is thought to have been informed of the decision by the network on Tuesday and is believed to have fled the States.<\/p>\n<p>Cheryl is thought to be back in the UK and is remaining behind closed doors.<\/p>\n<p>She was fired after TV bosses at U.S. network Fox said the show was not working in its current format.<\/p>\n<p>Television executives were \u2018not thrilled with the chemistry\u2019 on the judging panel, which also included Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell and record boss LA Reid.<\/p>\n<p>Early focus groups were also said to have been negative. As a result, Fox decided Cole was the weak link.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018She may be Britain\u2019s sweetheart but nobody knows her here,\u2019 a U.S. programme source revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Another source said: \u2018This came out of nowhere. She had already been tested countless times. Simon had nothing to do with it. This is the network\u2019s doing.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>There was also concern that her Geordie accent would be hard for U.S. viewers to understand.<\/p>\n<p>TV bosses were also worried about the combination of Cheryl and fellow judge Paula Abdul. Cheryl is 21 years younger than Abdul, but failed to outshine her.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile her apparent replacement, Nicole Scherzinger, was pictured strolling through LAX airport\u00a0 hours before the reports emerged looking extremely happy.<\/p>\n<p>Cheryl&#8217;s replacement, Nicole Scherzinger, is the girlfriend of British motor racing driver Lewis Hamilton and a former singer with The Pussycat Dolls.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<p>Delighted: Scherzinger leaves Los Angeles airport LAX earlier this week with a wide smile on her face<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Scherzinger, 32, was due to co-host the programme with Welshman Steve Jones.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<p>An awkward red carpet interview at the National Movie Awards this month may indicate that Scherzinger could have known something was amiss some time ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>OK magazine asked her what she thought of Cole on the panel, to which she replied coyly: &#8216;I think she&#8217;s lovely, she&#8217;s beautiful.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>When the magazine pressed her on the subject, Scherzinger apparently was at a loss for words and remained silent, until her boyfriend Lewis Hamilton came to her rescue, jumping in with: &#8216;No one can sing like my baby.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Scherzinger has already stepped in for Cheryl on the British version of the show when Cole fell ill with malaria last year.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2011\/05\/26\/article-1390959-0C44C49600000578-334_634x444.jpg\" width=\"634\" height=\"444\" alt=\"Experienced: Scherzinger had previously replaced Cole on the UK X Factor when she was seriously ill with malaria\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Experienced: Scherzinger had previously replaced Cole on the UK X Factor when she was seriously ill with malaria<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>And there was no shortage of chemistry then for the former Pussycat Doll with judges Cowell and Walsh.<\/p>\n<p>She will now join Cowell, record boss LA Reid and Abdul on the panel.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a series of celebrities have come forward to pledge their support for Cheryl.<\/p>\n<p>Dannii Minogue \u2013 who starred in the UK version before it was announced she was leaving earlier this month \u2013 tweeted her support for Cole, saying: \u2018Judging roles should come with a life jacket, drop-down oxygen and a life raft!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>And Russell Brand, appearing on Daybreak yesterday morning, expressed his disbelief at the news.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;Our Cheryl? That cannae be right! Our Cheryl, kicked off X Factor? What the American one? And I\u2019ve come to this country in good faith and they\u2019ve kicked Cheryl off, our Cheryl? Oh no! She\u2019s Britain\u2019s sweetheart.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Changing styles: Cheryl arrived for the first day of auditions wearing a bright outfit and massive hair before toning things down for a more demure look as auditions continued<\/p>\n<p>When he was told it was apparently due to Cole&#8217;s accent, Brand replied: &#8216;Is that what they don\u2019t understand &#8211; the accent?<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Just listen more, just listen very intently. All them things she\u2019s saying \u2013 that\u2019s English.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Also, Julien McDonald speaking at the Lorraine High Street Fashion Awards 2011 yesterday said: &#8216;Well I was speaking to Cheryl a few days ago, and when I spoke to her from America she was really happy, she was having the time of her life.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;So I think it\u2019s a bit of a \u2018media blah\u2019 to get press for the X Factor\u2026 We love Cheryl Cole, she loves the High Street, she loves designer clothes, she mixes it up well, and I think she\u2019s a fantastic ambassador for British fashion.&#8217;<\/p>\n<div readability=\"10\">\n<p>Yet to sign: Kelly Rowland, left, and Tulisa Contostavlos are expected to join Louis Walsh and Gary Barlow on the UK judging panel<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>And JLS star Marvin Humes said at the premiere of his film Eyes Wide Open 3D last night: &#8216;It&#8217;s quite disappointing, obviously. Cheryl is an incredibly strong woman &#8211; she has been through a lot &#8211; and I think she will bounce back from this &#8211; no problem.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>But Beverley Knight had another opinion about the sacking, writing on her Twitter page: &#8216;The girl can&#8217;t cut it. Simple, and luckily for her she&#8217;s been sacked b4 she embarrassed herself on US tv. Poor sod! Xxxx&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>She told Radio One DJ Fearne Cotton last year: &#8216;It&#8217;s kind of really scary, you know? Why would they give a beep what I thought?<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think I always feel like that. They don&#8217;t know me out there and I&#8217;ve got this weird accent and they&#8217;d be a bit like, &#8220;what?&#8221;.&#8217;<\/p>\n<div readability=\"18.5\">\n<h3><span>WHERE DID IT ALL GO WRONG FOR CHERYL?<\/span><br \/><\/h3>\n<div readability=\"32\">\n<p><span>May 5th &#8211;<\/span> Cheryl Cole is finally confirmed as an X Factor USA judge after months of speculation<\/p>\n<p><span>May 8th &#8211;<\/span> X Factor auditions begin, with Cole arriving for her first day in bright purple trousers and with huge hair<\/p>\n<p><span>May 9th &#8211;<\/span> Fellow judge Paula Abdul tweets a picture of her and Cheryl hugging, describing Cole as &#8216;fierce&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2011\/05\/26\/article-1390959-0C4794A500000578-513_296x320.jpg\" width=\"296\" height=\"320\" alt=\"Paula Abdul\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span>May 11th &#8211;<\/span> Reports emerge of the audience heckling Cole and anger arises when she takes the seat next to Cowell, once occupied by Abdul<\/p>\n<p><span>May 15th &#8211;<\/span> Cowell mocks Cole&#8217;s first day hairstyle, calling it &#8216;the equivalent of five gallons of hairspray and then standing in the middle of a hurricane&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><span>May 18th &#8211;<\/span> Cole flies to Cannes where she is apparently offered roles in two movies<\/p>\n<p><span>May 20th &#8211;<\/span> A new X Factor USA trailer is released, but Cole gets the last spot after fellow judges Abdul and LA Reid<\/p>\n<p><span>May 25th &#8211;<\/span> Reports emerge that Cole has been fired due to &#8216;lack of chemistry&#8217; with her other judges and her strong Geordie accent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>After months of speculation, she was finally confirmed as a judge on May 5.<\/p>\n<p>And with Cowell\u2019s support, she secured a \u00a31.2million contract. But producers included a get-out clause so they could drop her after the first series if she failed to win over viewers.<\/p>\n<p>Cowell said at the time: \u2018I\u2019m thrilled for Cheryl. She is massively excited about this show.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Cole added: \u2018I\u2019m so excited to be taking part in the American version of The X Factor.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I absolutely love it here in the UK and with the talent they have out in America, I\u2019m sure we\u2019re going to find someone very special. I can\u2019t wait to get started.<\/p>\n<p>Cole is also said to have viewed the high profile that the judging role would give her as the perfect stepping stone to launch her solo pop career in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>She had even hinted she was considering making the U.S. her permanent home following her very public divorce from footballer Ashley Cole last year.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if she was considering buying a home in Los Angeles she told the MailOnline last month: \u2018Watch this space.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>At one of the auditions for the U.S. show, Cole admitted: \u2018You might have to bear with me on the accent.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Just last week Cowell appeared confident that America was embracing his prot\u00e9g\u00e9, who quit her job on the British X Factor panel to make her name Stateside.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The audience seemed to warm to Cheryl,&#8217; he said. &#8216;No problems with the understanding, from what we\u2019ve heard.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>And, speaking earlier this year, Cowell said Fox had been &#8216;desperate&#8217; to employ Cole as a judge on the new show.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;Mike Darnell and Peter Rice will tell you they wanted her all the time, I showed a tape to Mike Darnell two years ago of a clip I&#8217;d shot in England of Cheryl and he said there and then, &#8220;I&#8217;d hire her now for Idol.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They absolutely fell in love with her. In a way, the deal, it was almost conditional on Cheryl having the gig. They were desperate for her.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Asked what he thinks stands out about Cole, Cowell replied to Deadline Hollywood: &#8216;With Cheryl, when I hired her initially, I&#8217;d only met her literally once when I offered her the job on British X Factor<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I thought she was bright, cute, knew what she was talking about, ambitious.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And you meet someone special a few times in your life.. And this girl is special.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;She&#8217;s just got a great ability to communicate. She&#8217;s a great judge. She&#8217;s smart. It&#8217;s just a hunch.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If people take to her like the British public did, I think she&#8217;s going to do really well in America. And Fox was desperate to hire her.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>One person who will not be surprised at the news of Cole&#8217;s departure is Sharon Osbourne.<\/p>\n<p>When Cole&#8217;s role on the show was announced the former UK X Factor judge said: &#8216;Cheryl\u2019s perfect for England &#8211; she\u2019s the nation\u2019s sweetheart and they absolutely love her.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But over here it\u2019s Nicole\u2019s town. You have to think of the audience and most of them would never have heard of Girls Aloud. Nicole\u2019s great TV, has a huge following here in the States and people absolutely love her. Plus she\u2019s beautiful and talented.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3>Explore more:<\/h3>\n<dl>\n<dt>People:<\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"http:\/\/explore.dailymail.co.uk\/people\/minogue_dannii\">Dannii Minogue<\/a>,<\/dd>\n<dd><a href=\"http:\/\/explore.dailymail.co.uk\/people\/sinitta\">Sinitta<\/a>,<\/dd>\n<dd><a href=\"http:\/\/explore.dailymail.co.uk\/people\/barlow_gary\">Gary Barlow<\/a>,<\/dd>\n<dd><a href=\"http:\/\/explore.dailymail.co.uk\/people\/hamilton_lewis\">Lewis Hamilton<\/a>,<\/dd>\n<dd><a href=\"http:\/\/explore.dailymail.co.uk\/people\/osbourne_sharon\">Sharon Osbourne<\/a>,<\/dd>\n<dd><a href=\"http:\/\/explore.dailymail.co.uk\/people\/humes_marvin\">Marvin Humes<\/a>,<\/dd>\n<dd><a href=\"http:\/\/explore.dailymail.co.uk\/people\/rowland_kelly\">Kelly Rowland<\/a>,<\/dd>\n<dd><a href=\"http:\/\/explore.dailymail.co.uk\/people\/cole_cheryl\">Cheryl Cole<\/a>,<\/dd>\n<dd><a href=\"http:\/\/explore.dailymail.co.uk\/people\/scherzinger_nicole\">Nicole Scherzinger<\/a>,<\/dd>\n<dd><a href=\"http:\/\/explore.dailymail.co.uk\/people\/walsh_louis\">Louis Walsh<\/a>,<\/dd>\n<dd><a href=\"http:\/\/explore.dailymail.co.uk\/people\/cole_ashley\">Ashley Cole<\/a>,<\/dd>\n<dd><a href=\"http:\/\/explore.dailymail.co.uk\/people\/abdul_paula\">Paula Abdul<\/a>,<\/dd>\n<dd><a href=\"http:\/\/explore.dailymail.co.uk\/people\/jones_steve\">Steve Jones<\/a>,<\/dd>\n<dd><a href=\"http:\/\/explore.dailymail.co.uk\/people\/cowell_simon\">Simon Cowell<\/a><\/dd>\n<dt>Places:<\/dt>\n<dd><a href=\"http:\/\/explore.dailymail.co.uk\/locations\/cities\/cannes\">Cannes<\/a>,<\/dd>\n<dd><a href=\"http:\/\/explore.dailymail.co.uk\/locations\/cities\/chicago\">Chicago<\/a>,<\/dd>\n<dd><a href=\"http:\/\/explore.dailymail.co.uk\/locations\/countries\/united_kingdom\">United Kingdom<\/a>,<\/dd>\n<dd><a href=\"http:\/\/explore.dailymail.co.uk\/locations\/continents\/america\">America<\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>See the article here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-1391510\/Cheryl-Cole-blames-Simon-Cowell-X-Factor-USA-sacking.html?ITO=1490\" title=\"Cheryl Cole blames Simon Cowell for X Factor USA sacking\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cheryl Cole blames Simon Cowell for X Factor USA sacking<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Sarah Bull Last updated at 7:25 PM on 27th May 2011 Singer tells friends she feels like she&#8217;s been &#8216;hung out to dry&#8217; Sinitta claims Cole and Cowell are still &#8216;in talks&#8217; about future plans Cole&#8217;s PR tweets thanks from Cheryl to fans for their support She&#8217;s still trying to decide whether or not to return to British X Factor Fuming: Cheryl Cole, seen here earlier this month, is said to be &#8216;shocked and stunned&#8217; after being sacked from X Factor USA Cheryl Cole has been left &#8216;shocked and stunned&#8217; after being unceremoniously dumped from X Factor USA. The 27-year-old singer, who was revealed earlier this week to have been sacked from the show, is apparently blaming Simon Cowell fully for the decision, telling a friend she &#8216;never saw it coming&#8217;. However, a source from inside Cowell&#8217;s camp said the music mogul had told Cheryl three days previously that it &#8216;wasn&#8217;t working&#8217; for her as a judge on the show<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":420247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-431460","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cheryl Cole blames Simon Cowell for X Factor USA sacking - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/27\/cheryl-cole-blames-simon-cowell-for-x-factor-usa-sacking\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Cheryl Cole blames Simon Cowell for X Factor USA sacking - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Sarah Bull Last updated at 7:25 PM on 27th May 2011 Singer tells friends she feels like she&#039;s been &#039;hung out to dry&#039; Sinitta claims Cole and Cowell are still &#039;in talks&#039; about future plans Cole&#039;s PR tweets thanks from Cheryl to fans for their support She&#039;s still trying to decide whether or not to return to British X Factor Fuming: Cheryl Cole, seen here earlier this month, is said to be &#039;shocked and stunned&#039; after being sacked from X Factor USA Cheryl Cole has been left &#039;shocked and stunned&#039; after being unceremoniously dumped from X Factor USA. 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