Soccer Extreme : Injured England star Ashley Cole was torn between watching his wife on The X Factor or soccer internationals - and he chose the football.The Chelsea defender, 28, could have sat in the studio to see Cheryl give her opinions on the remaining contestants on Saturday.
But instead he opted to kick back and relax on a sofa in her dressing room.
He watched his England team-mates' lose to Brazil, then Ireland's World Cup qualifier against France. The left back is out with a depressed fracture of a shin bone so did not travel with the squad for the showcase friendly in Qatar.
A source said: "We thought he might have given Cheryl some support by watching her, but he stayed in her dressing room.
"He had a TV in there and was quite comfortable."
The source added: "He would have been on the pitch with the team if he had not been injured - so I suppose it would have been more odd for him to be watching Jedward live." (thesun)