Cheryl and Ashley Cole 'living apart' after latest text scandal

Cheryl Cole and her husband Ashley have spent much of the last two weeks living apart, after the singer decided to move into a London hotel. They did not reunite yesterday for Valentine's Day, as footballer Cole was laid up at their Surrey home with an ankle injury and his wife was working in the capital.
The couple's marriage has come under increasing strain after revelations that naked photographs of Ashley were sent to a topless model.

Separate lives: Cheryl and Ashley Cole have reportedly spent the last two weeks living apart since revelations of his sex text scandal broke

Since the news broke last week, Cheryl, 26, has been staying at Kensington's Baglioni Hotel rather than their home.
Her publicist insisted she was merely using the room as a base for a promotional tour of Europe. But her home is actually much closer to Heathrow airport, from where she has flown to the Continent several times in the past fortnight.

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Mrs Cole's publicist did little to quell speculation by refusing to comment on a string of questions about the relationship.
The Girls Aloud singer spent Valentine's Day at a rehearsal session in Earl's Court, West London, for tomorrow night's Brit Awards performance.
Her decision to spend the day apart is said to have frustrated Cole, who is thought to have an issue with his wife's increasing popularity as a judge on ITV's The X Factor and with her solo singing career.
It would not be surprising if Mrs Cole decided the couple needed breathing space, in the light of the recent revelations. The couple's three-and-a-half year marriage has been thrown into crisis by model Sonia Wild, 28, who claims to have received naked pictures of the 29-year-old Chelsea defender along with suggestive text messages.
The footballer, who broke his ankle during a game against Everton last Wednesday, admitted taking the pictures of himself on a mobile while staying with the England squad at a hotel in Watford.
But he denied sending them to Miss Wild and claimed he passed on the unregistered pay-as-you-go phone to close friend Jay Wynters, who in turn gave it to another friend, who found the images and sent them to the model. The pressure-mounted on the footballer yesterday as Miss Wild said it was definitely him who sent her the naked pictures of himself.
She also told the Sunday Mirror that he rang her four times on her mobile, asked to meet up with her and even offered to fly her to America while he was on tour out there with Chelsea.
A friend said that Mrs Cole is feeling 'incredibly confused'. They added: 'She'd been telling friends she was still madly in love with Ashley and said the marriage was stronger that it had ever been.'
This is not the first time the Coles have faced a marital crisis. In January 2008 hairdresser Aimee Walton claimed she had engaged in drunken extramarital sex with Ashley.

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