UK Vogue February 2009 : Cheryl Cole

Cheryl Cole is on the cover of February's issue of Vogue magazine. In the interview Cheryl talks about Ashley cheating and about her weight.

On Ashley cheating:
“It was horrendous. Look, Ashley’s young, and he’s got a young mentality for his age anyway. He’s learning. He has a beautiful soul, he’s a really nice guy, and I’m not stupid, you know — I’m really not. I know what I’m doing. I’ve had enough knocks to know what the circumstances are, you know, and I’m happy. If other people aren’t, that’s their problem.”

On Ashley double booking on nights out with Cheryl:
"He’ll agree to go to dinner with me, then someone will call and ask him to do a charity event on the same night — and he’ll say to them, ‘I’m there’. Then he’ll be too afraid to tell me until it’s time to go. He does make life difficult for himself, but — annoying as it is — I suppose it’s quite sweet in a man. And quite rare, too.”

On her weight:
“In the first year of Girls Aloud, I went up to a 29in waist. I remember crying because I was 9½st when I’m only 5ft 3in. Jennifer Aniston was doing the Atkins diet at the time and I thought I’d give it a try. I remember I ate the same thing — chicken in cream sauce with a couple of carrots — every night for weeks. I felt just horrible, but I was on this mission.”

On depression:
“I do worry about things, I’m probably going to end up dying with worry. I was clinically depressed once after a bad relationship. We have it in the family.”

On her conviction for assaulting a nightclub toilet attendant:
“That’s what we were taught on the estate — you have to defend yourself. That’s what I was doing."

On Simon Cowell convincing her to become an X Factor judge:
“I didn’t feel ready, but he kept texting me and in the end I gave in. Simon is the most charismatic man I’ve ever met — it’s like he’s trancing you or something. It’s actually quite scary.”