June 7th, 2011 by Lisa McGarry.
Simon Cowell has admitted that he feels bad about Cheryl Cole?s departure from the American X Factor series.
Fox and Syco released a joint statement yesterday, confirming that the former Girls Aloud singer would NOT be back on the judging panel and was being replaced by Pussycat Dolls star Nicole Scherzinger.
However, Cowell insists that Cheryl was not sacked and that the decision to move her from the show was not a personal one. He told The Sun:
?I?m sorry. I hope we?re still close friends. She?s still a star.
?The hardest thing to accept is that everyone has painted me as a monster because I embarrassed her.
?But the truth was I was protecting her. I just want people to be in the best place at the right time.?
He told the newspaper that he has received a text from his protegee, in which she admits that she knows he didn?t mean to hurt her. He continued:
?I replied saying, ?This was never personal or saying you were terrible?. It wasn?t that she was terrible ? she was good. I just thought she?d be happier in the UK.?
He added: ?We noticed she was quieter than normal. The feeling was that she was slightly out of her comfort zone in America.
?The intention was to do it quietly and say to her she had an option to rejoin the UK show.
?At the end of the day we were saying, ?Move to another show for even more money?. There was an offer of around �2.5million on the table including bonuses. How is that sacking someone??
Simon also denied reports that it was him who told Cheryl that things weren?t working on the show. His dirty work was done by executive producer and Talkback Thames boss Richard Holloway.
?I wasn?t the right person. I felt she would be more comfortable to hear it from him,? Cowell claimed.
Cheryl has since refused to take the �2.5 million and turned down a place on the UK X Factor panel. She will now be replaced by N-Dubz star Tulisa and a pal of hers claims that Simon is trying to make himself look better with his comments, but insists that Cheryl does feel ?messed around? by her former boss.
They said: ?She is gutted it hasn?t worked out and she feels like she has been messed around.
?If Simon wants to say it wasn?t personal, that?s up to him. But the reality is he really pushed her into doing the US show. She would have been happy doing another year on the UK show.
?At least he has said she walked away and that she wasn?t fired.
?She just wants to take a break from all this and look to the future. It has been completely exhausting but she isn?t going to let it get in the way of her life any more.?
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Unreality/~3/K-j1sEKfDE8/
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