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Cheryl Cole and Simon Cowell are negotiating her future says his ex

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Sinitta knows Cheryl Cole and Simon Cowell are close

Cheryl Cole might have been dumped as a judge on US X Factor, but Simon Cowell has not given up on the feisty Geordie.

Simon's ex-girlfriend Sinitta appeared on Daybreak this morning and revealed the pair are negotiating to try and 'resolve the situation' - with hints that Si does have a plan to put Cheryl, 27, back on The X Factor UK.

'There is something going on,' Sinitta, 42, confided. 'All I can say is Simon and Cheryl are very close and I believe that they are in talks trying to sort something out and as soon as they agree on something then we'll hear about it.

'They are talking and they are working on something that they will agree on.

'Simon was 100 per cent behind Cheryl and I am sure that very, very soon, maybe today, we will find out what that decision will be.

'Personally if she is not going to be on the American show then it would be great to have her back here - I know that's what her fans want.'

American audiences are said to have been struggling to understand 27-year-old Cheryl's Newcastle accent.

The Girls Aloud star's lack of chemistry with fellow judge Paula Abdul, 48, has also been blamed for her reported exit from the show - and her own homesickness.

And some suspect it is all simply a publicity stunt.

'Simon's a shrewd guy - he knows his business and knows full well that if there's no chemistry between the guys on the panel you've got to change it,' DJ Neil Fox tells Channel 4 News.

'Is it all panto? Is [Cheryl] going to come back to the UK X Factor? Ohhh, can we stand the excitement?

In 2007, Louis Walsh was axed from The X Factor, only to return to the show.

Kelly Brook was dropped from Britain's Got Talent in 2009 after only 6 days of filming but failed to boomerang back.

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