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Cheryl Cole: People thought I was a gobby bitch

Girls Aloud singer had a reputation for being mouthy

Girls Aloud's Cheryl Cole is married to Chelsea footballer Ashley Cole

Cheryl Cole says people view her differently now they've seen her on The X Factor.

The Girls Aloud singer replaced Sharon Osbourne, 56, as a judge on the ITV show last year.

And she reckons it’s given her a better reputation.

‘Until The X Factor there was this thing that I was the gobby bitch of the band,' she says.

‘Yes, I’m opinionated, but I wasn’t this person I was reading about.’

Cheryl, 25, went on to win the contest with her act Alexandra Burke, 20.

‘I just thought I’d sit on the panel and have a laugh at the nut jobs,’ she tells ES magazine. ‘Then it escalated.’

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Alison Adey