Cheryl Cole admits she was insecure when she first joined Girls Aloud six years ago.
The X Factor judge rose to fame on ITV show Popstars: The Rivals when she was just 19.
‘To be honest, I didn’t eat or sleep, I barely breathed through worry of what people were thinking of us,’ she says.
‘But never once did I think, none of this is worth it.’
Cheryl, 25, has now grown used to the media frenzy surrounding her life.
‘All I can say is, we obviously make interesting news to be put on the front cover, so that’s a positive thing,’ she says. ‘We sell papers.’
Sarah Harding, 27, Nicola Roberts, 23, Kimberley Walsh, 27, and Nadine Coyle, 23, are also in Girls Aloud.
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