Apparently the Girls Aloud singer still has strong feelings for Ashley and doesn’t want to hurt him (why?) by pulling the plug on their marriage too quickly. A source said:
"Cheryl decided to use the word 'separating' in her statement out of respect for Ashley, she may wish to postpone a divorce indefinitely."
Despite this friends of Cheryl are saying that there's definitely no chance that the X Factor judge will be taking Ashley back, as she’s worried that reuniting with the Chelsea footballer will have a damaging effect on her career.
Meanwhile it’s emerged that prior to announcing their separation, Ashley begged Cheryl to take him back and even promised to “do a Tiger Woods” and go to a sex rehabilitation clinic. A source said:
“Ashley suggested they could go for counselling and that he could try therapy. He admitted for the first time that he has a problem.”
But it looks like that excuse simply wasn’t good enough for Chezza, and who can blame her?