Pop singer Cheryl Cole and her soccer star hubby Ashley are calling it quits after nearly four years of togetherness — likely because Ashley has spent much of the marriage getting “together” with everyone except his wife.
“Cheryl Cole is separating from her husband Ashley Cole. Cheryl asks the media to respect her privacy during this difficult time. We have no further comment to make,” Cheryl’s rep Sundraj Sreenivasan said in a press release issued Tuesday.
The announcement ends one of the most high-profile showbusiness marriages in the UK. Since their marriage in 2006, the athlete and the “Can’t Speak French” singer had become one of Britain’s most famous celebrity couples, with newspapers and paparazzi recording every detail of their daily lives.
Until now, Cheryl, 26, has maintained a dignified silence over reports that her husband is London’s answer to Tiger Woods. Ashley is accused of bedding numerous women behind his famous wife’s back.
Cheryl — dubbed FHM’s “Hottest Woman” in 2009 — rose to fame with the pop group Girls Aloud before launching a solo singing career in 2009.