By Owen Tonks

Cheryl Cole has turned down a place as a judge on the US version of the X Factor, reports suggest.

Simon Cowell recently announced that he is leaving American Idol to take the X Factor to the states and despite begging her to join him Cheryl has refused turning down a huge fee in the process.

Speaking to The People, Cheryl’s mum Joan said: “No, she’s not going to America, she’s staying here. She will not be going there for that.”

Rumours have been circulating that she is planning to start a family with her footballer husband Ashley Cole.

A source said: “Cheryl is really in favour of working mums but knows that would be quite hard to do in America.

“She also wouldn’t be able to bear leaving Ashley for too long – not because she’s worried he’ll cheat but because she doesn’t like not being with him.”