'It's bulls**t': Simon Cowell ridicules claims Cheryl will return to X Factor as guest judge... as he claims the pair haven't spoken for SIX MONTHS

By Eve Buckland For Mailonline

Published: 19:54 EST, 15 July 2017 | Updated: 20:01 EST, 15 July 2017

They repaired their fractured relationship back in 2014 after falling out when he sacked her from X Factor USA three years earlier.

But relations between Simon Cowell and Cheryl may have cooled off once more after the music mogul claimed the pair haven't spoken in six months, reported the Daily Mirror.

Fans of the hit ITV talent show had fallen over themselves after it was reported Simon, 57, had tempted the Call My Name hitmaker, 34, back into the X Factor fold as a guest judge, with a rumoured £500,000 pay packet.

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Six month silence? Relations between Simon Cowell and Cheryl may have cooled off once more after the music mogul claimed the pair haven't spoken in six months reported the Daily Mirror Newspaper

Six month silence? Relations between Simon Cowell and Cheryl may have cooled off once more after the music mogul claimed the pair haven't spoken in six months reported the Daily Mirror Newspaper

Off the table: The famously acid-tongued mogul poured cold water on claims Cheryl would return to the x Factor as a guest judge as he told The Daily Mirror : 'It's bulls**t'. I haven't spoken to her in six months' (pictured on the show in November 2010)

Off the table: The famously acid-tongued mogul poured cold water on claims Cheryl would return to the x Factor as a guest judge as he told The Daily Mirror : 'It's bulls**t'. I haven't spoken to her in six months' (pictured on the show in November 2010)

But the famously acid-tongued mogul poured cold water on the claims as he told the newspaper: 'It's bulls**t'. I haven't spoken to her in six months.'

Mail Online has contacted representatives for Simon and Cheryl for comment. 

The admission comes as somewhat of a surprise as Simon recently revealed how happy he was for Cheryl after she became a mother for the first time in March when she welcomed son Bear.

The chemistry between the pair, which displayed itself in cheeky banter and occasional jokey spats, had become a fan favourite, with Cheryl's original inclusion on the panel in 2008 catapulting her into the frame as a national treasure. 

Shock: The admission comes as somewhat of a surprise as Simon recently revealed how happy he was for Cheryl after she became a mother for the first time in March when she welcomed son Bear

Shock: The admission comes as somewhat of a surprise as Simon recently revealed how happy he was for Cheryl after she became a mother for the first time in March when she welcomed son Bear

Banter: The chemistry between the pair, which displayed itself in cheeky banter and occasional jokey spats, had become a fan favourite, with Cheryl's original inclusion on the panel in 2008 catapulting her into the frame as a national treasure

Banter: The chemistry between the pair, which displayed itself in cheeky banter and occasional jokey spats, had become a fan favourite, with Cheryl's original inclusion on the panel in 2008 catapulting her into the frame as a national treasure

Cheryl first joined The X Factor in 2008. During her time on the show, she mentored two singers to victory - Alexandra Burke in 2008 and Joe McElderry in 2009.

She left the show in 2010 to appear on the American version of the series but she was let go by Simon  in 2011 who later admitted he felt something was 'not quite right.'

Former Girls Aloud singer Cheryl later revealed how she sent the music mogul an expletive-filled text message in which she told him: 'I hate you,' and condemned him for not warning her about her sacking face-to-face. 

But the pair were soon back to being firm friends and the star returned to the UK version of the show in 2014 and remained a judge for two series.

Estrangement: Cheryl left the show in 2010 to appear on the American version of the series but she was let go by Simon in 2011 who later admitted he felt something was 'not quite right (pictured on the UK show in November 2010)

Estrangement: Cheryl left the show in 2010 to appear on the American version of the series but she was let go by Simon in 2011 who later admitted he felt something was 'not quite right (pictured on the UK show in November 2010)

Not to be: Former Girls Aloud singer Cheryl later revealed how she sent the music mogul an expletive-filled text message in which she told him: 'I hate you,' and condemned him for not warning her about her sacking face-to-face (pictured at the US X Factor launch in May 2011 in New York)

Not to be: Former Girls Aloud singer Cheryl later revealed how she sent the music mogul an expletive-filled text message in which she told him: 'I hate you,' and condemned him for not warning her about her sacking face-to-face (pictured at the US X Factor launch in May 2011 in New York)

The singer has been out of the spotlight since giving birth to her son, who she shares with One Direction hunk Liam Payne, 23. 

This year's X Factor panel consists of Simon, Louis Walsh, Nicole Scherzinger and Sharon Osbourne.

Alesha Dixon has also been helping with a temporary judging position, filling in for both Nicole and Sharon during the auditions. 

Reunion: But the pair were soon back to being firm friends and the star returned to the UK version of the show in 2014 and remained a judge for two series (pictured January 2011)

Reunion: But the pair were soon back to being firm friends and the star returned to the UK version of the show in 2014 and remained a judge for two series (pictured January 2011)

 

 

  

  

 

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