Nadine Coyle admits she’s ‘not great mates’ with the rest of Girls Aloud – but Cheryl has ‘reached out’ to her recently
NADINE Coyle has admitted she's 'not great mates' with the rest of Girls Aloud - but Cheryl has 'reached out' to her recently.
Rumours of a rift have dogged the band since their split in 2013, but fellow band member Kimberley Walsh recently hinted a 20th anniversary reunion could be on the cards.
"It's been seven years since the last reunion tour and it feels like seven years!" Nadine told OK! magazine.
"Cheryl emailed me recently and I bumped into Kimberley [Walsh] a few weeks ago as well, which was lovely.
"I haven't seen Sarah Harding or Nicole in a long time, but everything remains very cordial.
"We're not best mates, it's just the way it's always been.
"I'm very close to a lot of people from my time in the band, like our hair and make-up people and the dancers, but you gravitate towards the people that you have stuff in common with."
Earlier this month Kimberley hinted that Girls Aloud could tour in 2022 to celebrate the band's 20th anniversary.
Kimberley and her bandmates Cheryl, Nicola Roberts, Sarah Harding and Nadine previously reformed in 2012 for their tenth anniversary tour and Greatest Hits album.
But they announced their split just hours after their final gig at Liverpool's Echo Arena.
“We do have an anniversary coming up,” Kimberley admitted.
“It will have been 20 years in 2022, it’s a long way off still.
“Everybody is busy at the moment, but I have a lot of love for all the girls, I’m proud of all of them.
“All the songs feel like a distant memory, but if I hear them then I think they’re good, I’m glad I still get to spend time with the girls and see them.
“Our outfits were racy, but we were girls’ girls and about looking glamorous and having something to aspire to.”
Trio Kimberley, Cheryl, 36, and Nicola, 34, remained firm pals, with Nadine admitting in the jungle she hadn’t spoken to any of them in six years.
Meanwhile, Sarah, 38, has kept a low profile since her colourful Celebrity Big Brother stint in 2018.
Kimberley recently told The Sun: “I saw Nadine the other day in London and it was so nice to catch up with her, it’s been a while. We just bumped into each other at an event, it made me feel nostalgic.”
Indeed, the girlband, formed on ITV talent show Popstars: The Rivals in 2002, enjoyed huge success in the noughties, with 21 Top 10 singles, and two number one albums.
Kimberley’s standout moment in their 11-year reign was finally winning a Brit award in 2009 for British single The Promise, with Sarah famously bellowing, “It’s about time” onstage in the acceptance speech.
Kimberley recalls: “Winning the Brit was massive for us, because we had so much critical acclaim, but no award and then the public finally got the chance to vote and we were like, ‘yes’.”
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She is currently rehearsing for upcoming production Sleepless: A Musical Romance, alongside ex Wanted singer Jay McGuinness, 29, but tries to get home each night to put her two sons Bobby, five, and Cole, three to bed.
“I really miss the kids when I’m working,” she says, speaking at the West End launch of Pretty Woman The Musical.
“I hate that I’m not going to see them before bed tonight, usually I finish rehearsals and I always get back to put them to bed, it feels weirds not to give them a squeeze and kiss."