The Girls Aloud star, who recently revealed the Chelsea star hasn’t apologised for his actions, makes the confession in her new autobiography, Cheryl: My Story:

"I just wanted to get out of the marriage and out of the house but as the day of the move got close I became more and more emotional.

"I hadn't anticipated this. I think I was actually going through a nervous breakdown."

The 29-year-old, who also says in the book that she attacked her ex-husband 'like a lunatic' when she first found about his cheating, goes on to add that she tried to put a brave face on for the public:

“On the face of it, I was coping.

“But I was still close to tears all the time. It was like my nerves were always close to snapping and I felt permanently on edge.”