Cheryl Cole has hit back at critics who accuse her and footballer husband Ashley of being greedy.

The Girls Aloud star, who was called Tweedy before her wedding in the summer, has defended Ashley's controversial decision to move from Arsenal despite their offer of £55,000 per week in wages.

"I wish they'd stop calling me Greedy. They don't even know me or Ashley. He is the kindest, softest, loveliest person," Cheryl told The Sun.

"People call me names all the time - but it hurts more when I hear Ashley being called them. It's so far from the person he is. They don't know how much he does for charity, he keeps that private. He even gets offended if I try to pay the bill when we're at a restaurant. The latest I've heard is that we’re buying a house in the Seychelles.

"It's rubbish. We went there for our honeymoon and it was the most boring place ever. It would drive us mad."