Cheryl's ex-husband shares bizarre photo of her nine years after split

Daily Mirror

25-05-2025

Why has Cheryl's ex-husband Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini shared a photo with his former wife almost a decade on from their split?
Cheryl's ex-husband Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini has shared a bizarre photo of them together almost a decade after their split. The French restauranteur, 44, was married to the 41-year-old Girls Aloud singer for two years from 2014 to 2016.
Though they split nine years ago, Jean-Bernard - who Cheryl used to affectionately call JB - took to his Instagram stories to share a photo with his former wife. In the snap, a dapper-looking JB is wearing dark jeans and a navy bomber jacket as he holds hands with a smiling Cheryl, who is dressed in a lemon yellow dress and black open-toe shoe boots.
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But it turns out it might be his outfit he's missing, rather than his ex-wife, as JB asked his 46,000 followers: "Where is this jacket?"
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The Frenchman apparently had no idea who Cheryl was when they met at the Cannes Film Festival back in 2014. After a whirlwind three-month romance, they went on to tie the knot in a secret ceremony in July that year on the Caribbean island of Mustique.
It was so secret that the wedding was reportedly attended by just four guests, including Cheryl's beloved mum Joan and her personal assistant and close friend, Lily England.
At the time Cheryl posted on X, formerly known as Twitter: "I usually do not discuss my personal life but to stop the speculation I want to share my happy news... Jean-Bernard and I married on 7/7/14." The Fight For This Love singer added: "We are very happy and excited to move forward with our lives together."
But just a year later rumours began circulating the couple were going through a rocky patch after JB failed to attend the filming for The X Factor, which Cheryl was a judge on back then.
In October 2015, Cheryl and JB made a rare - and one of their final - appearances together for Ant and Dec's 40th birthday bash, after having not been seen together for several weeks. It was reported JB had moved out of the London home he shared with Cheryl and was now spending most of his time in America.
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Then in January 2016, it was announced that the pair were set to divorce - with Cheryl citing "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for the split.
She later went on to find love with the late One Direction star Liam Payne, who she shares eight-year-old son Bear with. In 2018 Cheryl said that Liam - who she split from that year - was the only partner that has ever been faithful to her. Liam tragically died at the age of 31 in October last year after falling from a hotel balcony in Argentina.
Before JB, Cheryl was married to footballer Ashley Cole from 2006 to 2010. In the divorce papers Cheryl cites Ashley's "unreasonable behaviour" as the reason for their divorce. The now 44-year-old admitted being unfaithful to Cheryl with a number of other women throughout their four-year marriage.
But it was this comment about infidelity that riled JB and prompted him to speak out in November 2018 refuting any claim that he had cheated on the pop singer. A friend of JB's was reported as saying that he's "never cheated" and has kept their marriage "sacred to me".
The pal said at the time that JB had had enough of being blamed for the woes in Cheryl's life, but claimed she "needs to blame somebody". The Sun reported JB as issuing this warning to Cheryl: "If we all start telling the truth then she will have a problem."