Girls Aloud and X Factor star Cheryl Cole has hinted her marriage to her footballer husband is back on track but she admitted she considered attacking him with her wedding ring.

Speaking about her marriage to Chelsea and England footballer Ashley Cole, she said: "There's something about celebrities having a perfect life. People need to relax and realise we're human too.'

The singer revealed her thoughts while recording tomorrow's Friday Night With Jonathan Ross for BBC1.

Showing off her wedding ring, she said: "I was tempted to put it (the ring) back on - in his head!

"There's no such thing as a private life in this industry. I spoke openly about my marriage in the past and it's come back to hit me in the face .. I learnt from the past that you shouldn't do that."

The star was talking publicly for the first time since allegations surfaced in the tabloids accusing her husband of being unfaithful.

Speaking about the press attention, she said: "All the tabloids have to fill their pages (even) when we're not doing anything, it just rolls on .. lies would really get to me at one point, it really hurt, but now I think ... whatever."

During the interview she also dismissed speculation that she does not get on with Dannii Minogue

"We just didn't talk about it, it's all water under the bridge, we're both grown women ... there's more arguing going on with Simon and Louis."

On fellow X Factor judge Simon Cowell, she said: "(His hair) reminds me of one of those potato heads, I started giving him a complex."

Talking about her experience on the programme, she added: "I'm quite a sensitive person. If I've been moved by someone, it looks like I'm constantly crying. I don't know how you can't be touched ... I went through that process (auditioning) so I understand."

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