What is it with gagging orders these days!
Cheryl Cole has reportedly been offered a £1.2million deal if she keeps mum about her axe from The US X Factor.
If the singer accepts the deal she woud then be paid her entire fee for the talent series, but for just four days! Meaning that she got paid around £25,000 per hour.
But in return the singer must not speak negatively about the show or Simon Cowell in the press. Sources close to the show said today that Cheryl may take the deal:
"Cheryl is going to be paid off if things go to plan. The last thing we need is someone with an axe to grind saying bad things about the show before it even starts. We hope a simple statement can be released next week and that will be the end of it. It's is an incredible amount of money for four days' work, but this is a multi-million dollar show with so much invested, it will be worth it. If she takes the money she is effectively agreeing to a gag."
I think she should take the deal! Cheryl's audition tapes will also be aired on FOX, so I see it as a win, win situation really. That's an awful lot of money!
