Feltz speculates about Cole marriage

Vanessa Feltz has hinted that she believes rumours of a new marriage crisis for Cheryl Cole.

The TV personality suggested that Cole's decision not to wear her wedding ring on recent episodes of The X Factor provided a clear sign about the state of her relationship with husband Ashley.

Writing in the Daily Express, Feltz commented: "Women don't whip off their wedding rings at the drop of a hat. They're far too symbolic. We wear them through thick, thin and weight gain and illness. Our fingers fatten or swell, our rings become embedded in our flesh, yet still we never consider removing them.

"Our husbands stray, leave or even die and still we wear those circles of gold which bound us forever to them 'in the eyes of God and this congregation'. Stylists may tamper with your shoe height or eyebrow thickness, they'd never wrench off your wedding ring.

"So, what do you make of Cheryl Cole judging The X Factor in front of 16 million people with a bare wedding ring finger?"

Sources close to Cole have insisted that she merely removed her ring because it clashed with her outfits in the latest X Factor live shows.