Last Updated: 21 Nov 2011

Cheryl Told to Gain Weight!

Cheryl Cole has reportedly revealed that doctors ordered her to stop exercising and eat more food so that she could fight off the life threatening disease she contracted on holiday in Tanzania.

While relaxing abroad with American dancer and rumoured love interest Derek Hough the star is thought to have contracted Malaria. Doctors told the British beauty that she must gain weight to fight off the disease and as a result she allegedly ate whatever she was given.

After her recovery the 28-year-old pop star flew to America to appear as a judge on the US version of ‘The X Factor.’ But after showing off a fuller figure to the American audience, it wasn’t long before Cheryl was reportedly given the boot by boss Simon Cowell.

The Girls Aloud star has kept a low profile over recent months but appears to have lost weight again after a reportedly failed attempt to give things another go with her ex Ashley Cole.