Simon Cowell has finally broken his silence on the whole Cheryl Cole scandal.
For the first time, the music mogul has revealed what really happened on the US X Factor. In an interview Simon said Cheryl wasn't herself on the new judging panel:
"Knowing Cheryl like I know her, we noticed she was quieter than normal, looked a bit uncomfortable but I put some of this down to nerves. The overall feeling was that she was slightly out her comfort zone in America, compared to what she was in the UK."Simon went on to admit that once he saw Cheryl wasn't being herself he offered her a larger sum of money to return to the UK X Factor but she rejected this offer:
“If she had accepted my original offer, she would have made a sensational return and would have understood she was more comfortable in the UK than the US.”
However,once the sacking scandal broke, Cheryl's team apparently refused to speak with Cowell's people. She was then given a deadline to respond of six days but didn't, so they announced their UK judges.
Then you'll remember a few days ago FOX bosses offered Cheryl her job back - giving her 24 hours to decide. This move didn't go down so well, with her US manager Will.i.a.m claiming the offer wasn't genuine.
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FOX bosses really thought Cheryl would accept the offer, but when they heard nothing back at all they announced Nicole Scherzinger as her replacement.
In his interview Simon revealed that there were problems from the very begining as he had to tell her to "contribute more" at the LA auditions.
He goes on to say that by the Chicago audition on May 19, he realised things weren't working out and she had to go - with bosses sacking her on May 25 before the show even hit TV screens.
Cheryl's auditions wll still be shown on the FOX network, no word yet on how they will axe her and replace her with Nicole on the show.
