
CherylCole has secretly flown in hunky dancer Derek Hough to join her on tourin the UK – just days after filing for divorce from Ashley Cole.
Sheasked Derek to join her on stage at London’s O2 Arena last night for asteamy ballroom dance – sending a very public message to hersoon-to-be-ex hubby.
A source tells us: “If there was ever aclearer statement that she’s over her ex, this is it. Derek has alwaysbeen very supportive of Cheryl.”
Derek, 24, provided ashoulder to cry on when the Girls Aloud babe flew to Los Angeles in theimmediate aftermath of her split from Ashley in February.
TheAmerican spent almost 10 hours with Cheryl, 26, in her luxury suite inHollywood’s London Hotel following claims that Ashley, 29, had betrayedher by bedding four girls and exchanged explicit pictures with a fifth.
Derek, who Cheryl has described as a “sweetheart”, finally left at 4.15am.
Then in April, while she was on a recording trip he was seen visiting her West Hollywood hotel in the morning for two hours.
Apparently, Cheryl was desperate for Derek to join her on tour after he finished his stint on US [size=100% ! important][color=darkgreen ! important]TV[/size][/color]show Dancing with the Stars. He flew from LA via New York to London onThursday, and has been holed up in a luxury five-star hotel.
Last night he joined her on stage during her hit song Parachute, to perform a sexy dance with her.
A source says: “Cheryl was really excited about seeing Derek again.
“He has been a real rock for her during the trauma of the last few months and a real breath of fresh air to be around.
“She is so pleased he has found time in his busy schedule to be there for her.” A spokesman for Cheryl last night said that Derek’s performance was arranged previously and they were just friends.
Source: Mirror