Cheryl ColeCheryl Cole has said she doesn’t know what she would do for emotional support if it wasn’t for her Girls Aloud bandmates.

Kimberley Walsh and Nicola Roberts took Cheryl on a holiday to Thailand after news first broke about her husband Ashley Cole’s infidelity, and now Sarah Harding is said to be planning a luxury pampering weekend for Cheryl ahead of the start of their tour.

Speaking to the Sun, Cheryl said yesterday: “I often think to myself, if I’m having a sad moment or an angry moment, if I didn’t have these four in my life it would be worthless.”

“Everyone’s here to help each other. We stabilise each other. Whatever any of us is going through, bad or good, we have each other.”

“We don’t allow people into our circle very easily because we’ve been let down in the past. It takes a lot for us to trust people.”

“Growing up I didn’t have a group of girlfriends I hung out with every weekend - I had three brothers. So this was all new to me. But I could never have done anything without them.”

Kimberley added: “We’ve been together so much we’re like sisters - and you know what you’re like about your sisters. We’re very protective of each other. We can say stuff about each other, but no one else can.”