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Joan Collins: Cheryl Cole got a bad deal over her Geordie accent

Hollywood legend Joan thinks Chezza was booted off The X Factor too soon

Cheryl Cole is rethinking her career

Cheryl Cole's Geordie twang puzzled American audiences but veteran actress Joan Collins reckons she didn't deserve to be chucked off The X Factor.

'I feel sad for her as I went to Hollywood when I was 21 and they didn't understand me,' the 78-year-old recalls.

'They gave me lessons and I got an American accent - now I'm inbetween.

'Cheryl got a bad deal as they knew she talked like that before.'

Cheryl, 27, refused to change her voice, despite having had vocal coaching for almost a year.

‘I'd never change my accent. It's part of who I am,' she said defiantly.

But it seems to have become her big downfall.

'When they started shooting in Chicago the contestants had
trouble understanding her and that threw the bosses into a panic,' Now's insider reveals.

‘They had to re-shoot a few auditions because of it.

'Cheryl
was embarrassed and apologised several times, but it quickly became a
big issue - especially because no one had any problems with Steve Jones's Welsh twang.'

Read the full story about Cheryl Cole's X Factor exit in Now magazine dated 6 June - out now!!

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