Cheryl Cole to stand by husband Ashley Cole despite cheating rumours

Girls Aloud star Cheryl Cole has vowed to stand by her husband Ashley Cole despite claims he cheated on her.

Earlier in the week, hairdresser Aimee Walton claimed she had sex with the drunken Chelsea and England star after meeting in London nightclub in December and now a glamour model, Brooke Healy, has claimed she also slept with Ashley, just months after his lavish marriage to Cheryl. Brooke told the Sunday Mirror that she had sex with Ashley after a Christmas party in 2006 and was paid £6600 to keep quiet about it to protect his reputation.

But despite the initial rumours that she was planning to leave the footballer, Cheryl has told the News of the World that she intends make her marriage work.

She told the newspaper yesterday: “When I married Ashley I made my vows and promised we’d be together for better or worse. This has to be the worst it gets.”

“I’m astonished that girl [Aimee] says she felt sorry for me. If she felt so sorry why did she run to the papers to try and ruin my marriage? I hope she’s happy with her first designer handbag that she can buy with her dirty money.”

“I’ve been through an emotional roller coaster but I’m determined to be strong. Ashley’s a wonderful husband and we ARE in love. I won’t let this woman destroy our marriage.”

Cheryl went on to reveal that Ashley had admitted meeting Aimee as soon as it happened: “He told me, ‘Something happened last night but I was so drunk I don’t know what.’ I was furious, furious that he didn’t know what had gone on and that he’d put himself in that situation.”

“All he could remember is his friends leaving him upstairs with this girl and him being so ill that he was sick and she was putting a bucket under his head, looking after him.”

“His mates had said the girl was going into the kitchen and getting cloths to clean up because he was totally out of it. They were downstairs and thought he’d be fine. I saw the sick over Ashley’s clothes, he was covered in it. I was fuming with his friends for not looking after him themselves.”

“OK, Ashley was stupid to put himself in such a vulnerable and ridiculous position. But his friends should have protected him. I’ve seen with my own eyes the way women flirt and try it on with footballers. I was so angry, so frustrated that Ashley couldn’t remember what on earth had gone on apart from him being sick.”

“It was the worst night of my life [when he told me]. I was angry and I didn’t know the full story of what happened. I just couldn’t believe that he couldn’t remember anything. I asked, and asked, and asked but still he said he couldn’t recall a thing that had gone on. He kept telling me he couldn’t but I couldn’t believe that.”

“As Ashley rarely drinks and is usually so careful, I asked if he thought somebody had put something into one of his drinks. But he said he didn’t know. It was like banging my head against a brick wall. I didn’t want to eat or sleep, I just felt drained and hurt and scared.”

“I’ve always said that if anything happened with another woman I would leave - and I knew I’d have to face up to that reality if he really had cheated.”

“But the next day I calmed down a bit and then took a few more days to let what he’d said sink in. Ashley is not a big drinker, I knew that and I was shocked about the state he was in. It’s so not like him. I never really thought it could be the end because we ARE married and I realised there’s no point saying your vows then walking out on a whim.”

But the singer doesn’t believe he had sex with Aimee as she claims: “That’s utter rubbish, I know that for a FACT. I know Ashley intimately. When he’s under the influence he ISN’T capable.”

“When I heard what this girl had said I realised she’d made part of the story up. Obviously I felt sick to the stomach. What woman and wife wouldn’t? And to be honest I felt humiliated and crushed that this girl was saying these things and people were believing it.”

“Things were made worse when my family and friends started calling and offering support. I had to tell them that Ashley had told me about a drunken night and I’d kept it a secret for nearly two months.”

“I’d only told my mum. I adore the girls from the band but I hadn’t even told them. It was something that Ashley and I had to get through together.”

“We’ve spent so much time together, talked and sorted things out. So I was devastated when this girl came up with all this and tried to make out it was something it wasn’t.”

“I feel like I’m living in a nightmare and I don’t know if people will allow me or Ashley to forget it. I hope they do. My friends have been brilliant. The girls from my band have all been so supportive.”

“I don’t want anybody to be angry with Ashley or to judge him - that’s my job as his wife.”