Simon Cowell thought Cheryl was hungover- not sick
All the world was thankful when UK’s sweetheart, Cheryl Tweedy recovered from Malaria after being critically ill. But her X Factor superior, Simon Cowell, initially thought the superstar was just heavily hungover after coming home from her birthday bash in Africa.
He told the Sun: ”We didn’t know what was going on. I remember saying funnily enough that she had gone to Africa for a trip and had come back for filming and I thought she was a bit off-colour, but more personality than physically.
“And then the day it kicked off we actually thought she had a hangover, so we were winding her up all day, and she was sleeping it off or whatever.
“And then of course we realised that it was serious a couple of days later. I got the call from her manager who told me just how serious this really was.
“In that situation you are not even thinking about the show at that point. You are just thinking, ‘I hope she is going to be OK.’
“I didn’t know much about it, but apparently it was a serious strain. We were very, very worried about her, she was seriously ill.”
And thank God, they took her illness seriously, or else we might be mourning the loss of one of our country’s most beloved star! On the same note, if you feel you’re not being taken seriously by your peers, come on over to Brandneusense.
