Cheryl's BIG REGRETS

Her comeback hasn’t been everything she hoped for

She’s been preparing for her return to the music world for the past six months, but as her new single Love Made Me Do It only scraped into the Top 20 last week, Cheryl has also had to deal with the public reaction to her new look.

As heat told you last week, her new video drew claims from some fans that she’d had Botox and fillers. During a recent TV appearance to mark Prince Charles’s 70th birthday, some even compared her look to surgery obsessed Michael Jackson. Although her face appeared back to normal when she was pictured at a radio interview, we’re told Cheryl – who has always denied having anything done and recently insisted that her face has simply changed post-pregnancy – is mortified about the backlash.

“She feels humiliated by the comments,” says heat’s insider. “She wanted everyone to focus on her music and instead they’re commenting on what she looks like. She knows she isn’t looking her best at times, but she insists it’s down to lack of sleep and looking after Bear. She was anxious about the comeback, anyway, and this has made things worse.

“Fortunately, she’s surrounded by supportive people who are telling her not to listen to any of the criticism. They’ve told her it’s just haters and to ignore them as much as possible, but some people have really been having a go – she’s been getting really vocal about the ‘face shamers’. But it has really affected her, especially in the run up to The X Factor